Corporate Governance Officer

The role of the Corporate Governance Officer is central to supporting the Associate Director of Corporate Governance in ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of the corporate governance function in addition to leading the implementation of robust corporate governance across the Trust, its subsidiary companies and joint ventures. The post holder acts as a senior administrator leading the administration of Trust Board and related Committees and subsidiaries. The post holder will support the Associate Director of Corporate Governance to ensure that the Trust operates in accordance with statutory and legal provisions and that the Trust benefits from high quality and progressive business administration and governance practices by providing specialist advice in order to improve Trust processes. Main duties of the job

• Ensure the meetings of the Trust including the Council of Governors, Committees, and subsidiary companies adhere to the required standards and controls, whilst providing advice and support to staff in order to understand and achieve expectations on standards and reporting.
• Maintain systems by which forward actions and decisions of the Council of Governors, associated Committees and subsidiary companies are progressed.
• Take the lead on the Declarations of Interests process by reviewing the Register of interests, Register of Gifts, Hospitality and Sponsorship in line with national guidance and other relevant matters relating to standards of business conduct and escalating matters as appropriate.
  
  Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
• Keyboard skills to RSA/OCR level III or equivalent
• Excellent standard of literacy, grammar, spelling and numeracy
Desirable
• Project and / or programme management qualification or experience (PRINCE2, MSP)
Knowledge and Expertise Essential
• Sound understanding of governance issues related to corporate activities of a statutory organisation
• Awareness of NHS confidentiality guidance
Desirable
• Knowledge of foundation trust legislation
Experience Essential
• Significant experience of similar roles within a large complex organisation
• Significant experience of 'Boardlevel' working, supporting and advising a Board and its committees in all aspects of corporate governance
• Experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
• Experience of formal minute taking skills at Board, Committee level and preparing agendas
• Experience of developing / managing databases and spreadsheets including analysis of data
Desirable
• Understanding of the NHS and policy
• Line Management experience
  
  The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man.
Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do. Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work. We are -
• Kind
• Empowered
• Responsible
• Inclusive
Vision, mission and values :: The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre