Job summary
Employer heading
Corporate Governance Manager (Band 5)
NHS AfC: Band 5
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint an interim Corporate Governance Manager to assist the Head of Corporate Governance in ensuring that the Trust has effective integrated corporate governance arrangements in place and to ensure that the Board is supported effectively.
Main duties of the job
The role will incorporate the following key elements:
- To support the Head of Corporate Governance in the management of Board/sub- committees, Council of Governors, wholly owned subsidiary and joint venture meetings;
- To support the Head of Corporate Governance in the management of constitutionally compliant elections;
- To support the Corporate Governance function;
- To support the Annual Members’ Meeting/AGM preparations;
- To manage the Membership Engagement database, the Declarations (Declare) database and provide guidance to staff regarding their declarations;
- To support Board compliance with all relevant legislation and regulations.
The post requires excellent organisational, communication and minute taking skills.
Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details of the role please see attached the full job description and person specification
Person specification
Education, Training & Qualificiations
Essential criteria
- ICSA Healthcare Governance qualification or equivalent – or strong previous/current relevant work experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Organising, producing and circulating agendas, minutes and reports for senior level committees
- Providing guidance on matters of governance to staff
- Attending senior level committees and recording the business of the meeting
- Communicating with Senior Managers, including Board Directors and Non Executive Directors
- Organising meetings and events involving staff and/or the public
Desirable criteria
- Short term and long term planning and delivery of distinct projects
- Experience of working with projects where multiple work procedures and practices exis
- Interpreting & implementing national local service/Trust policies
General and Special Knowledge
Essential criteria
- In-depth knowledge and application of the corporate governance system ie Board and sub-committee structure
- Knowledge of the regulatory regime required for Foundation Trust status
- Knowledge of national policies and procedures across health , and its local implementation or application
- In depth knowledge of software packages including ,Word , PowerPoint ,Excel
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills – including observation, written and oral skills, including minute writing skills
- Ability to plan, implement and deliver on a variety of projects/workstreams
- Ability to respond to changing needs of a large, highly complex project
- Excellent prioritisation and organisational skills
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Juliana Field
- Job title
- Head of Corporate Governance
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 652511
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