Job summary
Come and join our Governance Team at South Central Ambulance Service NHS FT - it's a great place to work. We have appointed a new Chief Governance Officer who is recruiting a new team to help develop systems and processes to deliver the very best governance for the Trust.
This post will contribute to establishing and maintaining and for ensuring that the Trust's corporate governance is undertaken to the highest standards of probity and in accordance with all statutory and legislative requirements.
The post holder will work closely with the other members of the Governance team and wider staff network to provide a full administrative service for the effective functioning of the Trust's corporate meeting cycle and overall support of professional meetings, Council of Governors, and wider Corporate Affairs function.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for supporting the Head of Corporate Governance & Compliance for establishing and maintaining and for ensuring that the Trust's corporate governance is undertaken to the highest standards of probity and in accordance with all statutory and legislative requirements.The post holder will work closely with the Corporate Governance & Compliance Officer and oversee their work to provide a full administrative service for the effective functioning of the Trust's corporate meeting cycle and overall support of professional meetings.The Corporate Governance & Compliance Manager will manage the Policy and Procedures process and repository, maintain statutory registers, lead on the Annual Report and Annual Membership Meeting, and be the first contact point for the Council of Governors and lead on Governor induction, training and development and will service Council of Governor meetings and away days.
About us
Benefits we offer:
- Expert training and support from our dedicated in-house education team.
- A nationally recognized qualification in NHS Pathways.
- Holiday entitlement is 27 days rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time).
- Enrolment into the NHS Pension Scheme.
- Access to continual professional development and opportunities within SCAS and the NHS.
- Occupational Health support along with an Employee Assistance Programme.
- NHS Discounts in over 200+ stores including Holidays, Days out, Car insurance, Restaurants and Clothing.
About Us
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of emergency, urgent care and non-emergency healthcare services, along with commercial logistics services.
The Trust delivers most of these services to the populations of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire as well as non-emergency patient transport services in Surrey and Sussex.
We serve a population of over 7 million and answer over 500,000 urgent calls a year. We employ 4,551 staff who, together with over 1,100 volunteers, enable us to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Ensure that Board meetings are held in accordance with the Trusts constitution.Lead on compliance with the organisations Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions and Scheme of Delegation and ensure that any breaches are identified and reported through appropriate channels and that these constitutional documents are reviewed annually. This will be achieved through the analysis of the constitutional and regulatory documents Lead compliance with best practice around the Fit and Proper Persons test for allDirectors by analysing the current records.Work with the Head of Corporate Governance & Compliance to analyse and ensure that the Trust is Well-Led and complies with the Code of Governance
Lead on compliance with Annual Reporting guidance as well as AnnualGovernance Statement and statutory annual returns requirements.
Prepare the publication, distribution and presentation of the annual report and annual governance statement.
Lead on the management of the Annual Membership Meeting.
Please read the Job Description for Full Details
Job description
Job responsibilities
Ensure that Board meetings are held in accordance with the Trusts constitution.Lead on compliance with the organisations Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions and Scheme of Delegation and ensure that any breaches are identified and reported through appropriate channels and that these constitutional documents are reviewed annually. This will be achieved through the analysis of the constitutional and regulatory documents Lead compliance with best practice around the Fit and Proper Persons test for allDirectors by analysing the current records.Work with the Head of Corporate Governance & Compliance to analyse and ensure that the Trust is Well-Led and complies with the Code of Governance
Lead on compliance with Annual Reporting guidance as well as AnnualGovernance Statement and statutory annual returns requirements.
Prepare the publication, distribution and presentation of the annual report and annual governance statement.
Lead on the management of the Annual Membership Meeting.
Please read the Job Description for Full Details
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to a degree level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continued personal development.
- Evidence of further study in healthcare management or governance
Knowledge
Essential
- Significant experience supporting senior level committees, working in a secretariat team and governance functions.
- Experience of working with Board Members and Governors.
- Experience of problem solving.
- Proven ability to work without supervision.
- Excellent report writing experience.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload with minimal supervision working to tight and often changing timescales
- Ability to prioritise work effectively.
- Able to work as part of a team and independently
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to a degree level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continued personal development.
- Evidence of further study in healthcare management or governance
Knowledge
Essential
- Significant experience supporting senior level committees, working in a secretariat team and governance functions.
- Experience of working with Board Members and Governors.
- Experience of problem solving.
- Proven ability to work without supervision.
- Excellent report writing experience.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload with minimal supervision working to tight and often changing timescales
- Ability to prioritise work effectively.
- Able to work as part of a team and independently
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
