Group Director of Governance & Assurance And Company Secretary in London

Stonewater is one of the UK’s leading social housing providers. We manage around 40,000 homes for more than 93,000 customers and are financially strong, ambitious and values‑driven. With a long‑term A+ credit rating and a G1/V2 governance and viability rating, we are a major national provider with a clear social purpose and a complex, growing group structure.

As we deliver our Strategic Plan to 2030, we are undertaking significant and complex work to deliver our three core objectives:

• Customer‑centred services – providing customer‑centred services that are proactive and efficient, and that help us to retain and attract customers.
• Quality homes and neighbourhoods – we will supply, manage, and maintain homes and neighbourhoods that are safe, connected, efficient, affordable, and flexible.
• Maximising value – we will maximise the value we provide to our customers and communities through decision making and initiatives that support environmental and social sustainability.

Against an increasingly challenging regulatory and operating environment, the Director of Governance & Assurance and Company Secretary will be a trusted adviser to our Board and Executive, and a key enabler of confident, well judged leadership across the Group.

We are seeking a highly credible governance professional with senior company secretarial experience in a large, complex and regulated environment. You will bring a strong understanding of company, charity and community benefit society law, regulatory frameworks relevant to registered providers, and experience of strategic planning, performance and risk management.

This is a unique, organisation‑wide role, combining Company Secretary to the Stonewater Group with Senior Risk Officer responsibility. Reporting to the Chief Finance Officer, with independent access to the Board Chair, Chief Executive and Risk & Assurance Committee Chair, you will ensure Stonewater and its subsidiaries operate within legal, regulatory and constitutional requirements, and that robust decision‑making, risk management and assurance arrangements are in place across the Group.

Calm, authoritative and collaborative, able to build effective relationships, you will be a trusted adviser to the Chair, Board and non‑executives, providing high‑quality governance support, insight and challenge, across the Board, executive and wider organisation. This is a rare opportunity to shape and safeguard the governance of one of the sector’s most forward‑thinking housing organisations, ensuring Stonewater continues to operate with excellence, probity and ambition as it delivers for customers and communities.