Job Title: Corporate Affairs and Governance Officer
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £26,000 per annum
Location: Coram Campus, 41 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ
About Coram
Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK's most vulnerable children and young people.
We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.
Coram is the UK's longest serving children's charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.
About the Executive Office
The Corporate Affairs and Governance Officer role is part of the Executive Office team working with the Chief Executive at the heart of Coram group to support the effective running of the organisation and the fulfilment and expansion of its strategic impact and development, including the realisation of the vision of Coram as the Institute for Children.
About the Role
This is an exciting time to join the Executive Office as the Coram group expands and develops its capacity to improve the lives of children and young people. You will provide governance administration to ensure the Chief Executive fulfils her company secretary duties, working as part of the Executive Office team, and with the HR and Finance teams as required. You will also provide administrative and events support to the Group Head of Corporate Affairs in managing stakeholders and delivering the corporate affairs programme to engage and influence key audiences.
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Closing Date: Tuesday 9th September 2025 at 12pm
Interview Date: Wednesday 10th and/or Tuesday 16 September 2025
Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from global majority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.
If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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