Job vacancy: Corporate Governance Manager, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London

Job summary

Main area: Corporate Governance Manager
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent: n/a
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 334-NCL-6722743-TA

Employer: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Trust HQ, Maudsley Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/07/2025 23:59
Interview date: 29/07/2025

Corporate Governance Manager

NHS AfC: Band 6

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job Purpose:

We are looking for a talented, proactive and ambitious person to join our Corporate Affairs team as a Corporate Governance Manager. This is a role that will help us ensure that our most senior decision-making meetings (Trust Board, sub committees of the Board, Council of Governors and Council of Governors’ Working Groups) operate to a high standard, fulfil their statutory and regulatory duties and deliver on the Board’s ambitions for improved and streamlined processes.

We are looking for a driven and experienced individual who can deliver and make an impact straight away. The role would suit an individual keen to build a career in corporate governance.

The role offers flexibility, and the current requirement is for attendance to the office for a minimum of two days a week. This is subject to the demands of the role and could mean attendance on more days if the business need requires it.

Key relationships

Internal:
The Trust Secretary, Director of Corporate Affairs, Deputy Director of Corporate Affairs, Corporate Governance Officer/Membership Officer, Chief of Staff, Chief Executive and Chair’s Office, Executive Leadership Team support staff, Communications department, Non- Executive Directors, including the Chair, the Board and Board Committee support staff.

External:
Council of Governors, including Lead / Deputy Lead Governors and Chairs of Working Groups, and all external stakeholders, including members of the public, other Trusts, service users, government representatives and NHS England.

Key Responsibilities:

Supporting delivery of the Council of Governors’, Board’s and Board Committees’ statutory responsibilities and strategic ambitions.

Commissioning Board papers in line with the agreed agenda and ensuring these are received on time. Ensuring the timely distribution of Board Papers ahead of Board Meetings.

Providing administrative and tactical support to the Council of Governors, including preparation of forward work plans and reports, agenda setting, minute-taking and following up on actions.

Effective working with the Director and Deputy Director of Corporate Affairs, and Non-Executive Directors to deliver high-quality corporate governance and an effective support.

Where the Non-Executive Directors must attend meetings as part of the Board, arranging and managing those meetings. This does not include diary management of all other individual NED meetings.

Developing and maintaining the directorate’s information systems, creating a repository of auditable information and data relating to information as it relates to the corporate governance function (including, but not limited to, the Trust Constitution, databases, legal advice, decision-making logs, and meeting papers).

Organising and attending service visits for NEDs and Governors, ensuring even coverage across different directorates and types of service; preparing briefings and producing reports on the visits.

Supporting the Trust Corporate Affairs team to implement best practice in good governance across Board Committees.

Maintaining oversight of non-clinical policies, proactively managing reviews and updates.

Assisting the development, and leading the implementation of, best practice in governance processes from floor-to-Board, improving and professionalising the management of information exchange through meetings and written reports.

A role in developing, implementing and reviewing corporate governance policies and procedures, ensuring regulatory and statutory compliance across the Trust, and managing the day-to-day operation of those policies in practice.

Management of the Trustwide declarations of interest procedures, reporting on compliance and ensuring transparency, and appropriate reporting and publishing of registers in line with those policies.

Supporting the preparation of the Trust’s Annual Report.

Secretariat support to the Governors’ Nominations Committee (responsible for the appointment of Non-Executive Directors) and providing support to NED onboarding.

Responsibility to collate and act on Fit and Proper Persons checks for Non-Executive Directors (annually and on appointment).

Preparing reports to the Board on Governor activities.

Preparing communications to Governors on key strategic issues of importance to the Trust.

Undertaking project work for the Trust Secretary/Director of Corporate Governance/Deputy Director of Corporate Governance where required.

Contributing to and maintaining the Corporate Affairs business calendar and workplan.

The Corporate Governance Manager reports directly to the Deputy Director of Corporate Affairs. The post holder will need to engage and interact with senior staff within and outside the Trust, including associated partners and agencies.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Degree or equivalent experience.

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of writing formal documents and / or minute-keeping of complex meetings.
Demonstrable experience of managing and maintaining office information systems, complying with retention schedules.
Devising forward work plans, preparing and delivering agendas, commissioning and drafting high quality reports and minute-taking.

Knowledge / Skills

Essential criteria

Excellent communication skills both verbal and written, preparing high-quality written reports with a clear written style to a standard appropriate to Board-level.
Ability to make sense of complex information and discussions, across a broad scope of issues relevant to the Trust, including quality and clinical care.
Analytical and judgement skills, working with complex facts or situations requiring analysis, interpretation and comparison.
Ability to inspire the confidence of senior leaders, with a confident and highly-organised style.
Demonstrate a freedom to act; proactive working and showing own initiative.
Passionate about the work of the Trust and supporting our service users, carers and volunteers.
High level competency in Microsoft 365 applications including SharePoint and OneDrive.

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

That all applications for this post will need to be made online
That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
That we are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’