Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Governance Assistant for a 6-12 month contract on a rate of around £180 – £200/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:
– Experience of acting as a secretariat for boards/committees
– 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.
– Ability to work to tight deadlines.
Desirable Skills:
– Managing information for senior management and Board discussions, a track record of professional integrity is paramount.
– Experience in commercial and / or public sector.
– Minute and note-taking.
– Business administration qualification or equivalent.
If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.
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