Head of Corporate Governance (Fixed Term)

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Job overview

We are looking for a Head of Corporate Governance to join us on a fixed term contract for 12 months. As the Head of Corporate Governance you will be supporting the Director of Integrated Governance to deliver an effective and efficient corporate governance function, managing the decision making processes and structures of the Trust Board of Directors. There will be times you will need to formally deputise for the Director of Integrated Governance as required.

The Corporate Governance Team consists of the Director of Integrated Governance, Executive Assistants, Board Support Officer and Membership Manager. The team are all based in Trust Headquarters and provide support for both Executive Directors and Non-Executive Directors. There is a good working culture that promotes a positive, supportive and productive environment where employees feel valued and motivated to contribute. All team members are treated with dignity and respect and diversity is embraced.

Main duties of the job

• To promote excellent standards of corporate governance through formal and informal mechanisms, including formal meetings both internal and external to the Trust.
• To draft sensitive, confidential and complex documents on behalf of the Director of Integrated Governance, the Chair and Trust Board.
• To ensure that the Trust Board's decision making processes are well managed and that reports/papers are prepared, agreed and dispatched in compliance with the Trust Board's procedural rules and statutory requirements.
• To manage the administration of the Trust's Board of Directors and its Committees' meetings, annual work programmes and records.
• Maintain the annual cycle of business for Trust Board and its Committees, ensuring efficient and timely passage of business through the Trust's assurance and decision making processes.
• Establish and maintain a review programme for all corporate governance policies and procedures, working with the Director of Integrated Governance to ensure these are up-to-date, approved and communicated as appropriate
• Support the Trust's Non-Executive Directors in the fulfilment of their roles, including assisting with diary management, IT, remote access and expenses claims.
• Provide leadership and oversight of the Trust's Membership Office and all membership and Governor Activity.
• Manage the administrative function within the Chief Executive's office including line management of the Executive Assistants, Membership Manager and Board Support Officer.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent professional experience gained in a large complex organisation training/experience gained in an NHS environment to post grad diploma level or equivalent training/experience.
• Working towards relevant post graduate qualification / training (e.g. Chartered / company secretary, legal qualification).
• Evidence of ongoing commitment to CPD
• Highly developed knowledge and understanding of the NHS Foundation Trust governance arrangements and legislation.
• Experience of setting up and maintaining office systems and processes
• Significant experience of producing highly complex and accurate reports, presentations, briefings, newsletters, promotional material, membership analysis requiring attention to detail at all times with the ability to tailor to different audiences as required.
• Line management experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills including a polite telephone manner

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in an NHS Foundation Trust environment.
• Experience of working with different governance structures
• Experience of working with Governors

We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:-

• Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
• Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
• An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months)
• Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
• Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
• An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
• Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
• Cycle to work scheme
• Uniform provided (where required)
• On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
• On site health and fitness club
• On site car parking
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

SEASONAL RESPIRATORY VACCINATIONS

We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.

GETTING TO WORK

We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital, a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible, and our Trust is well connected through the bus services to the city centre and other areas.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY

We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly.

The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, martial status and age.

OTHER INFORMATION

If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to replay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary. Many staff use the DBS update service at a cost of £13 per annum but you need to sign up for this via their website.

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 432.6KB)
• Facts about Salisbury (PDF, 214.5KB)