Governance Administration Assistant
We are looking for a Governance Administration Assistant to join our governance team on a permanent basis. Reporting into the Governance and Risk Manager, you will play a key role in providing comprehensive administrative and secretarial support to the team.
About us
We are a social housing landlord and one of the largest housing providers in the region with over 22,000 social and affordable homes, mainly in the Bradford district. We employ a talented workforce of nearly 1,000 people.
Working to provide great homes in great neighbourhoods, we are proud to collaborate with our customers, communities, local and national stakeholders to achieve this.
This year will see us launch our new 5 year corporate strategy to 2029 which puts customers at the heart of what we do, providing great places to live and work, with homes that they are proud to live in.
Responsibilities- Play an instrumental role in the Governance Team by providing comprehensive administrative and secretarial support
- Minute taking for governance meetings
- Responsible for scheduling meetings and working across diaries
- Maintain action trackers and policies
- Monitoring the governance inbox and allocating mail accordingly, across the team
- Provide support in organising Board and Committee Meetings and training events
- Minute taking experience
- Ability to establish and maintain successful relationships with stakeholders.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Great time management skills and ability to plan own workload and meet deadlines
- Well-developed problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret, summarise and convey complex information.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Excellent Microsoft office skills.
- Starting salary of £26,168 per year
- West Yorkshire Pension Fund membership - Current employer contribution is 15.5%
- 28 days annual leave that increases with service plus bank holidays
- Option to buy and sell annual leave
- Training, development, and qualification opportunities
- Our Hub: our wellbeing and benefits site, with exclusive access to discounts and savings (at over 800 retailers)
- Corporate health scheme membership
- Agile and hybrid working
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Local gym membership discounts.
- A team of trained Mental Health First Aiders who are available for colleagues to contact for support
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Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.