Governance Partner

Aspire Housing; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspire Housing is seeking a Governance Partner to provide essential governance support services. The role involves assisting the Board and Committees in delivering the People First Strategy, ensuring compliance with legal requirements, and managing key governance projects. Ideal candidates will have experience in board support and a passion for governance within a collaborative culture.

Benefits

Work-life balance

Learning and development opportunities

Competitive annual leave allowance

Child-care vouchers

Health cash plans

Cycle to work schemes

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting board meetings including agenda setting and minuting.
• Experience in compliance with legal requirements for modern slavery and anti-bribery.
• Experience of regulatory compliance and completion of regulatory returns.

Responsibilities

• Provide end to end Board and Committee support services.
• Support the Governance Manager with regulatory returns.
• Review and update the business continuity framework.

Skills

Excellent organisation skills

Excellent communicator

Attention to detail

Proven IT skills

Job description

The vacancy

Governance Partner

Permanent, 37 hours per week

Home based with travel to Newcastle under Lyme

£35k plus competitive benefits

Join our team to be part of something special - build a career where people truly matter.

Are you an enthusiastic, collaborative professional who is passionate about Governance and Compliance?

We currently have an opportunity for a Governance Partner to join our team to provide an efficient and effective governance support service.

About the role

The successful candidate will get the opportunity to help our Board and Committees play their role in delivering our wider People First Strategy and Corporate Plan.

• Provide end to end Board and Committee support services
• Support the Governance Manager with the completion of regulatory returns
• To review and keep up to date the business continuity framework
• Support key Governance projects

About you

We are looking for:

• Experience of supporting board meetings - including agenda setting, minuting meetings and the annual governance cycle
• Experience in other governance matters such as compliance with legal requirements for modern slavery and anti-bribery
• Experience of regulatory compliance and completion of regulatory returns
• Excellent organisation skills
• An excellent communicator with experience of working with Non-Executive Directors, Executive Directors and other senior managers
• Attention to detail
• Proven IT skills

If this sounds like you and you have a passion for putting People First and are excited about the opportunity to work in an organisation with a collaborative and values driven culture, we'd love to hear from you!

Closing date for applications: 1st June 2025

Interview date: TBC

Working for Aspire you will share our values in achieving our goals.

This role is subject to a Basic DBS check.

Who we are

Aspire Housing is a leading housing provider, property developer and place shaper based in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Created in July 2000, we own and manage more than 9,000 homes and support around 19,000 customers across Staffordshire and Cheshire. Our profits are reinvested in new homes, in revitalising communities and in a comprehensive range of innovative support services designed to transform lives.

Putting People First has always been part of our ethos and is central to our purpose to deliver safe, decent homes and excellent housing services through our talented Aspire team.

We do this by embracing our values; by championing the customer, building togetherness, and being professional. Our values reflect what's most important to our colleagues and customers and are at the heart of Aspire.

More information can be found at www.aspirehousing.co.uk.

Our journey

Perks and benefits

Work life
balance

We believe that quality time outside the office is vital to our employees' satisfaction at work. That's why we encourage our managers and employees to promote a healthy work-life balance by enabling people to work flexibly, balancing the needs of the business with the needs of the individual.

Learning and development

We believe in developing all our employees. Our e-learning academy offers a range of programmes across all areas of our business from leadership and management to operations and customer service. We regularly run learning campaigns such as Dementia awareness training to support our customers and improve our services.

We value
our people

We want to work with the best talent which is why we offer competitive annual leave allowance with salaries based on market rates alongside saving schemes, pensions and additional perks including child-care vouchers, health cash plans and cycle to work schemes.