Joint Director of Corporate Governance

Job overview

Joint Director of Corporate Governance, East London NHS FT & North East London NHS FT

East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) & North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT)

Location: London, UK| Full-Time, Permanent

Closing date:  28 May 2025

Shortlisting: 6 June 2025

Online stakeholder session: 11 June 2025

Face to Face Interviews: 12 June 2025

Are you a strategic leader with a people-first mindset? Can you transform NHS governance into a powerful enabler of better mental health care, smarter systems, and real impact?

We are seeking an inspirational leader to bring strategic oversight, operational excellence, and a collaborative spirit to shape the future of NHS corporate governance across ELFT and NELFT in North East London. This role is about more than compliance – it’s about embedding governance as a strategic enabler, supporting high-quality, people-centred mental health and community health services for the populations we serve.

About the Role

As Joint Director of Corporate Governance, you’ll provide strategic leadership across all aspects of corporate governance, compliance, and operational effectiveness, working at the heart of both NHS Trusts.

Main duties of the job

Your Responsibilities:

• Shaping corporate and system-wide governance to support integrated, place-based mental health care and community health care.
• Providing expert counsel to our Chair, Boards, Councils of Governors, and executive leadership.
• Ensuring full compliance with the NHS Provider Licence, Code of Governance, and Well-led Framework.
• Leading and developing high-performing teams across four key functions: corporate governance, secretariat, executive office, and governors and members support.

You’ll champion governance as a shared responsibility woven into the fabric of the NHS Trusts, not a siloed function. Through strong relationships and visible leadership, you’ll embed a culture where good governance is understood, valued, and seen as a trusted enabler, driving better outcomes, strengthening mental health and community health services, and fostering learning, accountability, and trust.

As a People Person, You Will:

• Strengthen engagement between the Boards, Councils, and members.
• Champion inclusion, accountability, and transparency.
• Raise the profile of administration as a profession, driving continuous improvement and career development within the governance function.
• Ensure governance systems reflect our commitment to service users, population health, and lived experience.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Why Join Us?

This is an exciting moment for ELFT and NELFT – two values-driven, innovative NHS Trusts leading change across the mental health and community health sectors. If you’re ready to lead with purpose, build trusted governance systems, and make a tangible difference for staff and service users in North East London, we want to hear from you.

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We are committed to diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds, especially underrepresented groups.

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