Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Governance Officer for a 6-9 month contract on a rate of around £200 - £250/day (Inside IR35). This is a hybrid role, with only 2-3 days required on site each week.
Responsibilities:
- Managing an annual programme of Board and Committee meetings, with associated administration.
- Helping edit and prepare Board and Committee papers.
- Administration of our Board portal software.
- Attending Board and Committee meetings and preparing minutes.
- Collating management information for the Board, including liaison with internal teams, ensuring accurate and timely production of business performance reports.
- Providing advice and support to colleagues and managing agents in relation to the Complaints Handling Procedure, recording complaints and preparing quarterly and annual reporting on complaints handling.
- Being the point of contact for Governance with the Finance team.
Essential Skills:
- Experienced public sector governance professional, dealing with stakeholders of all levels
- Experience of acting as a secretariat for boards/committees
- Previous experience of FOI requests
- Ability to deal with and handle complaints
- Able to respect confidentiality and to be discreet.
- Ability to create an environment of trust, building appropriate networks within the organisation to support delivery of timely performance reporting. Able to co-ordinate with others to achieve priorities and objectives.
- Ability to scrutinise and interpret information and reports.
- Have an interest in corporate governance e.g. Board operations and business.
- Strong organisational skills with an ability to manage and prioritise a busy workload
- Excellent communication skills.
- Computer literate with experience across Microsoft 365, especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams, and SharePoint. Able to work confidently on letters, reports, spreadsheets and presentations.
- A self-starter with ability to work on own initiative.
- Ability to analyse and present data in clear written and visual format. Positive and proactive approach.
- Strong administration and organisational skills.
- Excellent customer service.
- Collation and presentation of complex management information.
- Managing information for senior management and Board discussions, a track record of professional integrity is paramount.
- Ability to work to tight deadlines.
Desirable Skills:
- Minute and note-taking.
- Business administration qualification or equivalent.
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.