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Job Description
Location: Open to either London or Birmingham locations
Birmingham Salary: Base salary: £34,650pa to c.£40,700pa depending on skills and experience.
London Salary: Base salary: £38,850pa to c.£45,700pa depending on skills and experience.
In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 15% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits.
HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
As a Governance Manager at HS2 you will support the Company Secretary and Senior Governance Manager to develop, implement and improve the corporate governance structure and processes and manage the operational support provided to governance entities within HS2 Ltd to assure high quality outcomes, right first time.
About the role:
* Support the Company Secretary and Senior Governance Manager to develop, implement and improve the corporate governance structure and processes.
* Manage the operational support provided to governance entities within HS2 Ltd to assure high quality outcomes.
* Provide a full range of company secretarial and related services for HS2 Ltd, its Board, Board sub-committees, the Executive Committee and its sub-committees.
* Maintain and contribute to a review of the governance arrangements for effectiveness and efficiency.
* Participate in team meetings to provide specialist guidance on governance.
* Provide support to review Company Secretariat information on Interchange/IMS and HS2 Website to maintain accurate version control.
* Assist with the coordination of the Company Secretariat contribution to the Annual Report and Accounts.
* Assist with scheduling of the intricate annual corporate meeting schedule (circa 200+ meetings).
* Manage an assigned portfolio of committee or panel meetings including setting agendas, reporting actions, and producing timely minutes.
* Support the Senior Governance Manager to conduct effectiveness reviews for each governance forum as appropriate.
* Meeting support for Senior Governance Manager portfolio including drafting and issuing of agendas, collation and circulation of meeting papers, and communication of meeting decisions.
* Work with the business to produce and track progress against action points.
* Undertake any ad hoc projects or duties as requested by the Company Secretary or Senior Governance Manager.
* Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work.
About You:
Skills:
* Ability to build effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
* Organised approach to work, balancing adherence to process with flexibility.
* Ability to produce and present information to a wide range of different stakeholders.
* Ability to maintain confidentiality, demonstrating integrity and diplomacy.
* Conflict resolution skills, including ability to manage competing stakeholder priorities.
* Experience of maintaining a robust forward look of work for forums supported.
* Accuracy and maintaining version control.
* IT skills for example Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
* Attention to detail and quality control.
Knowledge:
* Understanding of 'best practice' for corporate governance in a quasi-government, large corporate entity.
* Knowledge of board portal software (e.g., AdminControl, Diligent etc).
Types of Experience:
* An experienced Governance Manager or Assistant Company Secretary.
* Experience of providing committee or board management services to deadlines.
* Experience in implementing governance processes for matrix-type organisations.
* Experience in drafting and presenting reports and briefings to a senior executive audience.
* Experience in managing quality control for content and presentation of papers to Board and committees.
The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect.
It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work.
As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application.
Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.
We ask for a variety of detail in your online application; however, we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV.
About Us
High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high speed rail network, improving capacity and creating thousands of jobs.
HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent, aiming to be a leader in EDI practice.
HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation, and employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others' health and safety.
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