Member Job Opportunity: St Christopher's - Company Secretary

Location: Head Office
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 23 July 2019
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 depending on experience
​Specific Hours: 37.5

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St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people and we are proud of our history for providing fostering, children's homes and a range of innovative leaving care services across the UK & Isle of Man. 
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Company Secretary ideally from a charity or non for profit background to join our administrative and governance team working closely with the Chief Executive Officer to contribute and help create an inspiring place to work by  ensuring regulatory requirements are met and to manage the delivery of Council business for St Christopher's and its subsidiaries.

Compliance responsibilities for data protection and quality assurance. Additionally the post holder will manage a small team responsible for providing a professional, customer focussed and cost effective data management, reception, administration and secretarial services at Head Office.

The ideal candidate

• Educated to degree level
• The ability to accurately assess changes in legal and regulatory requirements and apply in a business setting
• Experience of providing support to a Council / Committee – compiling the agenda, taking minutes and preparing associated papers
• Experience of maintaining statutory records
• The ability to write and present high quality reports and statistics accurately and to handle confidential information
• Good working knowledge of data protection legislation and subject access requests
• An understanding of, and clear commitment to, equality of opportunity, both in the delivery of services and in relation to the conduct of business with colleagues, service users and external parties
• The ability to relate successfully to individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds and to communicate effectively, orally and in writing
• Excellent time management and the ability to effectively prioritise tasks to meet required deadlines
• Experience of managing and leading a team.
• The ability to work flexibly and cooperatively within a team.

 
The role will appeal to a creative self- starter with positive high energy levels, enthusiasm and a real can do attitude, looking for greater autonomy and a sense of ownership. If you’re ready for the challenge and think you have the skills to drive St Christopher’s forward we would love to hear from you.

Key aspects of the job will be

• Ensure good governance practices and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Advise the Senior Leadership Team and Council of Trustees on their legal and corporate responsibilities.
• Prepare and present reports to the Council of Trustees.
• Monitor changes in relevant legislation and the regulatory environment and take appropriate action.
• To be the organisation’s lead for data protection and privacy matters and to act as the organisation’s Data Protection Officer.
• To ensure that procedures across the organisation are GDPR compliant.
• To ensure that high quality QA audits, which meet the regulatory requirements of the services, are carried out across our fostering, children’s homes and 16+ services in England and Isle of Man.
• Committed to the development of the team, to help them grow and learn, according to their individual ability and experience.

In return we offer

• A salary range between £45,000- £50,000 per annum dependent on experience and qualification 
• Annual salary review based on performance.
• A friendly working environment, a fun, open and honest culture.
• Industry leading training programme including children’s right and participation, CSE, empowerment, mental health and Social Pedagogy.
• 25 days holiday rising to 27 days after 3 years’ service, plus Bank Holidays.
• 5% employer contributory pension scheme, Enhanced Maternity and Company Sick Scheme.
• BUPA Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling, financial advice and legal support.
• Interest-free season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme.
• Discount shopping scheme.
• Discretionary Funded Training Programs.
• Employee Awards based on performance and length of service.

Recruitment Process
At St Christopher’s we are committed to the safeguarding of all children and young people in our care. During the recruitment process you will be expected to complete an online application form to ensure we capture essential information to meet legislation, best practice and vetting requirements.

Applicants will ideally already be on the DBS Update Service; if this is not the case St Christopher's will carry out a DBS (police) check prior to starting.

To be considered, your on-line application must include a full supporting statement addressing the criteria stated above. 

For the full Job Description for this role and more detail about what will be required, please click here.

If you require any further information, please contact us on 0208 780 7800 or send an email to [email protected]

Closing Date: 23rd July 2019

Please bear in mind that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

St Christopher’s is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community as well as applications from candidates with care experience or experience of being a care leaver.

Full details and apply here