Governance Manager in London

Are you looking for a role within an organisation where the work you do makes a real difference to children? If the answer is yes, the role of Governance Manager could be exactly what you're looking for.

At the NSPCC, we believe every childhood is worth fighting for. With over 100 years of experience, and the collective strength of our staff, volunteers, supporters, and partners, we're working to end child abuse and neglect for good. At the heart of our organisation, the Chief Executive's Office plays a key role in supporting our CEO and making sure we deliver on our mission with integrity, quality, and care. We're a collaborative and passionate directorate that assists our Board of Trustees and Committees to make sure that good governance processes and compliance with our Royal Charter as well as general charity law are followed.

This role plays an important part in supporting our Board of Trustees, Chief Executive and Executive Leadership Team in carrying out their leadership roles. You'll contribute by:

• ensuring that the organisation operates within a robust governance framework;
• supporting effective decision-making, accountability, and delivery of strategic objectives;
• ensuring the Board of Trustees can operate effectively.

What will I be doing as a Governance Manager?

• Provide high-quality governance support and advice to senior stakeholders across our organisation, including the Board, Committees and Executive Leadership Team, enabling effective and agile decision-making, driving accountability, and supporting the delivery of NSPCC's strategic objectives and plans for the benefit of babies, children, and young people.
• Ensure that governance structures, policies and processes are effective, compliant and aligned with best practice, and that we are meeting all regulatory reporting requirements.
• Support the management of the annual governance cycle, coordinating meeting dates, agendas, reports, papers, minutes, and action tracking. The Governance Manager will have particular responsibility for the day-to-day running of the Committees of the Board.
• Support trustee recruitment, induction, and development.
• Manage annual governance processes, including Trustee appraisals, Board effectiveness reviews, organisational conflict of interest reporting etc.
• Support governance-related projects and change initiatives to continuously improve processes and systems, driving organisational efficiency and best practice.
• Ensure high quality record-keeping.

Relationship Management:

• Build effective relationships with key stakeholders on the Board and ELT, as well as with colleagues across the NSPCC.
• Build understanding of governance and regulatory requirements across the organisation, including delivering training where required.
• Act as a champion for high standards of governance and compliance, leading by example.

Regulatory Compliance:

• Help to ensure that the NSPCC is compliant with all legal and regulatory requirements across the jurisdictions in which we operate.
• Manage NSPCC's annual regulatory reporting and returns, including maintaining Charity Commission, OSCR and Companies House records.
• Project manage the delivery of the Trustees Annual Report and Accounts each year.

What skills do I need to be the Governance Manager?

• Significant governance / company secretariat experience.
• Experience supporting Boards, Committees, and Executive Leadership Teams.
• Strong knowledge of governance frameworks and compliance requirements in a regulated, charity, or public sector environment.
• Experience of risk management and assurance processes.
• Excellent written communication and report-writing skills, including minute-taking.
• Strong organisational and project management skills.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including with non-executives.

Why join the NSPCC?

Any one of our people will tell you that a huge reward in itself is making a difference to children's lives. But we know it's a competitive world, and it's important to feel valued in your role and receive more practical, tangible benefits. We offer salaries that are at least comparable with the top charities in the UK, as well as these benefits:

• Generous annual leave - 29 days per annum plus bank holidays for full-time employees (pro-rata for part-time). 32 days per annum after five years' continuous service.
• Employee discounts - Our discounts portal gives you online access to over 3,000 discounts and offers.
• The Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - an independent, free, personal support service. It can provide information, support and advice to support your health and wellbeing.
• Pension - building up a good pension is something we want to help you achieve with our flexible, tax-efficient pension schemes.
• Life assurance scheme - All employees will be given life assurance of one times their salary, unless they join the NSPCC Group Personal Pension Scheme, where members are given life assurance of five times their salary.

Join us and make a difference. You'll grow, be challenged, and help change millions of young lives for the better. Ready to apply? If this is the role for you, please click the button ‘apply' to start your journey. You can find more information on all recruitment stages on the Career page. Still have questions about the role? For an informal chat about the role, please contact Jessica Holifield.