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The Charity for Civil Servants; Sutton No. 103; On-site; CAD 72,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plan

Headspace

Life assurance

Excellent pension

Generous annual leave

Birthday leave

Cycle to work scheme

Electric vehicle scheme

Job summary

The Charity for Civil Servants is seeking a Governance and Planning Manager to ensure robust governance, business planning and project management across the charity.

In this role you will work closely with colleagues to support our trustees, drive cross-team collaboration and promote a one charity approach, reporting to the Head of People and Governance. The successful candidate will be highly organised with strong attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Must have strong governance, planning and project management experience.
• Ideal to hold a project management qualification; demonstrable experience considered in lieu of qualification.
• Excellent minute-taking, report writing and business planning abilities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee governance, business planning and project management across the Charity.
• Support trustees and ensure effective governance and reporting.
• Guide cross-team collaboration using a 'one Charity' approach.
• Provide guidance on trustee governance and long-term planning.
• Report to the Head of People and Governance and coordinate with colleagues.

Skills

Project management

Minute taking

Report writing

Business planning

Influencing and interpersonal skills

Education

Project management qualification

Job description

Governance and Planning Manager

Company: The Charity for Civil Servants

Salary: £45,000 per annum

Hours: Full-time

Location: Sutton, SM3 8DY

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 22 Sept 2026

Closing date: 22 Oct 2026

The Charity for Civil Servants sits at the heart of the UK Civil Service. While we can’t always prevent the tricky, stressful, sad stuff from happening, when it does happen, we help current, former and retired civil servants get the best support.

We’re 140 years old in 2026 and we’ve got big ambitions to ensure we are there for those who need us for generations to come.

We are now recruiting for a Governance and Planning Manager, a key role responsible for ensuring strong governance, business planning and project management across the Charity. You will also, crucially, help us to ensure that our high-profile trustees are supported effectively.

Reporting to the Head of People and Governance, you will be working with colleagues across the Charity to provide guidance on trustee governance and business planning. You will be demonstrating your experience in project management and helping to bring together our diverse and dedicated teams to support collaboration and a ‘one Charity’ approach.

To be successful in this role, you’ll be organised with strong attention to detail and ideally be qualified in a project management discipline, although we’ll also consider candidates with demonstrable experience in lieu of a qualification. You'll be an excellent minute-taker with strong report writing and business planning skills.

You will also have strong influencing and interpersonal skills and be able to build accountability across individuals at all levels of the Charity to meet our collective targets and business objectives.

In return, we can offer you a supportive, inspiring and friendly team culture and excellent benefits including a health cash plan, Headspace, life assurance, excellent pension, generous annual leave, birthday leave, a cycle to work scheme and an electric vehicle scheme.

The Charity for Civil Servants are committed to building and developing a workforce which reflects the diversity of the civil service community that we support. We seek to ensure all job applications are treated fairly, with respect and without bias and we encourage applications from suitably experienced candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, or any other factor.

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