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Executive Director of Corporate Governance
The closing date is 15 February 2026
As a key member of the executive team and Trust Board, the Executive Director of Corporate Governance will assume overall executive accountability for corporate governance, corporate support, health and safety and sustainability.
As an executive, non-voting, member of the Board of Directors, all of the associated responsibilities apply, including promoting the success of the organisation, setting strategic direction, delivering objectives, fostering a positive and open culture and ensuring the highest standards of corporate governance and risk management.
Main duties of the job
As Company Secretary, the postholder will be the principal advisor to the Chair, Chief Executive, Board of Directors and Council of Governors on highly sensitive, complex matters, ensuring they meet their legal and fiduciary obligations. They will advise on all matters of corporate governance and establish a strategic framework to ensure the Trust's business is undertaken to the highest standards of probity in accordance with statutory requirements enforced by NHS regulators.
The postholder will promote a professional culture that supports, recruits, nurtures, develops and retains a compassionate, skilled and flexible workforce. This includes promoting diversity and inclusion in all its forms, role modelling our Leadership and Management Behaviour Framework and promoting continuous improvement through actively leading and embodying our Improvement System.
About us
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Job responsibilities
* Contribute fully as a Director to the Trusts overall strategy and direction, values And priorities, risk mitigation, the effective functioning of the Board and the promotion of strong partnerships across the systems we serve.
* Assume joint responsibility with other directors for the delivery of corporate performance and the achievement of the Trusts strategic objectives.
* Actively contribute to the successful team working of the Trust Board and executive team, promoting collaboration and joined up working at all times.
* Deliver year-on-year efficiency improvements within own area of responsibility and actively support Trust-wide approaches relating to efficiency and cost-savings.
* Promote a culture of openness and transparency across the organisation, promoting diversity and inclusion, in line with our Leadership and Management Behaviour Framework.
* Promote the involvement of stakeholders (staff, patients, and the wider community and partner organisations) in our development of services and decision making.
* Manage Trust budgets effectively; setting and agreeing budgets, allocating resources effectively and ensuring value for money.
* Regularly review the individual performance of direct reports against set objectives and ensure that their development needs are met through training, coaching and development.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Evidence of continuous professional and personal development
Experience
* Significant senior management experience in an NHS Acute Trust, operating at board level
* Substantial experience of managing complex governance and/or legal matters at Trust and/or System level
* Substantial experience of managing change in a complex multi-professional, unionised environment
* Understanding of the regulatory framework and experience of working closely with regulators particularly CQC
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
£109,179 to £125,637 a yearPer annum pro rata to hours worked
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