What you'll be doing
Governance Assistant
£34,500 - £36,500 + comprehensive benefits
Bath ¦ Permanent, Full Time, Hybrid (3 days office, 2 home)
Closing Date: 21/02/2025
Ready to Use Your Skills for Social Purpose?
You're confident managing multiple priorities, building relationships at all levels, and getting things done. Now you're looking to apply these strengths in corporate governance.
What You'll Do
You'll be central to our governance effectiveness, ensuring our organisation can deliver its social mission effectively and compliantly. You work will support decision that directly impact housing and our communities.
Your key responsibilities will include:
* Running professional board meetings from agenda planning through to following up on actions
* Managing our compliance processes and legal documentation
* Supporting board member development and engagement programmes
* Building relationships with stakeholders at all levels
* Taking ownership of governance systems and suggesting improvements
* Supporting initiatives that improve residents’ lives through effective governance and engagement.
What You'll Get in Return
We think you'll have a job that makes you feel good about what you're doing and help us to make a difference to our customers' lives every day.
So in return for all your hard work, you'll receive:
* Professional development support and training
* 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 29
* An additional day's leave on your birthday
* Contributory (Salary Sacrifice) Pension Scheme matched by CURO up to 10%
* Annual 'Homes for Good' Reward
* Life Assurance Policy (up to 6x your annual salary)
* Flexible Benefits including ability to buy up to 5 days additional annual leave, gym membership, Health Cash Plan, Computer Scheme, Green Cars, Cycle to Work
* 'Perks at Work' – access to 1000's of discounts online and in-store
* Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
* Free Parking at many of our Offices
More About You
Success in this role comes from:
* Navigating complex situations with diplomacy
* Keeping multiple projects moving forward seamlessly
* Communicating clearly and confidently at all levels
* Taking initiative to improve processes
* Being adept at taking detailed minutes during meetings
* Having a professional background (legal or governance experience and/or a relevant degree)
* Being passionate about using your professional skills for social impact.
Ready to Step Up?
Apply today or contact Amy.Jones@curo-group.co.uk for more information.
About Curo
Curo is an organisation with social purpose at its heart. We provide affordable homes that help people find security and stability and a positive future. We’re one of the largest housing associations in the South West and an expanding house builder, using our profits to create more affordable housing in our communities.
Our values are at the core of how we work. We care about our colleagues and their wellbeing and recognise their sense of pride in the work they do to support our customers.
We’re proud to say that since 2016 we have been ranked by Best Companies as being in the UK's top 75 Large Companies to work for. We're also listed in the top 10 best housing associations to work for in the country, and among the top 25 best companies to work for in the South West!
One more thing
We provide homes and services to a community that is diverse. We recognise that we need to do more to ensure that the colleagues in our organisation better reflect and understand the community we serve and for that reason we particularly welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and abilities. We are a recognised ‘disability confident’ employer and we have also signed up to the Social Housing Anti-Racism Pledge (SHARP). We guarantee to interview all disabled, black or minority ethnic applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for our vacancies.
If you need support to assist you to make an application or attend an interview, then please email our recruitment team at recruitment@curo-group.co.uk and we will be happy to help.
Benefits
Birthday leave
Holiday trading
Hybrid working
Life assurance
Online shopping
Pension