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The Nursing and Midwifery Council seeks a Head of Governance to lead its Governance Team, ensuring robust governance practices and compliance with statutory requirements. The role involves significant interaction with senior leadership and will require expertise in governance, communication, and stakeholder engagement. Benefits include a favorable salary package, supportive work environment, and flexible working arrangements.
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Head of Governance
Application Deadline: 6 July 2025
Department: Governance
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: London or Edinburgh
Reporting To: Ben Wesson
Compensation: GBP 67,087 - GBP 80,150 / year
Description
About the team and what we do
The Governance Team sits at the centre of how we ensure transparency, accountability and effective oversight at the NMC. We support the Executive, Council and its committees, uphold our statutory and regulatory responsibilities, and safeguard the integrity of our decision-making. From organising Executive Board and Council business to overseeing statutory reporting and member recruitment, we play a vital role in ensuring the NMC delivers on its public interest mission with clarity and credibility.
Your role and impact
This is an exciting opportunity to lead the NMC's Governance Team and shape how we deliver high-quality governance at every level. As Head of Governance, you'll provide expert support to the Council, committee chairs, partner members and senior leadership. You'll oversee everything from constitutional compliance and statutory reporting to member recruitment, induction and development. Your leadership will ensure our governance structures are not only robust and efficient but also reflect best practice and the highest standards of public service.
Some of what you will do
What you will bring
Why apply?
This role offers the chance to lead a vital function at the heart of UK health and care regulation. You'll work closely with our Chair of Council, Chief Executive and Executive Directors - shaping how we govern and hold ourselves to account. If you're looking for a senior role where your skills can make a real impact on public trust, professional standards and organisational performance, we'd love to hear from you.
Salary Details
All of our roles are available at either our London or Edinburgh locations. Please see salary scales below for each location
London: GBP 72,135 - GBP 80,150
Edinburgh: 67,087 - GBP 74,451
Benefits
About Us
Our core role is to regulate. First, we promote high education and professional standards for nurses and midwives across the UK, and nursing associates in England. Second, we maintain the register of professionals eligible to practise. Third, we investigate concerns about nurses, midwives and nursing associates - something that affects a tiny minority of professionals each year. We believe in giving professionals the chance to address concerns, but we'll always take action when needed.
To regulate well, we support our professions and the public. We create resources and guidance that are useful throughout people's careers, helping them to deliver our standards in practice and address new challenges. We also support people involved in our investigations, and we're increasing our visibility so people feel engaged and empowered to shape our work.
Regulating and supporting our professions allows us to influence health and social care. We share intelligence from our regulatory activities and work with our partners to support workforce planning and sector-wide decision making. We use our voice to speak up for a healthy and inclusive working environment for our professions.
Check out our NMC LinkedIn page here for an insight into the NMC, our vacancies and the world of healthcare regulation.
Additional Information
Please note, if we receive a high level of applications, we may choose to close this advert early. We encourage you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
The role you are applying for is a flexible role, and whilst you will be posted initially to a team, this may require movement between teams as the flow of work dictates. You will of course understand that this flexible approach enables us to provide the best possible service to our registrants and reach the outcomes to our cases quickly and within a reasonable timeframe. This will not change your terms and conditions and will be discussed with you prior to you taking up the post.
Hybrid Working PolicyWe are currently working to a policy of office attendance for two days per week with the rest of the time working from home. Before submitting your application, please ensure you are able to commit to working in one of our office locations twice per week. If you are applying for a part-time role, please pro-rata office attendance based on the number of days you would be working.
Our Pay Policy
It is expected that staff new to the NMC will ordinarily be appointed to the bottom of the relevant pay band. However in exceptional circumstances, it may be possible to offer a salary above the bottom of the relevant pay band but we may request proof of current earnings. Please note that we offer an annual review of salaries and adopt a generous progressive pay approach. Further details of which are available on request.
For our internal colleagues, you will be paid in accordance to our internal pay policy.
Reasonable adjustmentsWe will provide reasonable adjustments to support disabled candidates throughout the recruitment process. Please let us know if you need any additional support to enable you to make an application with us.
Screening and vettingAll of our roles are subject to pre-employment checks. We are in the process of introducing a vetting policy, and it is possible that this role may become subject to DBS and further vetting checks in future.