Governance and Compliance Assistant

This isn’t a typical administrative role.

As our Governance and Compliance Assistant, you’ll help ensure our governance, compliance and regulatory arrangements remain accurate, effective and fit for purpose.

Working closely with our Head of Legal and Compliance, you’ll provide the practical support that keeps important processes moving. You’ll maintain essential records, monitor actions, prepare reports and help us understand and respond to changes in legislation and regulation.

You’ll also contribute to some of the Society’s most important governance activities, including our Annual Members’ Meeting, Annual Report and Director Elections.

In this role, you will:

• Support the identification, assessment and monitoring of regulatory and compliance risks.
• Help maintain our governance and compliance frameworks, policies and procedures.
• Prepare materials and provide administrative support for key governance activities.
• Maintain important registers, including conflicts of interest, gifts and hospitality, breaches and incidents.
• Gather information for quarterly legal and regulatory horizon-scanning reports.
• Track actions and deadlines, making sure progress is recorded accurately.
• Prepare clear compliance reports and dashboards for senior leaders.
• Support the delivery of compliance training and monitor completion.
• Respond to straightforward questions from colleagues, providing clear and practical guidance.
• Suggest improvements to processes, templates and controls.

You won’t be doing this in isolation. You’ll work with colleagues across the Society, as well as the wider Corporate Confidence and Assurance team, helping governance and compliance become part of how we work every day.

Want to know more? You can download and review the job description available on this page.

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Why this role matters

Good governance helps us make sound decisions.

Effective compliance protects our colleagues, members and communities.

By helping us anticipate regulatory changes, maintain accurate information and strengthen our internal processes, you’ll contribute to a robust and responsible organisation.

Your work will help shape:

• How we understand and manage regulatory risk.
• How leaders make informed decisions.
• How consistently our policies and controls are applied.
• How confidently colleagues understand their responsibilities.
• How we maintain the trust placed in us as a co-operative Society.

Ultimately, you’ll be supporting our purpose: bringing together ideas, energy and resources to make life better in our communities.

What you'll get in return

Alongside the opportunity to build your governance and compliance experience within a diverse and purpose-led organisation, you’ll get:

• 30 days’ annual leave (including bank holidays).
• A pension scheme with generous employer contributions.
• Colleague discount across our family of businesses.
• Wellbeing support and opportunities to get involved in our communities.
• Access to learning and development opportunities.
• The chance to work within a supportive and experienced specialist team.

We’re also proud to be an Investors in People Platinum employer, which means we don’t just talk about development — we invest in it.

We work together as a Society and are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is barrier free and as inclusive as possible for everyone. If you need any adjustments, would like us to do anything differently during the interview or would like to get in touch with us about anything else, please contact our Recruitment team on (01522) 533316, or alternatively you can email [email protected].

We may choose to close our vacancies in the event that we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we encourage all candidates to apply as soon as possible.