Governance Administrator 12-Month Fixed Term Contract
Governance Administrator 12-Month Fixed Term Contract
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Governance Administrator 12Month Fixed Term Contract)
Division Corporate Governance
Department Central Secretariat
Salary National ranging fromand London fromper annum (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
About the FCA
The FCA regulates the conduct of 45000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA.
Corporate Governance Division comprises the following functions:
Central Secretariat (including ownership of the Conflict of Interests Policies and the FCAs Senior Manager Regime)
Consumer Panel Secretariat
DecisionMaking Committees Secretariat (DMCS)
Practitioner Panels Secretariat
The Central Secretariat sits at the heart of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR). It is part of the FCAs Corporate Governance Division led by the Company Secretary.
What will you be doing
Providing administrative support to one or more of the FCAs executive committees and/or the FCA or PSR Board working with the associates appointed as secretary to the committee(s)
Being the first point of contact for queries for the committee(s) including liaising with executive and nonexecutive directors and senior management external stakeholders and their offices facetoface by email and on the telephone
Liaising with your committee/Board members (often senior directors) and their offices on meeting arrangements and decisionmaking processes
Scheduling meetings arranging rooms and all other logistical planning for your committee/Board meetings maintaining forward agendas and action logs
Liaising with stakeholders to ensure high quality committee papers are submitted to meet deadlines
Compiling collating and distributing committee papers to membersand maintaining and extracting accurate MI from your committee/Board records
Assisting the associates with follow up after meetings including circulating action points and minutes and contacting stakeholders where necessary
Updating and maintaining various committee lists to ensure compliance with the FCAs Cyber & Information Security policies
What will you get from the role
Exposure to Executive Directors FCA/PSR Board members senior management leadership and decisionmaking processes. You will quickly learn about how decisions are made that affect the full range of our stakeholders
Insight into the most important high profile and topical issues for the FCA
Interesting and varied work covering a wide range of projects and topics that span the whole of the FCA developing a wide range of transferrable skills
Autonomy to lead on the administration of one or more committees/Boards (supported by associates) having the opportunity to use your judgement daily
Which skills are required
We are a Disability Confident Employer; therefore disabled people or individuals with longterm conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. (To learn more about the Disability Confident Scheme Click Here
Minimum
Previous experience of providing logistical diary and meeting support to senior stakeholders and/or committees
Previous experience working in a role that required use of judgement to make decisions autonomously knowing when to escalate
Proven organisational and prioritisation skills
Essential
Ability to work flexibly and collaboratively as part of a team
Excellent stakeholder management skills including evidence of the ability to interact with senior stakeholders in a professional and credible way and to influence a range of internal and external stakeholders
Proven ability to work calmly under pressure to tight deadlines and to juggle competing priorities
Excellent organisational skills including the ability to plan carefully prioritise effectively track issues methodically and recognise when escalation is required
Sound attention to detail including thoroughness and accuracy in daytoday work and taking pride in ensuring it is of the highest standard
Proven ability to follow agreed processes identifying improvements and escalating appropriately to ensure a cycle of continuous improvement
Excellent IT skills particularly in Excel PowerPoint Adobe Acrobat and OneNote
An understanding of requirements to maintain security of sensitive and confidential material and experience in applying data and information security policies strictly
Our Values & Diversity
We are proud to be an inclusive employer and our ambition is to cultivate a culture for all employees that respects their individual strengths views and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation one that makes better decisions drives innovation and delivers better regulation.
Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.
Did you know 50 of our Executive Committee are women.
The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisation. Given this we particularly welcome applications from men minority ethnic disabled and neurodivergent candidates for our role.
Benefits of working at the FCA
25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
Hybrid working (work from home up to 60 of your time)
Private healthcare with Bupa
A noncontributory Pension of at least 8
Life assurance
Income protection
We also have a competitive flexible benefits scheme which gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package tailored to suit your lifestyle.
We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements. Many of our staff work flexibly including working parttime staggered hours and job shares. We cant promise to give you exactly what you want but we can explore what might work best for both sides.
Follow this link to see what life is like at the FCA Life at the FCA
Application Support
We are dedicated to removing barriers and ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.
If you have an accessibility need disability or condition requiring changes to the recruitment process please contact your recruiter using the details below and they will be happy to discuss this further with you.
Useful Information and Timeline
This role is graded Senior Professional Support Corporate
This role is available as a 12Month Fixed Term Contract
Advert closing date: Sunday 30th March
CV review/shortlist: w/c 31st March
Practical exercise and competency based interview: w/c 7th April
Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role therefore please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.
Got a question
If you are interested in learning more about the role please contact: Melanie Dubock at
Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
