Governance Assistant

Governance Assistant
Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
About Us
We're B3Living, a social business that helps people who are priced out of the housing market to find a home.
Our mission is to make a sustainable, positive change to the housing crisis for our customers and communities.
You'll find us working in Broxbourne and across southeast Hertfordshire, where we have 5,300 homes supporting more than 12,000 people.
We are now looking for a Governance Assistant to join our team on a part-time basis, working 22.5 hours per week for a nine month fixed term contract.
The Benefits
- Salary of £18,102 - £20,113 per annum
- 27 days’ holiday per year plus bank and public holidays (pro rata)
- Pension
- Cross organisational bonus scheme
- Personal development plan
- Option to buy and sell up to five days’ leave per year
- Flexible working policy
- Volunteering, emergency and parental leave options are available
- Disability confident employer
- Subsidised private medical insurance, flu jabs, employee assistance programme and paid sick leave
- Life assurance
This is a fantastic opportunity for a governance professional with experience working with Boards and taking minutes to join our committed organisation.
Your experience and skill set will play a vital role in ensuring that our governance processes run smoothly, enabling us to achieve our mission of providing housing solutions for those in need.
So, if you’re ready to join us in our mission to create better futures and make a meaningful impact in the lives of local communities, then apply today!
The Role
As a Governance Assistant, you will support effective governance arrangements for B3Living and our subsidiary boards and committees.
Supporting the preparation of board and committee meetings, you will manage agenda setting and distribution, take minutes, maintain an annual programme of items for the meetings and progress or co-ordinate the preparation of reports.
You will also support the Deputy Company Secretary in maintaining documentation supporting the governance framework, ensuring an accurate record of compliance activity.
Additionally, you will:
- Ensure the compliance calendar is kept up to date and communicated
- Support the document signing process
- Maintain the conflicts of interest register
- Support the administration of compliance checks
About You
To be considered as a Governance Assistant, you will need:
- Governance experience
- Experience working with Boards and taking minutes
- Knowledge of the governance code and housing association regulatory requirements
The closing date for this role is 3rd June 2024.
Interviews will be held on 17th June 2024.
We are a Disability Confident employer, which means that we offer an interview to a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.
Other organisations may call this role Governance Administrator, Governance & Compliance Assistant, Corporate Administrator, Administrative Assistant, Secretary, Personal Assistant, Executive Assistant, PA, EA, Administrator, or Office Assistant.
All our vacancies are open to flexible working arrangements, something we are really proud of. We believe in the benefits of a diverse workforce and strongly welcome applications from those currently under-represented in the organisation, including LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual), people with disabilities and people from ethnically diverse backgrounds.
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