Legal Counsel - Charities Law & Corporate Governance - 12 month FTC

Job Description

Purpose:This role reports into the Society Secretary and is responsible for provide wide ranging assistance on company secretarial and corporate governance matters with a particular focus on providing secretariat support to the Society’s subsidiaries and CharitableFoundation.As a part of this role, you will ensure that the Society’s Board and Subsidiary governance processes operate effectively and in line with applicable legal requirements. You will also assist with corporate governance aspects of the Society’s Annual Report &Accounts and AGM, including review and approval of AGM communications and provide legal advice to support projects and activities undertaken by the Society’s Charitable Foundation.Your day to day:

• Provision of a comprehensive secretarial and legal support service to the board and board committees of the Society and Charitable Foundation.
• Provision of legal advice to support projects and activities undertaken by the Society’s Charitable Foundation.
• Draft and review Board and Board Committee policies, papers and minutes seek approvals from senior management, Executive and Non-Executive Directors as needed.
• Skilled in producing high quality minutes and live minuting meetings.
• Assist with corporate governance aspects of the Society’s Annual Report & Accounts and AGM, including review and approval of AGM communications.
• Provision of a comprehensive secretarial and legal support service to the board and board committees of the Society and Charitable Foundation.
• Provision of legal advice to support projects and activities undertaken by the Society’s Charitable Foundation.
• Draft and review Board and Board Committee policies, papers and minutes seek approvals from senior management, Executive and Non-Executive Directors as needed.
• Skilled in producing high quality minutes and live minuting meetings.
• Assist with corporate governance aspects of the Society’s Annual Report & Accounts and AGM, including review and approval of AGM communications.
• Provide legal support and advice on the application of the Building Societies Act, Companies Act and other similar legislative measures relevant to corporate governance and reporting at the Society.
• The role requires working with a range of stakeholders across the Society, including the Finance, Treasury, Legal and HR Functions

About YouAbility to build good working relationships with colleagues and communicate effectively both internally and externally. Support and advise your colleagues commercially, practically and with common sense. You have a strong attachment to how you manage yourwork which links to the societys values.Key Requirements:

• Legally qualified (2-3yrs PQE) or ICSA qualified.
• Ability to manage and prioritise a wide variety of matters with competing deadlines
• Work well under pressure with good organisational skills.
• A sound grasp of relevant corporate governance and charities law requirements
• Able to work in a team or alone and effectively collaborate to achieve common goals plus the ability to self-manage competing workloads & effectively prioritise.
• Possessing strong drafting and research skills, your able to prepare clear and concise materials for board-level audiences.
• Solution focused mindset - with the ability to use own experience to suggest solutions and resolve complex issues.

Desirable:

• Legal and philanthropic governance expertise
• Experience of working in financial services or a regulated environment would be preferred

Hours: 35 - Mon to Fri andHybrid WorkingAbout the Coventry Building Society:We’re proud to be a building society and we’re focused on our purpose of giving people the power to be better off through life. We’re the 2nd largest building society in the UK, the 8th largest lender, we have more than 2,600 employees and we’re still growingand protecting the interests of our members.We’ve got a simple business model, where savers and borrowers join together to get what they need. That’s the mutual benefit – it’s the way we’ve done things since 1884 and the way we plan to keep doing things.Diversity:We’re building and nurturing teams where difference is valued, creating an inclusive and inspiring workplace. We think discrimination of any sort has no place in a modern society, including ours.Diversity brings unique ideas and perspectives, helping us to deliver better performance. We’ve made clear commitments to increase gender and race diversity in our senior teams over time, and an overall ambition to improve the representation of different sexualorientations, gender identities, disability, backgrounds and thinking styles in our workforce.What we stand for:

• Our Ambition – Be the best mortgage and savings provider in the UK
• Our Purpose – Making People better off through life
• Our Belief – Mutuality is our strength. Our promise to be ‘All together, better’ brings to life our ethos as a building society
• Our Values – Caring, Ambitious, Responsible, Empowering, Straightforward