Director of Governance

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Job summary

A leading housing provider is seeking a Director of Governance to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate will have company secretarial experience, strategic planning skills, and strong ethical values. Join a team dedicated to transforming lives and providing quality homes.

Qualifications

• Prior company secretarial experience at a senior level.
• Knowledge of community benefit, company, and charity law.

Responsibilities

• Oversee governance, strategy, and assurance framework.
• Monitor changes in the operating environment impacting strategic plans.

Skills

Strategic Planning

People Management

Communication

Ethical Values

Education

Degree or Equivalent Experience

Chartered Secretary Status

Job description

Here at Stonewater, we are seeking an agile Director of Governance, internally known as Company Secretary, reporting to the CFO.

Requirements

You will be responsible for the governance, strategy, and assurance framework and processes, ensuring these meet legal and regulatory requirements, to help enable:

1. The board to make its annual statement of legal and regulatory compliance.
2. The Chief Executive to make the annual business planning, risk, and internal controls assurance statement to the board.

You will provide support and advice to the board chair and non-executives as the first point of contact, ensuring they have access to the necessary information, learning, and resources to operate effectively.

As the senior risk officer, you will oversee Stonewater's risk framework, ensuring risks to objectives and operations are identified and managed, and that the organization operates within the risk appetite set by the board, to meet regulatory expectations and ensure safety.

You will monitor changes in the operating environment that could impact the delivery of the strategic plan and achievement of performance targets, escalating risks as needed, and will be a key member of our senior leadership team. You will be responsible for board reports and meetings to ensure compliance with regulatory obligations and charitable objectives.

This role also includes responsibility for Data Protection and overseeing DPO responsibilities. Insurance procurement and returns also fall under your team’s oversight.

The ideal candidate will

• Ideally hold Chartered Secretary status.
• Be educated to at least degree level or have equivalent experience.
• Have prior company secretarial experience at a senior level or as a deputy in a large organization within a regulated sector.
• Have knowledge of and good understanding of community benefit, company, and charity law.
• Be familiar with regulatory requirements for community benefit societies, private limited companies, public limited companies, registered providers, and charities.
• Have experience in strategic planning and performance management.
• Be capable of working in a complex environment with remote staff across locations.
• Be a good people manager, able to succession plan and train staff.
• Maintain a calm and professional demeanor, communicating effectively with governance members, the executive, and the wider organization.
• Possess strong ethical values and the confidence to act to safeguard legality and probity.

Appointment is subject to a satisfactory DBS check, references, and valid Right to Work documentation.

Discover Stonewater

Stonewater is a leading housing provider managing around 40,000 homes, serving 93,000 customers with a diverse portfolio including affordable rent, shared ownership, sale, and specialist accommodation, alongside an ambitious house-building program.

Our mission is to provide quality homes and services for those unmet by the open market.

We seek like-minded individuals to join our team of over 900 colleagues who embody our values of being ethical, ambitious, passionate, agile, and commercial—people who want to make a difference and transform lives.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, working towards Leader accreditation, and have achieved recognition as an Advanced Employer for Investing in Ethnicity. We are committed to being a Menopause Friendly employer and are working towards related accreditation.

Are you ready to #DiscoverStonewater?

Note: Stonewater reserves the right to close the application process early if sufficient quality applications are received.