Governance and Compliance Manager

Governance and Compliance Manager

Vacancy Salary Up to £50,000 per annum

Vacancy Location Hybrid - Midlands / East of England with travel across our geography as required

Permanent, Full Time

Are you an experienced Governance professional looking for an exciting new role within an organisation committed to improving lives? Are you passionate about all things governance and compliance? If so, our Governance and Compliance Manager role could be the perfect job for you…

Longhurst Group is a leading housing Group across the Midlands & East of England, committed to enhancing communities and improving the lives of both our colleagues and customers. With a mission to provide quality, safe, affordable housing that builds great foundations for our customers, our Governance and Compliance team are critical to ensuring we’re on the right path and comply with all legal and regulatory requirements. They also play a vital role in ensuring the organisation is well governed through a highly effective Board and robust governance arrangements. As we face significant regulatory change within the Social Housing sector, we are seeking a dynamic, thorough and strategic-minded Governance and Compliance Manager to support this work.

Leading a team of 5, as Governance and Compliance Manager you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the integrity and effectiveness of our governance and compliance frameworks. You will work alongside the Director of Governance and Compliance to deliver a first class company secretariat service, providing advice and guidance to the Board and Senior Teams on all regulatory matters. You will be key to ensuring our Boards and Committees are effectively serviced through excellent Board administration and support.

This is a hugely exciting time to join Longhurst Group - not only are we continuously striving to achieve better results for our customers, but the Social Housing sector is at a crucial point with new measures, legislations and standards coming into effect imminently. This opportunity gives you the chance to ensure continued compliance across the Group whilst helping to shape the future direction of the governance and compliance function.

The role is a hybrid position, contracted to 36.25 hours per week. To us, this means some time working from home with an expectation of some presence in either our Rushden, Peterborough or Boston office on a weekly basis (we are open to discussion around how this is built into working weeks). A large portion of our Governance and Compliance team are hybrid workers across our geography too.

In order to be successful in this role, you will require significant experience of working in a regulated environment, be a confident communicator working up to Board level and ideally have knowledge of the Social Housing sector. Our Governance and Compliance Manager opportunity would be ideal for a governance or compliance professional wishing to expand or bring their knowledge to a large, complex and rewarding organisation.

We welcome candidates to get in touch for a confidential discussion to find out more or apply for consideration below.

What you receive from us

• A competitive 28-day annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays

• Pension Scheme with contributions matched by us up to 6.65%

• Life Cover of three times your annual salary (as part of pension scheme membership)

• Membership of our Health Care Cash Plan including Employee Assistance programme and DoctorLine

• Access to a range of discounts, including Blue Light and B&Q Tradepoint Cards

• Free access to financial education service, supporting with personalised financial information on a range of topics such as mortgages, retirement planning, pensions, saving and investments, insurance and will writing

• Free Eye Tests

• Free flu vaccinations

• Investment in your personal development through our extensive learning and development opportunities.

• Professional subscription for membership fees relating to your role, paid for by us

• Family friendly, carers leave plus other paid leave

• Long Service Awards

• Carers Networking Group and resources to support Unpaid Carers

How to apply

Please click apply now to submit your CV today. In the event of high applicant volumes we reserve the right to close this advert and CV submission window early.

We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

Vetting Requirements

The important things - We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to live and work in the UK. All shortlisted candidates will need to verify eligibility to work in the UK at interview. If you are the successful candidate, original proof must then be provided before your first day.

Naturally working with our customers, we need to complete pre-employment checks before you join us. This role is conditional upon receipt of two satisfactory references (one from your current employer). We also need you to tell us what you have been up to over the past 5 years as a minimum in terms of employment history. This could include carer duties, travel, seeking work, education, employment, training, or volunteering.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Longhurst Group is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We pride ourselves on looking after our colleagues and as part of our commitment we are an Employer for Carers and would welcome your application if you have additional unpaid caring responsibilities.

We aspire to have a greater diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Longhurst Group.