Governance Manager
Location: Ealing – Hybrid working
Salary: £55,075 – 60,000 dependent on experience
Contract: Permanent, Full time, 35 hours per week
About us
We’re a UK housing association committed to a new vision – providing homes people love to live in.
With over 38,000 homes in management across London and southern England, we provide a wide range of homes for social, affordable and private rent, specialist housing services, as well as homes for sale and shared ownership.
Our 70,000 customers have diverse backgrounds and levels of income and we’re here to provide all of them with homes that are safe, high quality and sustainable. And with social housing roots going back eight decades, we continue to ensure that every penny of profit we make is reinvested into our charitable social purpose – delivering more homes and better services for customers.
We’re also members of the G15, a group of leading housing associations that work together to house one in ten Londoners and tackle the housing crisis.
Role Overview
We are looking for a Governance Manager to join our fantastic Governance department. The Governance Manager will work alongside the Head of Governance and Compliance to ensure effective governance and compliance structures are in place within A2Dominion. This individual will work across the organization to promote transparency, integrity, and accountability in all aspects of governance, ensuring that decision-making processes are robust and align with the association’s strategic objectives.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead the development, implementation, and monitoring of A2Dominion’s governance framework, policies and procedures to ensure they align with regulatory requirements, best practices, and our values
- Provide expert governance advice to the Board and its committees. Organise and manage board and committee meetings, including the preparation of agendas, minutes, and papers, and ensure decisions are accurately captured and followed through in a timely manner. Whilst managing the electronic meeting system (One Advanced/Decision Time)
- Provide expert governance advice to the Joint Venture partners. Organize and manage board and committee meetings, including the preparation of agendas, minutes, and papers, and ensure decisions are accurately captured and followed through in a timely manner
- Oversee the identification and mitigation of governance risks. Ensure compliance with all relevant legal, regulatory, and ethical standards, particularly in housing and public sector governance
- Lead on maintaining all company registers managing Companies House filing and compliance returns
- Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders to promote the association’s governance standards and respond to governance-related inquiries or concerns
- Work with the Head of Governance and Compliance and the Executive Management Team to monitor governance effectiveness and continuously improve systems, processes, and practices in line with feedback and evolving best practices
- Support annual effectiveness reviews to ensure the Boards and Committees operate within Terms of Reference and provide accountable decision making and oversight
- Ensure timely and accurate reporting on governance matters to senior leadership and the board. Prepare reports on governance performance, compliance activities, and risk management efforts
- Advise on governance trends and best practices to ensure that the association remains future-focused and aligned with long-term strategic goals
More about you
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent in Maths and English (Grades A*- C)
- CGI Company Secretarial Qualification – at least Graduate level or a professional qualification in Governance
- Proven experience in governance, risk management, and compliance within a large organisation, ideally within a regulated sector such as housing, public, or charitable sector
- Strong leadership abilities, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to engage with stakeholders at all levels and foster a collaborative working environment
- Ability to anticipate challenges and proactively identify solutions, ensuring the organization remains compliant and operates efficiently
- High level of attention to detail, especially in governance documentation and reporting, ensuring accuracy and completeness
- This role requires basic use of Microsoft Teams for collaboration, and advanced proficiency in Excel and other Microsoft packages for note taking and PowerPoints to present to the senior stakeholders
Choosing us is easy
As an employee of A2Dominion, we want you to feel rewarded and have a choice of flexible benefits, salary exchange benefits, and rewards and discounts that work for you, wherever you are in your life.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits. For this role, these include:
- 25 days’ holiday (Plus Bank Holidays) increasing up to 28 days with 3 years of service
- Up to 8% contributory pension
- Flexible working
- Investment in your learning and development.
In addition, all permanent and fixed-term employees receive a generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for both you and your family.
We also operate a Cycle to Work Scheme whereby employees have access to cycling equipment throughout the year and can pay via monthly salary deductions.
Whatever the role, we want you to bring your knowledge and experience to play your part in improving people’s lives.
If you require a reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process, please contact our Talent Team to request: resourcing@a2dominion.co.uk
A2Dominion Group is a Disability Confident Employer which means that we are committed to employing disabled people and will:
- actively look to attract and recruit disabled people
- provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process
- offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job
- be flexible with assessing people so disabled applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job
- make reasonable adjustments as required
At A2Dominion Group, we recognise the positive value of diversity, promote equality and inclusivity in our hiring processes. We always aim to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds – men and women, people of all ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, religions, and beliefs.
Meeting the role requirements
We recognise that some people will only apply for a role if they meet 100% of role requirements. If this sounds like you, we’d still encourage you to apply and also to arrange a call with one of our recruitment team to discuss your application further at resourcing@a2dominion.co.uk.
A2Dominion is proud to be a family friendly employer
Everyone is welcome at A2Dominion Group. We know that equality, diversity, and inclusivity make us better. We embrace the unique contributions of our people and seek to create a workplace where everyone feels like they belong. Find out why our people love working with us.”
Join us at A2Dominion, where your expertise will be integral to our recovery journey, creating lasting positive changes in the lives of our customers. If you possess the right motivation and drive to contribute to our recovery and change initiatives, we invite you to apply and be a crucial part of our team.
