Governance Manager

This role is NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

Are you committed to helping us regulate health and social care within England?

When thinking about what drives you every day in your job, what keeps you motivated and passionate about your work what comes to mind?  For 3000+ people at the CQC we end each day knowing that we have made a difference to the lives of those most in need in our communities.  We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve.  We are looking for people who are caring, demonstrate integrity and work well as part of a team to join with us and share in this sense of achievement.  If you would like to help us make a positive impact to health and social care within England, then read on.

Why this could be a great role for you….

The role will support decision-making, strategic oversight and assurance across the wider CQC governance framework – including at Board and Executive level. The successful candidate will have an eye for quality improvement and will look for ways to enhance our Governance processes.

What you will bring…

We are looking for a dynamic Governance professional with a keen eye for detail and quality, driving efficient and effective processes which facilitate strategic decision-making. As an inspiring people-leader, you will motivate your team in delivering high quality support to the Board and Executive Team.

Accountabilities:

Prepare, review and update corporate governance products, including (but not limited to) the corporate governance framework, scheme of delegation, governance evaluation framework, standing financial instructions and other relevant documents and information.

Support the Head of Governance in designing and implementing a strategic governance framework, to include decision-making processes, communication channels, accountability matrices and a set of policies, procedures and practices that define the roles and responsibilities within the governance structure.

Review and map the governance forums in each strategic area ensuring alignment to ET sponsors and the Board on strategic delivery and subsequent activities.

Embed and then manage the consistent and effective application of governance practices across the organisation in line with the framework.

Provide timely advice to colleagues at all levels and across strategic areas on core governance principles and processes.

Lead the implementation of the Board Assurance Framework.

Review and update the Corporate Policy Register and liaise with business leads to ensure policies receive timely approvals in line with the Corporate Policy Schedule.

Accountable for the performance and operation of the governance function, which includes line management of colleagues within the team.

Ensure that governance committee agendas, minutes, forward plans and other relevant resources are produced in a timely manner and are of a high standard.

Demonstrate competence and support others to achieve behavioural excellence through our Success Profiles ensuring yourself and those you work with are the best that they can be

Role models and supports others to instil our values into everything that we do.

Role models inclusive behaviours in everyday interactions.

Promotes a culture of respect and fairness and understands personal responsibilities around delivering against CQC diversity and inclusion strategy.

Essential Skills and Experience:

Graduate level education or equivalent.

Expert knowledge of the theory of corporate governance, corporate governance guidance and best practice across all sectors, including public bodies.

Ability to apply corporate governance principles to new areas.

Wide ranging understanding of the roles and responsibilities within the organisation, from Board to Team level, and ability to impact knowledge to achieve effective planning and delivery.

Thorough knowledge of the outputs and disclosures required by a Departmental Arm’s Length Body.

Delivery and organisational skills.

Communication and interpersonal skills.

Copes with ambiguity and is comfortable working independently in a dynamic environment.

Corporate governance expertise; awareness of good practice; experience in preparing core corporate governance documents and products; ability to deliver high quality product to tight deadlines; highly flexible and able to re-order priorities at short notice.

ICSA or CGI qualification preferable, but not essential.

What we can offer you…

Your health and wellbeing are important to us and are supported through generous annual leave (starting at 27 days and rising with service to 32.5days, plus 8 Bank Holidays), a cycle to work scheme, discounted gym vouchers and access to a free employee assistance service 24 hours a day. We also understand the importance of financial health and offer membership of the NHS pension scheme, contributing about 14% of basic salary. You will also be able to access discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics, fleet cars, plus we also have an internal reward scheme which could see you earn yourself a voucher or two! All of our Homeworkers are also kitted out with everything they need to comfortably work from home.

We want to support you to succeed and be your very best, with opportunities for training and development along with the support of experienced managers and mentors.  

We want to make working for CQC a great experience for everyone, and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole self to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality network.

Job contact :

• Name : Recruitment Team
• Email : recruitment@cqc.org.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@cqc.org.uk