Governance Manager

Job summary

Main duties of the job

As Governance Manager, you'll provide expert governance and procedural advice to the Chair, Chief Executive, Board, committees and Council of Governors. You'll plan and deliver high-quality secretariat support (agendas, papers, minutes, action tracking and forward plans), maintain governance systems/standing orders and the annual cycle of business, and ensure key statutory registers and records are accurate and accessible. You'll support director/governor induction and assurance requirements, oversee policy management and compliance, lead Foundation Trust governance activity (including elections and member/public engagement meetings), line manage colleagues and deputise for senior staff when needed. We're looking for proven board-level support experience; strong corporate governance knowledge; excellent writing and minute-taking; sound judgement and analytical skills; organisation and pace under pressure; integrity and discretion with confidential information; confident stakeholder management; people leadership; and strong digital skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams. Regular attendance is required at our Head Office in Newburn, Newcastle upon Tyne and other sites across the North East, at dates and times as required by the Trust.

Job responsibilities

We employ 3,500 staff in 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3230 square miles.

Many people think the job of the ambulance service is to collect patients and take them to hospital, but we do much more!

Paramedic skills have developed hugely in recent years, meaning we carry out more treatment at the scene and en-route to hospital.

We have a dedicated clinical assessment service that allows us to provide patients with the most appropriate care from the beginning of the patient journey.

We have a specialised branch of the Trust called HART which deal with explosions or terrorist attacks.

Ultimately patients are the heart of everything that we do to support our mission of "safe, effective and responsive care for all".

We value and respect the diversity employees bring to our workplace. We recruit a workforce that reflects the community we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. To ensure we deliver on our aims in relation to diversity and inclusion we assess ourselves against a range of frameworks. We are ENEI Gold employer, Disability Confident Leader, Dementia Friendly, and part of Mind Blue Light programme and the Race at Work Charter from the Princes Responsible Business Network and are achieving across all objectives in NHS Equality Delivery System.

From 01/04/25 If your role needs a DBS you'll be subject to salary deduction totaling £49.50, spread over first and second pay.