Corporate Governance Manager

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Job overview

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

Corporate Governance Manager

It's an exciting time to join our two organisations, Dorset County Hospital and Dorset HealthCare, as we build on our new joint leadership model to help improve the health and wellbeing of our local communities. The recently appointed Joint Executive Director of Corporate Affairs is building a single Corporate Affairs team to work across both organisations and is now seeking to appoint a Corporate Governance Manager to lead on the governance agenda for Dorset HealthCare whilst working closely with their counterpart at Dorset County Hospital and leading on some key governance initiatives across both trusts.

If you believe you bring the skills and knowledge required to be successful in this role, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To provide the full range of advanced professional assistance to the Company Secretary, in support of the administration and implementation of the Trust's corporate governance agenda. The post holder will ensure that the Trust Board and its committees operate smoothly and effectively. Together with the Company Secretary they will ensure that all corporate governance activities are undertaken to the highest standards of probity and according to regulatory and legislative requirements.

To prepare, plan, and deliver a broad range of complex activities as required by the Director and Deputy Director of Corporate Affairs. This will involve problem solving, formulating action plans and establishing robust governance and assurance mapping.

This role will actively contribute to establishing and maintaining good corporate governance practice across the Trust to ensure that the Trust complies with the regulatory framework (including legislation, its provider licence and the Trust's constitution) overseen by NHS regulators, including NHS England and the Care Quality Commission. The post holder will work closely with the senior members of the corporate governance team in successfully embedding the Trust's corporate governance framework to support compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

1. Educated to Degree level or significant equivalent experience.

Professional qualification

Essential criteria

1. Hold or be willing to work towards a graduate-level corporate governance qualification.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

1. Recent experience of working in a governance role in complex organisation, preferably in a corporate governance role within the NHS.
2. Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information; negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to groups.
3. Experience of working with and providing advice within a highly confidential environment, including experience of liaising and operating at Chair, Non-Executive and CEO Level.
4. Ability to interpret national policy initiatives and identify the relevance to the trust and the governance agenda.
5. Demonstrable minute-taking skills, including experience of Board-level minute-taking, and extensive experience of servicing and administering high-level meetings.
6. Strong analytical and critical reasoning skills to enable effective problem solving.
7. Strategic thinking - an ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
8. Significant previous experience working with people from a range of backgrounds in a customer-focused environment.
9. Experience of event organisation.

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

1. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
2. Evidence of proven organisational skills with the ability to plan and prioritise work to meet own, departmental and organisational deadlines.
3. Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
4. Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
5. Highly developed negotiating and influencing skills; persuasive and motivational style.
6. Ability to work with a consistently high attention to detail.
7. Ability to deal with confidential and/or sensitive information in a calm and efficient manner.
8. Proven ability to work autonomously and to manage own workload, and to work flexibly as part of a team.
9. Ability to display and promote the Trust Values on a day to day basis.
10. Demonstrable experience of database management and analysis of data.
11. Recent experience of working with computer systems, to include Microsoft Office, in a working environment, and advanced skills in Excel.

At Dorset HealthCare we want to offer all our staff the opportunity to work flexibly, putting health and wellbeing first, whilst continuing the delivery of excellent patient care. Flexible working looks different for everyone and we welcome applicants to discuss flexible working opportunities with the recruiting manager.

What working for us will provide:

1. 27 days of annual leave, rising to 33 over ten years (for staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions).
2. Excellent NHS pension scheme.
3. Health and wellbeing services.
4. Flexible working options, including family-friendly hours.
5. Free training and one-to-one career coaching to reach your career goals.
6. Preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses and AHPs.
7. Access to nine staff networks - have a voice and transform our Trust.
8. Relocation costs where applicable.
9. Salary sacrifice scheme opportunities - including childcare vouchers, car lease and cycle scheme, home technology equipment, and buying and selling annual leave.
10. NHS discounts to save on your shopping, gym membership and more.

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What you need to do:

Before applying for this post, please do ensure that you have read the job description and person specification requirements. If you think you have everything we're looking for, then we'd love to hear from you, alternatively if you would like more information about the role please do not hesitate to contact us.