With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children's life stories
Key Responsibilities:
Governance Manager
Salary: Circa £42,750 FTE – Pro Rata for PT
Contract: Permanent - FT preferred. Part time will be considered.
Based: Milton Keynes – Hybrid (2 days per week in MK office)
Job Purpose
Do you have experience of facilitating good charity governance, ideally within an international charity?
We are looking for an individual who can serve as a high-level support to our Board, ensuring all governance matters are handled effectively, providing project management and administrative coordination for the Board to ensure WVUK has an effective governance framework. You will also be tasked with finding new ways to engage and steward our trustees as key, valued supporters of World Vision UK throughout the year.
The successful candidate must be proactive and have initiative. They must also have sufficient existing governance experience to guide them in making appropriate judgements.
The role will work closely with the Chief Executive and the CEO Office, ensuring the CEO is kept abreast of all board related matters.
The ideal candidate would be able to demonstrate:
* Experience of administering Board meetings and producing high quality minutes
* Experience of ensuring compliance with regulatory reporting requirements
* An interest in and basic understanding of charity governance and a willingness to commit to ongoing learning in the area of governance
* Experience of providing executive support to senior posts
* Excellent oral and written communication skills
* A sense of self-drive, self-awareness, insight and personal motivation
* Strong organisational and project management capabilities
* Skilled in building effective and influential relationships within an organisation and externally, and working both proactively and responsively
Key Responsibilities:
* To work closely with the Chief Executive and CEO Office, ensuring the Chief Executive is kept abreast of all board related matters and all responses are timely and of excellent quality, demonstrating expertise and knowledge of the wider organisation and ensuring consistency and alignment between Board and Strategic Leadership Team priorities
* To co-ordinate, attend and act as secretary of Board committees
* To organise and manage, in consultation with the relevant senior stakeholders, the Board's annual programme of meetings and its committees
* To attend and act as secretary to Board meetings and the annual Board Retreat, taking minutes, ensuring decisions and actions are followed up with relevant stakeholders
* To prepare the WVUK Board Chair's Report to the WVI President following Board meetings, collating feedback on Board Meeting effectiveness and liaising with World Vision International on behalf of the Board as required
* To ensure effective governance of the Board and ensure the Board fulfils its legal and regulatory obligations and follows best governance practice by providing high-level support and advice to the Board and Chair on their governance responsibilities
* To maintain and develop the Board's Policy Manual including suggesting amendments to existing policies and drafting new policies
* To support the Board Development Committee in trustee succession planning, recruitment and appointment and maintain appropriate Board schedules and records
* To write papers for the Board Development Committee
* To engage with external agencies, regulatory bodies and sector peers to ensure WVUK keeps up to date on and influences corporate and governance matters, best practice and trends
* To act as the link between the Board and Strategic Leadership Team
* Where required to attend Strategic Leadership Team meetings
Why World Vision:
This is your chance to be a part of something big. You will be working closely with teams across the organisation that directly impact the lives of some of the world's most vulnerable children. If you are excited about using your customer service experience to create real change, then we want to hear from you
All applicants must be willing to work within a Christian framework and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations. Inspired by our Christian faith, we serve alongside children of all faiths and none through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy in almost 100 countries.
In addition to the salary offered, we offer:
* A flexible and supportive working culture
* Pension scheme (with employer contributions)
* Generous holiday allowance
* Free parking (Milton Keynes office)
* Opportunities for faith-based gatherings, prayer, and devotionals
* A welcoming, purpose-driven team who are passionate about making a difference
Please upload your CV of full employment history. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in this advert.
Closing Date for applications: 31st January 2026
Interviews: First stage W/C 2nd February 2026
We reserve the right to interview candidates and close the ad ahead of the closing date should a strong candidate be identified
**Please note that you MUST be holding the Right to work in the UK documentation as unfortunately this role is not sponsored**
World Vision UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people representing all sections of the community. Universal acceptance for everyone, everywhere is at the heart of our Christian organisation.
As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.
World Vision UK is a registered organisation operating the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS) and we shall check with your previous employers about your behaviour and conduct. We will be requesting they complete a form known as a Statement of Conduct. For more information see: The Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (misconduct-disclosure-)
By submitting your application, you understand and accept that World Vision UK will process the data you provide for the purposes of your application and in accordance with the World Vision UK.
Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Only