Senior Governance Officer

GEDU Services; Broxbourne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational organization is seeking an Executive-level Governance Manager. This role involves managing governance delivery, ensuring compliance, and providing secretariat support to senior boards. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of higher education governance, excellent communication skills, and experience in fast-paced environments. They will lead planning efforts, develop key relationships, and maintain governance registers while contributing to risk management practices. This full-time position is based in Broxbourne, UK, with travel to campuses as needed.

Qualifications

• Understanding of academic and corporate governance is essential.
• Strong communication abilities required.
• Organisational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and co-ordination of the Governance calendar.
• Provide high-quality advice and guidance on governance.
• Support senior boards with agendas and minutes.

Skills

Excellent understanding of HE governance

Excellent written skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Excellent organisational skills

Willing to travel to UK and European Campuses

Education

Governance related qualifications

Job description

Role Purpose

To manage the professional delivery of corporate governance across GEDU including providing high-quality servicing for the Board of Directors, Executive Boards, and the Standing Committees of the Boards. To assist the Head of Governance leading the ongoing development of governance processes and procedures keeping informed by the relevant national and international directives, policy developments and good practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead with the planning and co-ordination of the Governance calendar.
• Ensure reporting deadlines are met in line with the Boards and Committee’s term of reference.
• Provide high quality and accurate advice and guidance on governance that is based on an up-to-date understanding of a broad range of issues, systems and processes, best practice and frameworks.
• Provide high quality secretariat support to senior boards and committees, assuring the quality and timeliness of agendas and minutes and their distribution, and following up on actions.
• With the Head of Governance, lead the elections to senior committees.
• Actively promote risk management best practice and embedding risk management throughout the organisation.
• Take on any special projects or assist the Head of Governance as required.
• Provide high quality communications between the Governance Team and Gedu Institutions, Directors, and senior members of the organisation.
• Provide high quality secretariat support to Boards and Committees including distribution of agendas, minutes and actions.
• Work closely with the Head of Governance and the senior leadership team to ensure regulatory compliance is met.
• Act as liaison between corporate and academic governance teams.
• Line manage and support the Governance Officer.
• Develop a network of influence with senior GEDU officers and external peers.
• Provide high quality written and oral reports, as required, to the Head of Governance, CEO and other senior staff at GEDU.
• Maintain governance registers including policies ensuring reviews and approvals are conducted where needed.

Liaison With Gedu Staff

Key relationships are with the Head of Governance, Provost, International Provost, Executive Boards, Academic Boards, Group Chief Finance Officer, Chief Operating Officer, CEO and Deputy CEO of GEDU and its partner organisations.

Essential Skills And Experience

• Excellent understanding of HE governance, including academic and corporate governance.
• Excellent written skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Willing to travel to UK and European Campuses.

Desirable Skills And Experience

• Governance related qualifications, or the willingness to work towards qualifications in corporate governance.
• Knowledge or experience in risk management.

Other Information

• To GEDU values and regulations, including equal opportunities policy.
• The GEDU’s Social, Economic and Environmental responsibilities and minimise environmental impact in the performance of the role and actively contribute to the delivery of GEDU’s Environmental Policy.
• To their Health and Safety responsibilities to ensure their contribution to a safe and secure working environment for staff, students, and other visitors to the campus.

Role Dimensions

• Direct Reports: Yes
• Travel: Yes
• Budget Responsibility: No

Seniority level: Executive

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Other, Information Technology, and Management

Industry: Education