Are you looking for a new role in governance? Would you love to work alongside a group of dedicated trustees and colleagues to help end youth homelessness in the UK? Prospectus are excited to be working exclusively with the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity to find their new Governance Coordinator. This youth homelessness charity exists to ensure that no young person’s life is defined by homelessness. Alongside their partners, the charity supports over 16,000 young people every year and is campaigning to end youth homelessness altogether by 2037.
This role is available on a permanent contract and full-time basis. The salary band is £30,000-£35,000 and is based at the London office in Aldgate, with flexibility to work from home up to two days a week. Core office days for the team are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, however flexibility will be required during busier periods.
The Governance Coordinator is a new role and will report to the Head of Governance & CEO Office. The role is responsible for supporting the trustees to discharge their duties as well as supporting the wider organisation to maintain high standards of governance.
Reporting to the Head of Governance and CEO Office, this is an exciting time to join the team as you will be supporting the Head of Governance & CEO Office to design, implement and co-ordinate the governance function. You will provide administrative support to the Board of Trustees, it’s committees and additional subject groups, coordinating and supporting logistics and arrangement of governance meetings. You will also overseeing high quality record keeping and system administration, including taking minutes and collating actions. You will be working alongside the wider CEO office team, which may include coordinating governance of strategic initiatives as needed.
To be considered for this role, you will need to have experience of providing administrative support to the governance function of an organisation including preparing papers, meeting logistics and management, minute taking, and maintaining systems and records. You will need to possess strong IT skills including Microsoft Office and Adobe Pro, a strong attention to detail, excellent written and verbal communication skills, an understanding of the importance of confidentiality and the ability to be discrete at all times. You will enjoy working as a part of a team and with colleagues across the organisation, as well as being able to work under your own initiative.
Desirably, you will have experience working in the charity sector.
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