Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family! At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations: - Enhanced pension scheme Private health scheme Employee discount scheme Experience annual pay reviews Profit related pay Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities The Opportunity We’re looking for a highly organised, discreet and proactive Company Secretarial Assistant to join our Group Legal team. This is a key role supporting the Group Company Secretary in delivering strong corporate governance, high-quality board administration, and statutory compliance across the Group. You’ll play a pivotal part in ensuring our governance processes run smoothly, supporting senior forums, and maintaining the highest standards of confidentiality and professionalism. What you’ll be doing Board & Governance Support: Supporting the smooth operation of the Group Executive Board (GEB), Group Holdings Board (GHB) and committees by p reparing and circulating agendas, board packs and papers Statutory Compliance: Preparing and submitting statutory filings to Companies House, maintaining statutory registers and corporate records, supporting entity management including incorporations, dissolutions and director changes. KYC & Corporate Information: Coordinating Know Your Customer (KYC) and corporate information requests, maintaining up-to-date corporate information packs Whistleblowing & Ethics: Administering the Group whistleblowing system - Tracking cases, supporting investigations and preparing reports Conflicts of Interest: Managing conflict of interest declarations and registers The Ideal Candidate We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience: - Experience in a company secretarial, governance, legal or regulated environment Strong understanding of governance, statutory compliance and confidentiality Proven minute-taking skills at senior levels Excellent attention to detail and organisational discipline Part-qualified or qualified CGI (ICSA), we would also consider someone without this but who has the drive to become qualified and holds strong related past experience. Why join us? This is a fantastic opportunity to join a respected Group function at the heart of our governance activity, supporting senior leaders and contributing to strong organisational integrity. You’ll gain exposure across the Group and develop your governance expertise in a supportive and high-performing team.. We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK’s best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris, Urban Eat, West Cornwall Pasty Company and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country. At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers. Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.