Governance Officer

Governance Officer
£30,000 - Permanent, Full Time
Bedford, UK

We are currently looking for a Governance Officer to provide support to the Governance Manager in promoting good governance across the organisation. The ideal candidate will be someone who is looking to continue or pursue a career in Governance and committed to continuing their development in this area.

What you will be doing:

• Providing support to ensure that an appropriate governance framework is in place across all parts of the group including appropriate constitutional arrangements, Codes of Governance, standing orders, schemes of delegation and terms of reference.
• Support the Governance Manager in identifying any gaps in compliance with the RSH regulatory standards and the organisation's chosen code of governance.
• Providing support to Board and Committees of the Group through the production of minutes and action logs, agenda planning, circulating of papers and the maintenance of annual cycles.
• Assisting with filing of regulatory returns, annual declarations of interest and maintaining the compliance matrix.
• Assisting with ensuring FCA consumer credit obligations are met.
• Assists with ensuring that fraud, probity and other relevant policies are reviewed and updated
• Behaviours reflect ethical culture across the Group.

We'd love to meet someone with:

• Ideally Degree level education, and with the commitment to further professional development.
• Experience of working in a governance or similar role.
• Understanding of the principles of good governance.
• Professional, well organised and able to work to deadlines when required.
• Excellent attention to detail, and to seek answers to problems.

Amongst what we offer you is:

• A competitive salary
• 28 days holiday PLUS Bank Holidays
• A generous contributory pension scheme
• Private health care
• Free life assurance
• Access to an extensive suite of wellbeing services and tools including a digital gym
• Opportunities for learning and development
• Discounted gym membership
• Retail discount scheme
• Hybrid Working

Please note the successful candidate will need to complete a basic DBS application.

Interview date to be confirmed

We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible.