Governance Administrator
Watford Community Housing
Governance Administrator
Salary Not Specified
Watford Community Housing, Overstone, Northamptonshire
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 19 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: a3e3bc2a573b49c8a81b4e3970e24020
Full Job Description
At Watford Community Housing, we provide vital services that help people to live better lives. In this newly created role, we're looking for a Governance Administrator to join our Corporate Governance team and help us deliver a smooth and efficient compliance service.
What's the role?
As part of our Governance team, you will use your organisational skills to help us deliver a high-quality corporate governance service.
In this role you will:
- Ensure a high standard of attention to detail
- Answer standard enquiries and act as a point of contact internally and externally, providing information to stakeholders.
- Production of minutes
- Assist with the administration of the group's insurance programmes
- Maintain company registers, records and legal documents
- Any other general administrative activities that arise in the day-to-day business
- Assist with the smooth operation of Board and Committee meetings
- Ensure effective meeting coordination including preparing agendas, collating briefing notes and tracking actions
- Liaise with report contributors in order to collate all submissions as per agreed timelines
- Create board and committee packs and the circulate these packs within agreed timeframes
- Maintain records and ensure all previous meeting materials have been logged
- Assist with the circulation of minutes and actions
- Undertake other reasonable responsibilities and projects as instructed by the Corporate Governance Manager.
You will be customer-focused, with the ability to interact empathetically with a wide variety of people. You'll have an excellent grasp of IT / administrative skills and an understanding of how a board committee work. You will have a background in admin/ governance and knowledge of the housing or construction sectors would be a distinct advantage. As some meetings will be outside of normal office hours, you will need to be flexible in your working times and approach. - You will need to maintain a satisfactory basic level DBS check.
- Experience of supporting with administrative tasks and projects when needed
- Previous experience of minute taking
- Exceptional interpersonal skills
- Comfortable dealing with a wide range of stakeholders at various levels
- Report writing skills
- Time management and attention to detail
- Experience of Microsoft Office
- Knowledge of the housing sector
- Knowledge of recruitment practices
- Experience with boards and committees
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What can we offer you?
We know that people are our most valuable assets, so we offer a range of benefits including 28 days' annual leave pro rata, an employer pension contribution of up to 11%, development opportunities and access to a comprehensive employee rewards scheme.
We know that good homes give people the chance to lead more fulfilling lives. That's why we're dedicated to delivering high-quality homes and friendlier communities. We own and manage more than 5,000 homes in South-West Hertfordshire.
We are a housing association with homes across South-West Hertfordshire. We aim to make a real difference by delivering better homes and supporting our communities.