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# Governance Manager

- **Company:** The Orpheus Centre
- **Location:** Godstone, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** £45,000.0 - £50,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft SharePoint
- **Published:** October 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d78d31988952fe37

## About the Role

You will be an organised and highly professional governance specialist with experience supporting Boards, committees or senior decision-making bodies.

Essential Experience

 * Significant experience in governance, company secretarial, board secretariat or committee management roles.
 * Experience servicing Board and committee meetings and producing high-quality minutes.
 * Experience coordinating agendas, papers, forward plans and action tracking.
 * Experience reviewing and improving governance systems, frameworks or processes.
 * Experience working with senior leaders, trustees or non-executive stakeholders.
 * Experience handling highly confidential information.
 * Experience managing multiple priorities and deadlines.

Essential Skills

 * Excellent written communication and minute-taking skills.
 * Strong attention to detail and organisational skills.
 * Ability to interpret complex governance information and communicate it clearly.
 * Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
 * Confidence building relationships and influencing at a senior level.
 * Advanced Microsoft 365 skills, including SharePoint, Teams, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
 * Ability to work independently and use sound judgement.

Desirable

 * Experience working within a charity, education, social care or regulated environment.
 * Knowledge of charity governance and Charity Commission requirements.
 * Relevant governance qualification or membership of the Chartered Governance Institute (or working towards this)., * Challenging attitudes towards disability
 * Increasing understanding of disability
 * Removing barriers to disabled people and those with long-term health conditions
 * Ensuring that disabled people have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspiration, * Do you have experience working within a regulated environment (e.g. charity, education, social care, health, or public sector)?
 * What experience do you have producing formal minutes of meetings and tracking actions arising from those meetings?

Experience:

 * Information governance: 3 years (preferred)

## Description

As Governance Manager, you will work closely with the Director of People & Governance, Senior Management Team and Board of Trustees to ensure robust governance arrangements across the organisation. You will be responsible for coordinating and servicing Board and committee meetings, maintaining governance frameworks and registers, supporting trustee development, monitoring compliance requirements and driving continuous improvement in governance practices.

We are looking for someone who can identify opportunities for improvement, provide constructive challenge and help strengthen governance arrangements across the organisation., * Lead the administration and coordination of the Board of Trustees and committee governance programme.

 * Prepare, coordinate and quality assure Board and committee papers.
 * Attend Board and committee meetings and produce accurate, high-quality minutes.
 * Maintain governance frameworks, policies, registers, action logs and delegated authority arrangements.
 * Coordinate trustee recruitment, induction, training and development.
 * Support risk management, assurance reporting and regulatory compliance activities.
 * Manage governance improvement projects and implement best practice governance processes.
 * Monitor governance developments and regulatory changes relevant to the charity and education sectors.
 * Line manage and support the Executive Administrator., Working for the Orpheus Centre means becoming part of a passionate organisation dedicated to enabling young disabled adults to thrive. Alongside a rewarding role, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to meaningful change, work with committed colleagues and trustees, and help shape the future governance of a unique and inspiring charity

Safeguarding & Inclusion

The Orpheus Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable young adults. All posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and satisfactory references.

This post is classed as having a high degree of contact with vulnerable adults and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

As part of our safer recruitment process and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026, online searches may be undertaken as part of due diligence.