Senior Governance Officer

The Governance Team comprises the University Secretary and three Senior Governance Officers and is responsible for supporting the University's Council and its Committees including Senate. Over the next 12 months, the Team will be working to ensure the smoothest possible transition to the new governance arrangements which came into effect on 1st August 2024 with the merger of City with St George's form City St George's University of London.

You will support the work of Council Committees by planning agendas, preparing papers, managing the circulation of papers, preparing briefs for Committee Chairs, taking minutes of meetings, and monitoring actions arising from meetings to ensure the smoothest possible transition to new governance arrangements at the University.

You will possess excellent interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills as the key relationships are with very senior people i.e. independent Council members and the University's senior team. The role also requires excellent written communication skills, good attention to detail and the ability to maintain contacts, drawing support and advice from others to resolve problems and knowing who to liaise with on key issues.

Interviews are likely to be held week commencing 2 December 2024. The selection process will involve an exercise designed to test written communication skills and the ability to produce clear and concise written materials.

City St George's, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George's, University of London into one institution.

The combined university is one of the largest suppliers of the health workforce in the capital, as well as one of the largest higher education destinations for London students.

Combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, law, creativity, communications, science and technology, we are creating a 'health powerhouse' for students, researchers, the NHS and partners in uniting a world-leading specialist health university. We are now one of the UK's largest health educators, where staff and students have access to an expanded team of brilliant academic and professional services colleagues, combined resources and facilities and more interdisciplinary opportunities.

The merger creates opportunities to generate significant change in the world of healthcare including changes to treatment, population health monitoring, workforce development and leadership, policy, and advocacy., City St George's offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George's, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors. We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

City St George's operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

At City St George's, subject to agreement, relevant Professional Services roles may be undertaken in a hybrid way, involving a mixture of working on campus and at home each week. Where a hybrid working arrangement can be accommodated, it is expected that colleagues will spend the majority (at least 60%) of their usual working time on campus each week. Specific details will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate. A hybrid working arrangement will not detract from any comprehensive induction, that will include relevant on-site activities.

Regardless of where colleagues are working, City St George's, University of London's premises will be their primary and contractual place of work.

City offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.