Head of Governance & Company Secretary

Job Description

Head of Governance & Company SecretaryPermanent / Full Time / Hybrid workingCirca £60k (consisting of salary scale 6B £54,950, plus market uplift)Working hours: 37 per weekWe have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Governance to work with our Executive team and Board to develop and improve South Yorkshire Housing Association’s (SYHA) approach to excellent governance. We are a forward thinking, values driven housingassociation, and this role is based in our head office in the heart of Sheffield.We have a legacy that spans over 50 years of providing great quality housing and a broad range of services to communities in the Sheffield City Region. Our purpose is for our customers to settle at home, live well and realise their potential, and believe that the need for the innovative services we provide alongside our homes is as strong as ever. We currently have 5,700 homes across a diverse range of properties, an employeeteam of c.550, and provide services to over 10,000 customers each year.We are proud of our excellent homes and services, and we want to match this with excellence in the processes, controls and systems that ensure sound governance and decision making. We have recently been regraded by our regulator and are implementing a clearand ambitious plan to ensure that we work towards and achieve the highest grading of governance. We are not simply looking for compliance, we want to establish a governance function that will deliver systematic change in how governance and decision makinghappens throughout our organisation.If you are someone who loves to work in an organisation that has real purpose, and you relish the challenge of leading systematic change then this is the role for you.More about the role:Reporting directly into the CEO of SYHA, this post will provide strategic corporate governance advice and operational company secretarial support to the Board, the Executive and across the business. It will drive an improved approach to governance that meetsor exceeds best practice.Longer term the post will develop and be responsible for a governance team to support the role and SYHA’s ambitions.Who you are:

• You will have substantial experience in a company secretary/governance role in a regulated sector and ideally be ICSA qualified
• Strong knowledge and understanding of company law, charity law and corporate governance
• Be skilled at developing partnerships, and building brilliant relationships with our executive, board and external parties.
• Be a great change leader
• Have exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Take a professional and performance driven approach
• Passionately believe in our organisational values.

Our wider benefits:For our perfect candidate we are offering a flexible role, working in a caring and friendly team, with a great package of benefits.

• Salary circa £60k (consisting of our salary scale 6B - £54,950 plus market uplift)
• Working hours - 37 per week
• Generous holiday entitlement - 27 days annual leave, statutory bank holidays plus an additional 4 SYHA days, pro rata.
• Pension contribution
• Excellent flexible working options including hybrid working, Flexi Time, Condensed Hours, Part Time, and Job Share.
• Excellent benefits including:
  • SYHA Rewards - employee discount scheme, which offers cash back and shopping discounts, plus advice and resources on healthy eating, financial wellbeing, exercise and mastering your mental health
  • Westfield Health (employer paid)
  • Counselling
  • Discounted Gym membership
  • Cycle to work scheme
• Access to a wide range of programmes to train and develop you.

Please note that we may remove this advert prior to the advertised date, dependent on the level of response received. Please apply at your earliest convenience.Closing Date: Sunday 8th October at midnightInterview Date: Week Commencing 16th October