Director of Governance | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester, Ipswich; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS organization in Colchester is seeking an experienced Director of Governance responsible for managing risk and governance. The successful candidate will report to the Chief Executive and hold a non-voting Board position. This role is crucial for ensuring high-quality patient care and requires innovative thinking and problem-solving skills. The Trust offers an exceptional opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the local community, with comprehensive support and development opportunities for staff.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Flexible working options

Health and wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Proven track record in managing risk and governance across large organizations.
• Ability to lead by example and encourage solutions.
• Passion for high-quality patient care.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk management and governance across the Trust.
• Report to the Chief Executive in a non-voting Board role.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality patient care.

Skills

Management of risk

Corporate governance expertise

Innovative thinking

Problem-solving

Job description

We are looking for an experienced, highly motivated and compassionate Director of Governance; we want you to bring your skills, expertise and innovation to our organisation.

The role provides both challenges and development opportunities for a current or aspiring executive with a proven track record of delivery, who leads by example and encourages solutions.

Reporting to the Chief Executive and holding a non‑voting Board position this is a highly influential role whichwill be responsible for the management of risk and governance across the Trust.

Our Director of Governance will share our Trust vision and values as we continue improvement across out organisation.

If you are passionate about ensuring the delivery of high quality patient care, we are keen to hear from you.

The role requires a highly motivated, innovative, individual who can demonstrate logical thinking and problem solving. You will need to demonstrate a successful track record of the management of risk and governance across a large and complex organisation. You will be an expert in supporting the organisation to achieve the highest standards of corporate governance.

This post will make a unique and exceptional difference to our local community, our staff, many of whom live locally and who are highly committed to improving the health of our population and the next generation of healthcare professionals who come here to work and learn.

We offer you a unique and exceptional opportunity to make a difference to our local community; our staff, most of whom live locally and who are highly committed to improving the health of our population; the next generation of healthcare professionals who come here to learn.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For further information on the role and responsibilities please see the attached application information pack.

This advert closes on Sunday 14 Dec 2025