Senior Governance Officer

Morgan Hunt are currently working with one of UK's largest Membership Organisation in their search for a permanent Senior Governance Officer to deliver high quality and timely governance and administrative support to the Organisation.

You will be responsible for supporting Governance Manager and the wider team in delivering high quality and effective support to the Organisation's Committees. You will also be organising meetings, drafting agendas, co-ordinating papers and taking action notes.

The successful candidate will be someone with a demonstrated experience in the field of governance or a background of writing minutes and providing meeting secretariat services.

You must be able to work independently and manage your own workload, meet strict deadlines and balance competing priorities and work well under pressure.

You must also have excellent interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to engage with senior officers and executive management.

Job Title: Senior Governance Officer

Location: Hybrid Working (2 days per week office attendance in London)

Annual Salary: £37,000 per annum

Job Type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week)

Start Date: ASAP

Key Responsibilities

• Support Governance Managers and the wider team in delivering a high-quality and effective support to the Organisation's committees
• Help organise meetings, drafting agendas, co-ordinating papers, taking action notes / minutes of meetings, and tracking/monitoring actions
• Provide support in delivery of the Organisation's elections.
• Co-ordination of recruitment, carry out induction (including conflict of interests) and training new members of committees and Council
• Developing the annual governance calendar and ensuring that the governance action tracker is regularly updated
• Attend Council and General Meetings to support the Governance Managers in delivering events.

Person Specification

• Demonstrated experience in the field of governance or a background of writing high level minutes and providing meeting secretariat services
• Must have the ability to engage with senior officers and executive management on a regular basis
• You must have skills in drafting and presenting written material - including agenda, minutes, and reports
• You must have good interpersonal, team-working and communication skills
• You must work independently, manage your own workload effectively, work well under pressure and balance competing priorities as well as meet strict deadlines
• You must be an organised self-starter and have the ability to develop good working relationships with colleagues, and to work flexibly in a team.

Please contact to find out more information regarding this fantastic opportunity for a Senior Governance Officer.

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