Total 38 Business Management / Project / Planning job vacancies in salford m5 4bj

Job Description:

Assurance Business Partner

Bupa Place, Manchester or Willow House, Staines

Hybrid Working

Full time (37.5hrs pw)

From £41,500 (dependant on experience and location) + Excellent Benefits

We consider all types of flexibility, including locations, hours and working patterns.

We make health happen

This role will support the Senior Manager (Risk, Control and Governance) and the Consumer Performance Unit (CPU) Directors in the oversight and delivery of all assurance activity, including the operation and maintenance of risk, control and incident management processes across UKI CPU, aligned to the UKI ‘Risk Management Framework’ and ‘Incident Management Framework’. This includes leading the development and maintenance of CPU risk registers, delivery of risk and control assessments (conducted in line with business requirements) and the oversight and delivery of ‘process-control walkthroughs’ (as required).

The role holder will provide support, guidance, and oversight for the delivery of all relevant assurance activity and will ensure that Conduct Risk is managed in line with the UKI Customer Outcomes Policy, ensuring conduct risk is reported appropriately. They will also be required to lead the delivery of a CPU incident portfolio in line with the requirements of the UKI ‘Incident Management Framework’ and will provide root cause analysis and observations/actions relating to control gaps/failures to further improve the segment risk appetite and maturity. The role also includes a requirement to co-ordinate delivery of executive attestations for CPU, provide oversight and support for and Business Continuity Planning (BCP) activities, and assist with completion of Internal Audit/ORCM activities and process map updates (as required).

You’ll help us make health happen through:

• Supporting the Senior Manager (Risk, Control and Governance) and CPU Directors in identifying, mitigating, and managing risks, including the regular assessment of risks and associated controls
• Leading on ‘process-control walkthroughs’, understanding and clearly articulating/capturing the business and regulatory impact
• Supporting the CPU with education on related actives such as risk, control, and incident management (including identification, reporting and the mitigation process including remediation/redress)
• Helping to facilitate management of the Internal Audit /ORCM process, including input to the ToR, facilitation of the programme, input to final reports and management/closure of subsequent actions
• Leading on key/local control assessment and to facilitate/oversee relevant improvement plans to completion
• Supporting the development of effective governance across the area, escalating issues where there are concerns

Key Skills needed for this role:

• Significant experience of the FCA and/or Financial Services regulatory environment
• Good and demonstrable understanding of Risk and Control Management (both operational and conduct)
• Good and demonstrable understanding of Incident Management & Root Cause Analysis
• Stakeholder management skills and experience
• Experience of operation of risk and control frameworks
• Ability to communicate and negotiate at all levels

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
• Various other benefits and online discounts

Bupa

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.  That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Locations:

Bupa Place, Staines - Willow House

Job Description:

Business Analyst - Change Programmes 

Manchester M50 or Staines TW18

Flexible / Hybrid working options (i.e up to 3/4 days WFH)

Permanent - Full time 37.5hours

£50,500 - £55,000 - depending on experience with fantastic benefits & 10% Management Bonus

We consider all types of flexibility, including locations, hours and working patterns

We make health happen

Working in our UK support functions you’ll play a key part in helping our customer facing colleagues deliver exceptional standards of customer service and patient care. No matter your role, you’ll have an opportunity to do work that matters. Making a difference to the lives of our customers each and every day.

The Business Analyst will partner with our UK Executive team and stakeholders to translate emerging opportunities into outstanding business and customer outcomes that enable Bupa to achieve its strategy of becoming the UK’s most admired healthcare company.

As a Business Analyst will provide support to UK Business Change Managers in understanding the business, its operations and practices, together with environmental, market and healthcare industry contexts, to establish cost effective solutions that enable the business to achieve its ambitions and objectives.

How you’ll help us make health happen:

• Provide critical input to the development of Bupa’s digital agenda, applying a full business analysis skillset to support the transformation of our digital capabilities across online and mobile channels – for example: developing new mobile apps and online experiences; using digital messaging to strengthen relationships with our customers; building and improving underlying technology and security platforms; and innovating our propositions to compete effectively in a connected, data-driven world.

• Partner effectively with stakeholders to translate these outcomes into specific objectives, and from there define detailed needs and prioritised business requirements.

• Examine these needs and requirements through various lenses such as customers, partners, employees, the business and its regulators, understanding and managing the competing tensions to create appropriate specifications that, in turn, drive practical deliverables.

• Identify sustainable solutions (technical, people, process, systems, cultural, or any combination of these), and create and manage optimised, efficient delivery plans.

• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the business context of all Change initiatives that they/their team are involved with, being able to clearly identify and understand the impact on our customers and Bupa, and confidently articulating to stakeholders why we are doing them.

• Identify, contribute to and manage project risks, issues and dependencies.

• Demonstrate excellent influencing skills and natural gravitas to drive change across the organisation. Challenge and inform change ideas, project scope, direction and outcomes where appropriate. Understand the audience and adopt appropriate communication styles in order to impart messages clearly and concisely and sell-in solutions persuasively.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• Ideally hold a Business Analysis and/or Change Management certification (preferably to Practitioner level) by a recognised professional body such as APMG, ISEB/BCS or IIBA

• Strong working knowledge of established Change and Business Analysis methodologies (such as Lean, Six Sigma, Agile) and the use of relevant systems (e.g. DevOps, Jira, Confluence).

• Strong background of successful Change delivery within the Healthcare and/or Financial Services industries, ideally with experience of working in e-commerce or digital environments.

• Possess a passion for Change-led innovation, being able to identify and successfully deploy leading-edge tools and techniques to enable the business to move rapidly towards its desired future state.

• Exhibit considerable drive, enthusiasm and a ‘can do’ attitude; being able to seize the opportunity and cope with high-intensity activity in a dynamic, fast-paced transformational environment.

• Be a strong and logical problem solver, able to demonstrate a history of innovative, lateral and creative thinking, and capable of making sound pragmatic decisions.

• Be able to use a range of business modelling and solution design approaches to force clarity and create simplified views of complex business and commercial realities.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell

• Bupa medical insurance as a benefit in kind

• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance

• Target bonus of 10% based on individual and company performance

• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available

• Various other benefits and online discounts

At Bupa we adhere to a structured framework when awarding any changes to salary. We believe this creates a fair and consistent approach for all colleagues looking to grow or change role. For more guidance please click HERE.

Before you apply for a vacancy, please ensure your job history on your workday profile is up to date with all your career history and achievements.  This will mean the Recruitment team have all the relevant information they need to review your application.

Please be aware that if you’re successful in securing this role there may be changes to your notice period and other terms and conditions, your recruiter will be able to advise what this means for you during your application.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.  That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

If you would like more information on the role, require an alternative format, or would like to discuss other opportunities suited to your skills and experience, please contact the recruiter

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Strategy, Change & Transformation

Locations:

Bupa Place, Staines - Willow House

Job Description:

Tactical Planning Analyst

Manchester or Staines

Flexible / Hybrid working options (e.g. up to 3 days WFH)

Fixed Term Contract: 12 months

£29k DOE + fantastic benefits

37.5 hours per week

Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.

Working in our UK support functions you’ll play a key part in helping our customer facing colleagues deliver exceptional standards of customer service and patient care. No matter your role, you’ll have an opportunity to do work that matters. Making a difference to the lives of our customers each and every day.

Role Overview:

As Tactical Planning Analyst you will be utilising your broad understanding of both forecasting and Resource Planning methodologies to make real time decisions, having a direct impact on both our people and our customer alike. Your ability to assimilate complex information and articulate complicated information quickly and effectively is critical to success. 

What you’ll do:

• Ensure customer demand is clearly understood, deploying resource supply to best meet that need
• Make decisions in a high-pressure environment, taking confidence from real time analysis of situations and taking ownership for decisions and actions
• Contribute to Tactical Planning regular meetings
• Taking lead in presenting the daily / weekly outlook, highlighting risks and putting appropriate mitigation in place including use of Overtime or extension of Outsource hours
• Ensure stakeholder conversations take place as appropriate
• Work with colleagues across Operational Planning to develop solutions to Operational challenges undertaking continuous improvement activity to improve the experience of our customers and our people

What you’ll bring:

• Be able to demonstrate extensive experience working as part of a Contact Centre Planning team as either Resource Planner or Forecaster
• Have practical experience of both Telephony and WFM technologies 
• Be a confident decision maker with the ability to base your decisions on analytical assessments of real time circumstances 
• Be an expert communicator, articulating complex messages at all levels of the organisation, inspiring people to engage to ensuring the best possible outcomes for our customer measured through our conduct risks measures. 
• Have proficient use of MS Office applications 

Why Bupa?

We are a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. We reinvest profits into providing more and better healthcare for the benefit of current and future customers.

Our benefits are driven by what matters to our people. It’s important to us that these benefits support a work-life balance that keeps people healthy, both mentally and physically. You’ll be eligible for:

· 25 days holiday per year, pro rata to your contract.

· Access to a range of services to support your physical and mental wellbeing

· Fixed term benefits allowance

· Access to our confidential employee assistance programme

· Workplace pension

· Online discounts covering your everyday shopping, entertainment, eating out and more.

Diversity and Inclusion

Bupa is committed to making sure that every applicant is assessed solely on personal merit and qualifications. We actively celebrate the diversity of our colleagues and provide an inclusive environment so you can bring your true self to Bupa. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly. That’s why we’re happy to offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Whether you’ve found your feet or are discovering a new path.

Welcome to a place that celebrates you.

This isn’t where you've been.

This is where you're going.

This is what we have belief in.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Commercial & Analytics

Locations:

Bupa Place, Staines - Willow House

Are you an experienced Project Manager looking to join a highly reputable tier 1 build contractor to take the lead on a £70m design & build commercial & residential development?

Due to the successful award of a £70m design & build commercial & residential project, there is an exciting new opportunity to join a leading main contractor in Manchester to manage the project from pre construction stage to operational delivery of a multiple occupancy build. Reporting to a Operations Director, you will be managing the client, live packages, chair subcontractor progress meetings, progress reporting and overseeing health & safety and quality.

The company are a multi-disciplinary principal contractor with a solid track record of delivering high quality design and build projects across commercial, high rise residential, leisure, industrial and infrastructure between the values of £10m to £200m. This is a fast growing region with an impressive pipeline of projects that can offer excellent career development opportunities.

Experience / Qualifications Required:

• Background of Site & Project Management within a large / Tier 1 contractor environment. Ideally fit out of live packages across high rise residential, multiple occupancy builds, student accommodation etc.

• Experience of managing various internal packages
• Academically Qualified either BEng Civil Engineering / BSc Construction Management and relevant industry tickets and certificates.

• Experience of using Viewpoint & Fieldview .

• Track record of the delivery of high standards and behaviours in HSEQ
• Excellent planning & time management skills with the ability to think ahead & manage risk.

Salary & Package on offer:

• Base £75,000 - £85,000
• Car allowance & mileage
• Excellent employer pension contribution
• 26 days holiday + bank holidays
• Good additional company benefits & perks.

Job Description:

Head of Operational Resilience

Contract: Hybrid

Location: Flexible – all UK locations considered

Permanent

Full time

Closing date: Wednesday 31st January 2024

We make health happen

Bupa is the largest provider of private medical insurance in the UK and spends circa £1.5bn pa for care provided to our members by over 1,200 hospitals and clinics. To achieve our ambition of being the world's most customer centric healthcare company we are transforming how our customers access the best care and how we support them through their care and claiming journey.

The Head of Operational Resilience needs to ensure that BINS/BISL has robust resilience & business continuity arrangements in place including suitable provision for the continuous operation of all important business functions.

The need for Operational Resilience (OR) is dictated not only by BINS/BISL Board and Executive to ensure continuity of customer service, it is also mandated by the BINS/BISL regulators.

How you’ll help us make health happen:

• Support the Director of Control & Governance in ensuring that the regulatory responsibilities in respect of Operational Resilience are fully addressed
• Provide direction on operational resilience and business continuity matters across BINS/BISL, maturing the Operational Resilience Framework commensurate with regulatory requirements and industry best practice.
• Provide knowledge, skills and support to business areas that will enable Senior Leaders to embed all aspects of Operational Resilience
• Identify the infrastructure (people, premises, technology, 3rd parties) upon which these Services depend and ensure that inventories exist in which these dependencies are recorded. Align with existing authoritative asset registers and inventories such that the OR aspects of assets is recorded and understood alongside other attributes.
• A trusted adviser on all aspects of operational resilience to the Leadership Teams providing appropriate management information to inform decisions which have consequences for operational resilience and ensuring key performance indicators are achieved and our reputation is preserved.
• Liaise and work closely with the IT Function to ensure a coordinated approach across the boundaries of operational resilience, including business continuity and crisis management. Proactively working to reduce the likelihood of disruption to key services and ensuring that all Business Areas are appropriately prepared for disruptions.
• Ensure the Service resilience requirements are formally accepted by the in-house owners (i.e. accountable execs/managers) of the infrastructure services and assets upon which Important Business Services depend.
• Organise / co-ordinate periodic testing of plans in a manner that simulates plausible failure scenarios and tests recovery/resilience
• Attend and coordinate CMT meetings to co-ordinate the firm’s response to incidents that have the potential to disrupt Important Business Services. Maintain appropriate records of such meetings, including decisions and actions. Provide expert guidance to support the response.
• Provide the primary input to all regulatory matters related to Operational Resilience, feeding the response to the regulators via appropriate Bupa channels (typically 2nd Line Regulatory Liaison team)
• Maintain an expert understanding of all regulatory matters pertaining to Operational Resilience as relevant to BINS/BISL.
• Develop and maintain suitable metrics to track OR and BC status. Incorporate these metrics into other reporting packs (e.g. for REERC, RERC, MU Risk Committee) as appropriate

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• Proven track record of experience in an equivalent role in FCA and PRA regulated firms.
• Demonstrable expertise in the principles and good practices of Operational Resilience Planning.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills at all levels, able to collaborate effectively and to ensure others (notably at Exec-level and Exec-1) respect the Operational Resilience and Business Continuity agenda and objectives.
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant legal and regulatory requirements.
• Experience in complex organisations with matrix structures.
• Excellent management ability to lead a function irrespective of reporting lines up and down. Resourceful and adaptable, able to work with limited resources, to apply judgement in ambiguous situations (especially risk situations) where data and facts may be in short supply.
• Confidence at Board level and ability to effectively communicate with senior staff.
• Delivering good customer outcomes for retail customers and understanding your regulatory obligations & putting this at the hart of what you say & do
• Be accountable and take ownership for ensuring you are familiar with all regulatory requirements that fall within the remit of your role and comply with them at all times.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell

• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind

• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance

• Annual performance-based bonus

• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available

• Various other benefits and online discounts

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.  That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Locations:

Bupa Place

Are you an experienced procurement professional with a background in NHS or Public Sector? Do you enjoy the challenge of developing strategic sourcing programmes & strategies? NHS Shared Business Services are seeking a procurement category professional to join a growing team as a Principal Category Manager. Youll lead a team with the delivery of solutions across our client base as well as running several projects within the key markets. With your track record, skills and determination, youll deliver a highly professional and adaptable client service approach. Well promise you an exciting experience, making a difference to everyone touched by the healthcare system. We can offer great career progression opportunities, ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and training and development opportunities. This position is predominantly home based, but there is an expectation to attend meetings at our Salford office once/ twice per month. What you'll be doing: Working within the Business Services category for the NHS to create innovative solutions delivering value for money Leading multiple strategic programmes and developing relationship management regimes with NHS and public sector suppliers, ensuring maximum return on investment on commercial spend across the whole of the public sector Using your expertise and commercial acumen to develop key category strategies for supplier and contract management Taking the lead on a high value project portfolio, along with the associated creation and development of tender documentation Pursuing procurement excellence through the implementation of efficient and effective procurement projects within key markets Lead and develop a team of Category Managers and Buyers Supporting the Senior Category Managers with the management of key areas of improvement such as review of purchasing procedures, legal updates & benchmarking Analyse data and identify areas of cost savings and operational improvements to inform procurement plans What youll bring: Experience or knowledge of working with the NHS and/or Public Sector Knowledge of UK Public Contracts Regulations (PCR 2015) Experience or knowledge of working within a Business Services category CIPS Level 4 or above IT literate (experienced user of tools such as: Ariba/Jaggaer/Bravo/Atamis/Coupa) Advanced It would be great if you had: Experience and/or knowledge of NHS Terms and Conditions Knowledge of Healthcare/ Public Sector Categories If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what were looking for, please do apply, wed love to hear from you! Employment Type:Full-time, Permanent Location:Anywhere UK (travel to the NW Hub (Salford) and to client and supplier sites monthly) Security Clearance Level:Enhanced DBS Internal Recruiter:Amy Salary:Up to £50,000 per annum (depending upon experience and development needs) Benefits:£5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund Although this role is advertised as full-time, we support many ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if youre interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) was created by the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver corporate services to the NHS. A unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital services and software development, we make life easier for NHS employees, patients, and suppliers, and deliver value for money to the taxpayer. Proud members of the NHS family, we provide finance & accounting, digital, procurement and workforce services to more than half the NHS in England, and our solutions are underpinned by cutting-edge technologies and our teams expertise, in-depth understanding of the NHS, and commitment to service excellence. We share common values and unity of purpose with the rest of the NHS family, are committed to being a force for good, and are dedicated and empowered to act responsibly and sustainably at organisational, team and individual level. Would you like to join us on our journey?We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered withVercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.

Are you a passionate and experienced Senior Business Services Category Professional looking for your next challenge? Do you thrive on delighting customers with a service that is sensitive, adaptable, flexible, balanced and efficient? NHS Shared Business Service are seeking a Senior Procurement Category Manager to join their Business Services category management team. With accelerated growth across the NHS and Public Sector delivering transformational change, this is an exciting time to lead a growing category team. You will be working in a regulated environment and passionate about creating, delivering and handling complex framework agreements; designed to satisfy current client demands and meet future needs. Youll also help develop key strategic plans to generate solid growth pipelines across your portfolio. A confident communicator, you will build and manage internal and external stakeholders and develop strong supplier relationships. Working with some of the most recognised global brands, youll also seek out new entrants to deliver market-leading, award-worthy procurement solutions. This is a hybrid working role with the requirement to attend the Salford office for monthly meet ups. If you are looking for real career satisfaction making a difference in an evolving NHS landscape, we want to hear from you! What you will be doing: Leading, mentoring and supporting a team of buying staff of different levels Creating, developing and managing a category portfolio of compliant solutions or framework agreements Developing and implementing short and long-term category strategies Driving uptake of portfolio across the landscape, working alongside key support teams including: innovation, implementation, marketing and consultancy Managing a portfolio of projects, working closely with key stakeholders to influence procurement choice and drives savings and efficiencies and improve quality Offering procurement support to the customer Service Directorates, Heads of Procurement and Key Leaders on a national footprint Working with the supplier base ensuring that all aspects are covered within the category from a product, service and stakeholder basis What you will bring: CIPS Level 5 or 6 qualified or alternative comparable qualification Commitment to continuing professional development / personal development Experience Public sector procurement and compliantly working with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, including relevant policy and guidance Relevant knowledge of the category and market Management of teams and resource It would be great if you had: Experience and knowledge of working with the NHS Understanding and experience of e-sourcing and e-procurement solutions If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what were looking for, please do apply, wed love to hear from you! Employment Type:Full Time, Permanent Location:Anywhere (UK) Security Clearance Level:DBS Internal Recruiter:Amy Salary:up to £60,000 per annum depending upon experience and development needs Benefits:£5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, health cash plan, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund Although this role is advertised as full-time, we support many ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if youre interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) was created by the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver corporate services to the NHS. A unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital services and software development, we make life easier for NHS employees, patients, and suppliers, and deliver value for money to the taxpayer. Proud members of the NHS family, we provide finance & accounting, digital, procurement and workforce services to more than half the NHS in England, and our solutions are underpinned by cutting-edge technologies and our teams expertise, in-depth understanding of the NHS, and commitment to service excellence. We share common values and unity of purpose with the rest of the NHS family, are committed to being a force for good, and are dedicated and empowered to act responsibly and sustainably at organisational, team and individual level. Would you like to join us on our journey? We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered withVercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.

Everything we do aims to positively impact the lives of our social housing tenants and deliver on what matters to them and their communities. We provide safe, well-maintained, sustainable homes and deliver customer-focused services. ForHousing is a place where everyone can thrive and be themselves.
As part of our Governance and Assurance team, you’ll provide governance advice and secretarial support to the Boards, Committees and Executive team. You’ll support the delivery of the Governance Framework, and the policies and processes that support it.
Why ForHousing?
• Hybrid working – most of your time can be spent working at home, or you’re free to spend more time in the office if you prefer
• Agile working – we are outcome driven, so we empower you to do your best work, in the way that works best for you. Your office base-location will be in Eccles, and some work will be required from there
• STAR – through our partnership with STAR you can save money on everyday spending and make your money go further with discounts across a wide range of shops and products
• Smartech – purchase technology or white goods and spread the cost
• Wellbeing centre – gym discounts, exercise videos, mindfulness tools, nutrition advice, financial advice and more
• Cycle to work scheme – save up to 40% on bikes and equipment
• Employee Assistance Programme – access to a 24/7 counselling and support helpline

What you’ll be doing:
• Providing and excellent company secretarial service to the group.
• Delivering an annual cycle of governance and compliance activities.
• Providing day-to-day advice to business customers, understanding the committee’s work, and supporting lead officers to deliver the Board or committee’s work plan.
• Developing and maintaining internal processes for ensuring regulatory, legislative, and sector changes are captured, applied, and embedded.
• Carrying out board administration services including board member remuneration and recruitment, signing and sealing, and ensuring board member records are complete and up to date.
• Maintaining all aspects of board member records.

What we’re looking for:
• Specialist governance experience.
• Experience in a regulated environment with codes of governance.
• Excellent communication and analytical skills.
ForHousing is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We especially welcome applicants from the Armed Forces community.
If you need any adjustments to be made to our recruitment process, please get in touch with the team at recruitment@forhousing.co.uk.
Please note we reserve the right to close this advert early, depending on application volumes.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme