Governance Coordinator

NHS England; London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a motivated individual to join their governance team. This exciting role involves supporting the delivery of innovative programs aimed at improving patient outcomes and reducing health inequalities. You'll be the main point of contact for governance matters, providing high-quality support to various boards and projects. If you're passionate about making a difference in the healthcare sector and thrive in a dynamic environment, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a team that values diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where your contributions will be recognized and valued.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in a similar role.
• Strong project management skills ideally within an NHS setting.

Responsibilities

• Manage governance queries from internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide secretariat support for boards and projects.
• Ensure governance systems remain effective and identify improvements.

Skills

Relationship management

Project management

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

Degree in relevant subject

Tools

Meeting minutes

Action logs

Performance trackers

Job description

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Site: NHS England Office in Leeds/ London
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (exclusive of London Weighting)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/01/2025 23:59

Our Organisation

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.

As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.

As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern.

Job overview

We have a fantastic opportunity to join a dedicated team that supports the delivery of an ambitious suite of programmes aimed at ensuring the NHS is one of the most pro-innovation and research systems in the world, helping to improve patient outcomes as well as supporting economic growth.

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our governance team, to help support the continued development and delivery of a high-performing governance function across the Innovation, Research, Life Sciences and Strategy sub-directorate, within NHSE’s Transformation Directorate.

This role includes supporting the Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) Board – a unique partnership that aims to ensure the NHS is in the best place to improve patient outcomes and reduce health inequalities through research and innovation.

Main duties of the job

• Being a main point of contact for governance related matters, managing queries from a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Providing a high-quality secretariat function that supports a range of boards, programmes, projects and activities – ranging in seniority.
• Maintaining high quality and accurate records, using a variety of tools such as meeting minutes, action logs and performance trackers.
• Confidently supporting and working alongside internal and external colleagues ranging in seniority across a number of activities.
• Working independently with minimal supervision, organising and prioritising workloads (your own and others) to competing, changing and often challenging deadlines.
• Ensuring governance systems, processes and structures remain fit for purpose, identifying areas for improvements and associated delivery plans.
• Ensuring the delivery of an effective and responsive administration service, including managing correspondence, diary management and coordination and responding to general work requests.
• Continuously developing and managing relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Assisting in the implementing and reporting of the sub-directorate’s risk management strategy, including maintaining assigned risk registers.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.

Skills

• Highly developed relationship management skills, with a track record of building credibility and trust, ideally with colleagues in Government, academia, industry and/or the NHS.
• Strong project and programme management knowledge and skills, ideally with experience gained within an NHS setting.
• Clear communicator with excellent verbal, analytical, writing and presentation skills; capable of interpreting and evaluating information and/or issues; concisely and accurately constructing and delivering clear ideas, concepts and recommendations for diverse audiences, often requiring persuasion and influence.

Experience

• Experience providing secretariat support for project working groups, governance groups and/or programme boards, including diary coordination, preparation of papers/reports and briefing notes; and minute taking.

Knowledge

• A good understanding of risk management, with experience of developing, maintaining and contributing to associated reporting arrangements.

Our commitments to you

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. We’re passionate about nurturing and developing people. We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit NHS England.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

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