Corporate Governance Officer

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Wakefield is seeking a dedicated Corporate Governance Officer to ensure high-quality governance within its Corporate Governance Team. This role includes providing secretariat support, maintaining compliance with governance frameworks, and building relationships with senior leaders. Candidates should be highly organised with excellent judgment and problem-solving skills. The position offers opportunities for professional development, flexible working options, and a supportive team environment focused on improving patient care.

Benefits

Flexible working including part-time hours

27 days annual leave, increasing to 33

Contributory Pension

NHS Discounts

Car lease salary sacrifice schemes

Employee assistance and counselling service

Opportunities for career progression

Supported staff networks

Qualifications

• Ability to manage sensitive and confidential information with professionalism.
• Experience in supporting complex governance processes.
• Proficiency in preparing agendas and taking minutes.

Responsibilities

• Provide secretariat support for Board and Committee meetings.
• Support compliance with governance frameworks.
• Maintain key governance registers and documentation.
• Coordinate and prepare high-quality reports and briefing materials.
• Build effective relationships with senior leaders.

Skills

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Judgment

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Job description

Overview

Are you highly organised, detail-driven and motivated by making a meaningful contribution to high-quality governance? We are seeking an exceptional Corporate Governance Officer to join our Corporate Governance Team and help ensure that our Board, its committees, and key governance processes run seamlessly and effectively. This is a pivotal role supporting the smooth running of the Trust's corporate governance arrangements. You will provide high-quality secretariat and administrative support to the Trust Board, Board Committees, and senior governance leads. A typical week includes preparing agendas, supporting meeting planning cycles, producing accurate and professional minutes, maintaining action logs, coordinating governance information, and ensuring compliance with governance processes and regulatory frameworks. This role demands outstanding judgement, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to manage sensitive and confidential information with absolute professionalism. You must be able to analyse complex information, interpret governance requirements, and problem-solve autonomously. You will play a vital role at the heart of the organisation, contributing directly to strengthening governance, enhancing Board effectiveness, and ultimately supporting safer, better care for patients. You\'ll join a supportive team committed to professionalism, improvement and living the Trust\'s values of Kindness, Respect, Teamwork and Improvement.

Responsibilities

• Secretariat support for Board and Committee meetings, including agenda planning, minute-taking, action tracking and coordination of papers.
• Supporting compliance with governance frameworks such as the NHS Code of Governance, Fit and Proper Person requirements, and the Well-Led framework.
• Maintaining key governance registers and documentation.
• Coordinating, researching and preparing high-quality reports, background information and briefing materials.
• Supporting governance improvement and change projects across the Trust.
• Building effective relationships with senior leaders and governance colleagues.
• Provide efficient and effective governance and secretariat support to meetings of the Board, the Board Committees and other governance groups.
• Provide efficient and effective support for senior governance roles including Non-Executive Director Chairs of Committees, Executive Director Leads of Committees, other Non-Executive Directors in their committee roles, and the Director of Corporate Services and Company Secretary.
• Provide efficient and effective support for other corporate governance work, including the Register of Interests, the Fit and Proper Person framework, Board development, the CQC Well-Led framework, and the NHS Code of Governance.
• Support the review and challenge of existing processes in order to identify new ways of working that would be advantageous to the team and organisation.
• Support identified change and improvement projects, working closely with the Head of Corporate Governance and the Director of Corporate Services to deliver service improvement.
• Complete specified tasks or assignments in the field of corporate governance as may be required by the Head of Corporate Governance or the Director of Corporate Services.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities. We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live. We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.

Benefits

• Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
• 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
• Contributory Pension.
• NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.
• Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes (salary dependent)
• Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
• Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
• Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.