Governance & Compliance Manager

Governance & Compliance Manager Location: London Salary: £48,256 - £56,263 Hours: 34.75 Job Type: Full time Contract Type: Permanent Role Purpose: To manage governance and compliance activities to ensure that the GOC meets its statutory obligations and acts within established policies. Providing; effective advice and support to staff and members, consistent and effective governance and compliance policies and meetings management services. Key Accountabilities: Provide governance support for Council and committee meetings, including forward planning, advice on delegated decision making authority and conflicts management, agenda and paper development, and drafting of accurate minutes and actions to ensure effective decision making within the established governance framework. Provide information, support, advice and guidance to staff in relation to the planning and drafting of papers, corporate policies and the completion of impact assessments. Manage the development, review and implementation of governance and compliance policies including, management of interest, corporate complaints, gifts and hospitality and financial crime, including the drafting and presenting of papers. Manage the processes for appointment, reappointment, induction, development and review of members. Provide up-to-date advice, guidance, induction and training to staff and members on the GOC’s statutory responsibilities and governance and compliance policies to ensure consistency across the organisation with agreed frameworks. Work with the Governance and Compliance team to manage other compliance activity, including: the corporate complaints process, including; delivery of actions to ensure compliance, undertaking investigations, coordinating responses, compiling statistics and drafting reports; the corporate policy review process, including; scheduling reviews, supporting staff with the review of policies, completion of impact assessments, conversion into the policy template, updating into plain English and creating process flow charts; and EDI activity, including; managing the diversity monitoring processes of registrants, staff and members and drafting of the annual diversity monitoring report, development of the EDI strategy and supporting staff with completion of equality impact assessments and EDI activities. Manage the work of other team members and ensure that performance and development is managed in line with organisational requirements. Manage the process of payment of member fees and expenses, ensuring they meet with agreed guidelines. Keep up to date with current legislation, best practice and innovation (particularly in the regulatory sector), including engagement both internally and externally, and translate this knowledge to suggest changes to GOC’s governance and compliance practices. Essential Skills/Experience/Qualifications: Considerable governance knowledge and experience of advising at Board-level (Essential) Good oral and written communication skills, including drafting of minutes, and attention to detail (Essential) Experience of drafting and presenting policies and reports (Essential) Line management experience (Essential) Relevant company secretarial qualification, such as Associate/Diploma of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (or equivalent) (Desirable) Experience of equality and diversity and complaints handling (Desirable) Project management skills (Desirable Regulatory experience (Desirable) Closing date for this role is 6 May 2024, please note we reserve the right to close this role early dependent on number of applications. Please note your application will not be accepted without a covering letter exampling how you meet the essential criteria of this role, no more than 2 A4 pages. REF-(phone number removed)