Corporate Governance Manager

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Corporate Governance Manager to enhance governance processes and ensure compliance with national standards. This role is pivotal in supporting the Chair and Non-Executive Directors, advising the Council of Governors, and engaging with stakeholders. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills, strategic thinking, and a solid understanding of governance in a Foundation Trust setting. Join a welcoming team committed to professional development and making a significant impact in the community.

Qualifications

• Degree level education or equivalent required.
• Experience in governance within NHS Trusts is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support Chair and NEDs in governance processes.
• Advise Council of Governors on governance matters.

Skills

Governance Knowledge

Communication Skills

Strategic Thinking

Change Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Degree Level Education

Minute Taking Qualification

Continuous Professional Development

Job description

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience

YOUR APPLICATION

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Job overview

We are thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for a highly organized and proactive individual to join our Trust Secretariat team as a Corporate Governance Manager! Your expertise and dedication will ensure that our governance processes are seamless, efficient, and aligned with our strategic goals. If you are passionate about governance and eager to make a significant impact, we would love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Support to Chair and NEDs: The Corporate Governance Manager will play a crucial role in supporting the Chair and NEDs in their day-to-day duties.
• Governance and Compliance: You will be responsible for maintaining and interpreting the Trust Constitution, advising on national guidance, and supporting the implementation of best practice governance standards. This includes ensuring compliance with the Health and Social Care Act 2012, NHS England guidance, and the NHS Foundation Trust Code of Governance
• Council of Governors: The role involves advising the Council of Governors and its committees on governance matters, ensuring meetings are conducted in line with the Trust's regulatory framework, and providing professional advice and support to enable governors to carry out their statutory duties effectively
• Stakeholder Engagement: Building and maintaining strong relationships with key external stakeholders is a key part of this role.

Main duties of the job

The Corporate Governance Manager plays a crucial role in ensuring robust and effective governance across the Trust. This position provides essential support to the Chair and Non-Executive Directors (NEDs), ensuring they are well-briefed and have timely access to relevant information. Key responsibilities include:

• Council of Governors: Advise the Council of Governors and its committees on governance matters, ensuring meetings are conducted in line with the Trust's regulatory framework. Support governors in fulfilling their responsibilities, including induction, training, and development plan
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with key external stakeholders. Work closely with the Communications Team to ensure consistent and aligned messaging to stakeholders on key issue
• Team Leadership: Line manage and support the development of Governance Officers and the Membership Officer. Ensure effective support is provided to the Chair and NEDs, with clear prioritisation of workload and timely delivery of outputs

This role requires a highly organized and proactive individual with excellent communication skills and the ability to manage complex and high-volume workloads. The Corporate Governance Manager will be confident in drafting accurate and timely reports and briefings, able to work independently to tight deadlines, and comfortable adapting to changing priorities.

Working for our organisation

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the job description / person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Minute taking qualification
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable criteria

• Professional specialist and Leadership Management qualifications

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working within a Foundation Trust Governance setting, demonstrating insight into codes of governance and legislation applicable to NHS Trusts and FTs, preferably in a mental health trust
• Ability to identify significant issues, being astute at identifying political sensitivities and emerging threats and opportunities
• Experience of managing change in a complex and politically sensitive environment Experience of working with service users/carers, patient and public involvement in the NHS

Desirable criteria

• Experience of dealing and responding to emergency situations

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to assimilate and understand the work of the Trust, its policy context, operational issues and challenges.
• Ability to think strategically, interpreting national guidance and producing corporate strategies and plans for the Trust
• Ability to review and effectively utilise relevant legislation and interpret for others to follow
• Excellent oral, written and presentation skills, including ability to convey highly complex information and difficult messages with tack, sensitivity and diplomacy to a range of individuals and organisations, where persuasive and motivational skills are required and where there are significant barriers to understanding

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)
FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures - these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.

Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.

The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.

This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £16 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Corporate Governance Manager (PDF, 408.4KB)
• Values Based Recruitment - Candidates Guide (PDF, 360.6KB)
• Reasonable Adjustments - NSFT (PDF, 197.5KB)