Executive Director of Corporate Affairs & Governance

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an exceptional leader to join our Executive Team as Director of Corporate Affairs. You will provide strategic governance leadership across risk management, communications and board secretariat services, reporting to the Chief Executive.

You will lead a high-performing team, build trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and drive improvement across corporate affairs while ensuring statutory and regulatory

Qualifications

• Significant experience in senior corporate affairs, governance or company secretariat leadership.
• Outstanding influencing, relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong leadership capabilities with experience of developing high-performing teams.
• Proven track record of delivering complex governance and organisational improvement programmes.
• Excellent analytical, strategic and communication skills.
• A relevant Master's degree or significant equivalent corporate governance experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership across Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Communications and Board Secretariat services.
• Lead a high-performing team responsible for governance, risk, communications and corporate affairs.
• Ensure the Trust meets statutory, regulatory and legal obligations while enabling effective decision-making at Board/Executive level.
• Build trusted relationships with Executive and Non-Executive Directors and advise at the highest level.

Skills

Governance leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic leadership

Governance improvement programmes

Analytical and communication skills

Education

Master's degree in a relevant field

Job description

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an exceptional leader to join our Executive Team as Director of Corporate Affairs. You will provide strategic governance leadership across risk management, communications and board secretariat services, reporting to the Chief Executive.

You will lead a high-performing team, build trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and drive improvement across corporate affairs while ensuring statutory and regulatory