Corporate Governance OfficerNHS

Job summary

The North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board is looking for an experienced and highly organised Corporate Governance Officer.

This is an opportunity to contribute to sound decision-making across an organisation responsible for improving health and wellbeing, reducing inequalities and supporting health and care services for 3.1 million people.

Please note this post is only accepting applications from current staff of North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board and staff members of North of England Commissioning Support (NECS)

Main duties of the job

Working with the Senior Corporate Governance Manager and wider team, you will help deliver an expert, high-quality committee secretariat service for the Board and its committees. You will promote a positive governance culture and help ensure that the organisation complies with its governance framework, policies and relevant legislation.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating the committee secretariat function and supporting effective committee management. Providing advice and support to key committees and subcommittees (including accurate minute taking).
• Providing specialist governance and procedural advice to colleagues at all levels.
• Maintaining governance documents and committee registers of interests.
• Preparing clear, timely reports for the Board, committees and subcommittees.
• Supporting Chairs during committee meetings.
• Delivering corporate governance training.
• Identifying emerging risks and supporting governance improvement work.
• Managing and developing relevant support staff.

Job description

You will be educated to degree level or have equivalent experience gained in a similar role. You will bring substantial experience in corporate governance and/or risk management, alongside excellent written and verbal communication skills.

You will be confident advising senior colleagues, interpreting guidance and procedural rules, producing high-quality reports and influencing others on complex issues. You will also be able to prioritise competing demands, work independently, meet changing deadlines and maintain close attention to detail.

Experience of managing staff, projects and budgets is essential. You should also be comfortable using Microsoft Office and relevant risk management systems. Some travel and flexibility around meeting times may be required.

About us

Our Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the largest in the country.

The ICB is responsible for ensuring that high quality and safe health services are accessible to all of our communities. It has a wide range of functions, including; promoting integration of health and care services, improving peoples health and well-being, reducing health inequalities.

With a £6.6 billion budget and a workforce of 170,000 people across the North East and North Cumbria. As well as strategic functions, ICB staff also work at place level with local health and wellbeing boards in each of our 14 local authority areas. These teams also work alongside our 67 primary care networks which are groups of local GP practices, social care teams and other community- based area providers.

The ICB works with our Provider Collaborative too, this includes the 11 NHS Foundation Trusts in the region, to deliver our shared priorities.