Governance business partner

Responsibilities * Take ownership of the Board and Committee meeting process to ensure an effective and proactive support service to these meetings ensuring that they are well planned with accurate minute and action taking. * Support colleagues in understanding, adhering to, monitoring and evidencing compliance against legal, statutory and regulatory requirements as well as best practice guidance. * Support colleagues in conducting policy and strategy reviews, ensuring the policy and strategy framework is robust and effectively managed. * Ensure probity frameworks such as declarations of interest, raising concerns, conflicts of interest are appropriately managed and recorded, giving guidance to colleagues. * Support the Board and Committee member recruitment process and facilitation of onboarding sessions ensuring a customer first approach ndash; this will include designing and updating a Governance Induction Handbook. * Assist in the Board and Committee member Appraisal process and annual Board Effectiveness review. This includes developing templates, supporting members to complete, reviewing analysis and drafting reports with recommendations. * Maintain and monitor the Board and Committee member Induction and Development plan and arrange well planned and successful Board and Committee strategy and development sessions as well as identifying individual development requirements. * Produce the regular Board e-newsletter sharing development opportunities, internal news and sector updates. * Proactively monitor the website, colleague intranet and Board portal to ensure that they are up to date for non-executive directors, colleagues and customers; * Provide support to the Data Protection Business Partner in periods of high demand ndash; including responding to subject access requests; and * Provide wider support to the wider Governance Team, including holiday and sickness cover, as requested. Specifically provide support and assistance to the Assistant Director of Governance and Regulation and Governance Manager. About You Your Skills, Abilities, Knowledge and Experience * Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills and in particular the skills to take high quality minutes. * Demonstrate excellent organisational and prioritisation skills with attention to detail and deadlines. * Customer focussed with good interpersonal skills. * Ability to work as part of a team and to work on own initiative. * Ability to conduct work of a confidential nature. * Ability to undertake research, obtain and collate information and present findings. * Proactive approach to learning. * Good understanding of Microsoft Office 365; and * Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the issues facing social landlords including the relevant legal and regulatory statutory requirements