Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Office of the Chief Executive and the Chair of the Trust as a Corporate Governance Officer.
This role is integral to support further development of this key corporate service and provide an exemplar service to the Chief Executive, and the Chair to ensure a smooth running and high performance of their areas of responsibility at the Trust. Reporting to the Deputy Trust Secretary, you will deliver work as part of the Corporate Governance Team.
This is a busy and high-profile service, where you will work closely with the Deputy Trust Board Secretary in providing a high-quality, responsive, and modern corporate governance function.
Whilst the role will predominantly be working from home, there is an expectation that the successful candidate would be required to attend our main offices (New Mill in Saltaire) at least one day per week. The day(s) when the successful candidate is required to be in the office will always coincide with a day when the Committee is meeting.
Closing Date: 29th April 2024
Interview Date: 7th May 2024 tbc
Main duties of the job
This prestigious role builds on the developments of a highly successful and well-respected service and will support continuous improvement with the Trust. Working closely with the Deputy Trust Secretary, to support them in the delivery of the corporate governance duties that provides assurance that the Trust is operating within legislation, regulation and to good governance standards. You will build and maintain strong relationships with a variety of stakeholders and colleagues, including the Board of Directors; Council of Governors; place and system partners; and colleagues across the Trust.
You should be a proactive individual with a positive 'can do' attitude, who is personable and able to respond to a variety of competing priorities and areas of responsibility. We are looking for someone that can bring a wealth of direct or comparable experience of working with a variety of stakeholders, responsibility for delivery corporate governance duties, and providing specialist professional support to the Board of Directors in a fast-paced environment. You will be part of an established service and will act as a role model not only for the teams but also for colleagues across the Trust, championing the Trust's values and contributing to the delivery of the better lives, together strategic vision.
About us
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working to delivering a high-quality corporate governance service
- Formal minute taking of complex meetings
- Prioritising, planning and organising own and others tasks
- Work autonomously and proactively
- Dealing with changing demands and priorities in a fast paced environment
- Experience of dealing with difficult situations and non-routine tasks under pressure
Desirable
- Experience of working for the NHS
- Previous experience of dealing with members of the public
- Managing a membership service in a co-operative / voluntary organisation
- Working at a very senior level with evidence of developing and managing projects and teams
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent working knowledge of office procedures and all Microsoft office packages
- Highly developed planning and organisational skills
- Attention to detail and high quality of work
- Excellent knowledge of corporate governance within the public sector
- Confidentiality and data protection processes and procedures
- Ability to provide cover for the Deputy Trust Secretary ensuring the smooth running of corporate governance functions during absences
- Ability to make informed decisions, in some instances these will be in respect of non-routine matters
- Report writing and research skills
Desirable
- Ability to influence and produce persuasive arguments tailored appropriately to the audience, particularly at a very senior level
- Ability to offer constructive challenge at a very senior level
- Awareness of Trust priorities
- Knowledge of Information Governance
- In depth knowledge of current issues facing the NHS nationally and locally, specifically in relation to foundation trusts
- Principals underpinning co-operative / public benefit organisations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working to delivering a high-quality corporate governance service
- Formal minute taking of complex meetings
- Prioritising, planning and organising own and others tasks
- Work autonomously and proactively
- Dealing with changing demands and priorities in a fast paced environment
- Experience of dealing with difficult situations and non-routine tasks under pressure
Desirable
- Experience of working for the NHS
- Previous experience of dealing with members of the public
- Managing a membership service in a co-operative / voluntary organisation
- Working at a very senior level with evidence of developing and managing projects and teams
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent working knowledge of office procedures and all Microsoft office packages
- Highly developed planning and organisational skills
- Attention to detail and high quality of work
- Excellent knowledge of corporate governance within the public sector
- Confidentiality and data protection processes and procedures
- Ability to provide cover for the Deputy Trust Secretary ensuring the smooth running of corporate governance functions during absences
- Ability to make informed decisions, in some instances these will be in respect of non-routine matters
- Report writing and research skills
Desirable
- Ability to influence and produce persuasive arguments tailored appropriately to the audience, particularly at a very senior level
- Ability to offer constructive challenge at a very senior level
- Awareness of Trust priorities
- Knowledge of Information Governance
- In depth knowledge of current issues facing the NHS nationally and locally, specifically in relation to foundation trusts
- Principals underpinning co-operative / public benefit organisations
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
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).
