Job description and person specification
Job Title: Senior Governance Advisor
Reports to: Board Secretary
Department: Corporate Development Team
Purpose: To assist the corporate development team in the delivery of team objectives in
the areas of Board and Committee management, subsidiary management, team comanagement, performance reporting, programme management, internal governance,
and legal issues.
Key Responsibilities:

To provide effective Board and Committee reporting function including the
organisation of meetings, minuting and adherence to the Constitutional Document
and the growing number of Group subsidiaries.

To manage the LPFA group entities Companies House compliance and
maintenance of registers, whether directly or indirectly via external service
providers.

To provide effective
Committees.

To participate in and provide effective support to the internal executive meetings
or other meetings as required.

To support the internal governance matters including maintenance of the Staff
Governance Handbook.

Working with the team to create appropriate control measures for the team’s risk
register and respond to Audit Committee recommendations as required.

Contribute to the development of the team’s business plan.

To deputise for the Board Secretary and other team members as required
(particularly during busy periods).

Ensure activities meet and integrate with the organisational requirements for
quality management, health and safety and environmental policies and comply
with the legislative framework within which the authority operates.

Where necessary, to ensure the Authority maintains compliance with the FCA
filing requirements.
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performance
reporting
to
senior
management
and

To develop skills to step up to be the Deputy Board Secretary in due course
Person Specification:
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following qualities:
1.
Company secretarial experience and
Committees, including minute taking.
experience
of
supporting
Board
and
2.
Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of the UK company law and public sector
regulation (ideally pensions).
3.
Experience of the Companies House and other filing procedures.
4.
Has a broad understanding of performance and project management.
5.
The ability to work unsupervised
6.
Excellent organisational skills.
7.
Effective written and verbal communication and experience of drafting Board
reports and dealing effectively with stakeholders.
8.
Supportive team player.
9.
Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships, and work flexibly
across professional and operational boundaries.
10.
Commitment to excellent customer service.
Required Qualification, Skills and Experience
1. Relevant professional qualification: ICSA qualified or part qualified.
Alternatively, a relevant experience and a desire to progress to ICSA
qualification.
2. Experience of professional board and committee support.
3. Experience of company secretarial registration work.
4. Experience of the breadth of the diversity agenda including embedding good
practice and an understanding of LPFA’s and the public sector’s commitment
to combating discrimination and promoting equality of opportunity.
5. Experience of working for or with a regulated entity would be beneficial.
Reasonable adjustment will be made to working arrangements to accommodate a person
with a disability who otherwise would be prevented from undertaking the work.
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