Corporate Governance Assistant

People's Partnership; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job description

Vacancy Name
Corporate Governance Assistant

Vacancy No
VN1662

Employment Type
Full-Time

Primary Work Location
London

Description
Corporate Governance Assistant

About People's Partnership:
At the heart of our not-for-profit organisation is a commitment and a motivation to make the future-saving experience a simple one for our members. We champion fairness and simplicity, not profit-chasing. Imagine a financial adventure where everyone's a winner, fuelled by our exceptional service and brought to life by the fantastic individuals who work for us. We're a diverse employer with a flexible, hybrid working approach, ensuring everyone gets the opportunity to come to work and be the best version of themselves.

What you'll be doing:

Reporting to the Head of Corporate Governance, the Corporate Governance Assistant will play a key role in the corporate governance and general administration of the entities within the People's Partnership Group. The role will encompass a broad remit, including committee and board support and regulatory and statutory compliance work.

1. Preparing and maintaining Board and Committee calendars, seeking and monitoring director availability for meetings, as necessary.
2. Managing the preparation, collation and distribution of agendas and papers.
3. Creating, collating and distributing Board packs.
4. Taking minutes and following up action points.
5. Preparing research and first draft briefing materials on changes to the governance and regulatory landscape.
6. Maintaining the statutory registers of entities within the Group, including the Register of Members, Directors etc.
7. Ensuring compliance with annual filing requirements, including the filing of statutory accounts at Companies House and the online filing of Confirmation Statements.
8. Preparing and filing necessary documents for event driven changes including change of officers, change of name, change of registered office, change of accounting reference dates, etc.
9. Supporting corporate transactions as and when required, including drafting Board resolutions.
10. Assisting with Supervisory and other Regulatory Returns.

What we're looking for:

1. 1-2 years working in a UK corporate legal or secretarial function.
2. Good knowledge of the UK Companies Act, corporate legislation, corporate governance codes and best practice.
3. Experience of taking minutes and the ability to identify and record the salient points of discussion.
4. Strong IT skills.

What you can expect from us:

1. Generous pension contributions with an employer contribution of up to 14%
2. Real living wage
3. Income protection, critical illness cover & death in service insurance
4. Employee healthcare
5. Parental and adoption leave
6. Learning & development opportunities and study support
7. Travel season ticket loans
8. Subsidised restaurant in our Crawley office
9. Volunteering days and charity payroll giving
10. Onsite gym
11. Ride-to-Work scheme
12. Social clubs and events

Disability Statement

People's Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect. We are committed to treating all our people (and all who apply for a role at People's Partnership) equally and enabling them to perform at their best and demonstrate what they have to offer. We are a disability committed employer; please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made to our recruitment process (application, selection assessments where relevant, and interview) to enable you to show us the best "you".

Perks
Our people are our strength, so finding ways to value and reward them is important to us. That's why we offer an award-winning pension - it's what we're good at - plus health care cover, an onsite gym, access to a personal trainer; even the odd massage. And if they're feeling peckish after all that activity, they can always refuel in our subsidised restaurant. Discover more of People's Partnership's employee benefits including our training programme, which is designed to give our people the support they need to develop a fulfilling career.

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