Governance Officer

Fixed Term Contract until 31/07/2025, Part Time (18.75 hours per week)

Working days are Wednesday (PM), Thursday & Friday.

Here at Stonewater, we are looking to appoint a Governance Officer someone to support the team in safeguarding our top regulatory rating for governance. The role provides comprehensive, efficient, and high-quality services to Stonewater non-executives and the teams other customers.

You will manage and plan the arrangements for meetings of Stonewater boards and four of its committees/panels, including attendance at meetings to record proceedings when required. You will provide personalised support for, and advice to, the non-executives, enabling them to fulfil their roles with Stonewater effectively, and manage the fulfilment of statutory requirements under Data Protection legislation. You will be responsible for the regular and structured review of delegations and other documentation supporting the governance, risk and assurance framework and its communication to colleagues, and complete regulatory returns and the fulfilment of other governance processes by proactively maintaining all governance records and registers.

The ideal candidate will:

• Hold or have a genuine interest in working towards a relevant governance qualification and/or data protection.
• Be comfortable working with IT systems, with the ability to enter data accurately.
• Have experience of successfully managing competing priorities to ensure deadlines are met.
• Have a calm and professional manner, with the ability to use own initiative.
• Have excellent communication skills, able to communicate effectively with non-executives, executives and other senior colleagues as well as peers and advisers.
• Be well organised, with the ability to work under pressure.
• Have proven administrative experience.

Discover Stonewater:

Stonewater is a leading housing provider. We manage around 39,000 homes, serving 82,000 customers across our portfolio of affordable properties for general rent, shared ownership and sale, alongside specialist accommodation, with an ambitious house-building programme.

Our mission is to provide quality homes and services for people whose needs are not met by the open market.

Were looking for like-minded people to join our team of over 800 talented colleagues who embody our values of being ethical, ambitious, passionate, agile and commercial, as well as people who want to make a difference and transform peoples lives.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and working towards accreditation for becoming a Disability Confident Leader, which allows us to record and report on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace to better support our colleagues. We have also achieved accreditation for being an Advanced Employer for Investing in Ethnicity Maturity Matrix. We are committed to being a Menopause Friendly employer and working towards accreditation our Menopause Friendly accreditation.

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Stonewater reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.

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