Senior Company Secretariat Assistant | S2 | Legal and Corporate Governance

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Company Secretariat Assistant to join as part of the UK Corporate Governance Office.

Youll be part of a specialist team providing high quality governance advice and support to Santander UK boards and committees ensuring legal and regulatory compliance and governance best practice throughout the Santander UK group.

If youve performed a similar role previously this could be a great opportunity to develop your career.

The difference youll make:

• Assisting with running the Board Audit Committee Disclosure Committee Results Committee and Economic Crime Committee this will include preparation for meetings taking minutes and distributing actions
• Taking responsibility for your own portfolio of subsidiary legal entities
• Contributing to the annual report and financial statements
• Adhering to statutory compliance and governance best practice internal governance requirements and considering new business and legislative developments/projects

What youll bring:

These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:

• Company secretarial experience preferably in a listed or financial service company
• Highly developed stakeholder management skills with experience of direct interaction with senior stakeholders (at Chairman/nonExecutive Director Senior Executive level)

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Minute writing skills and some knowledge of sections of Companies Act 2006 would be useful
• Working towards or interested in qualifying under the Chartered Governance Institute or equivalent
• Experience in assisting with running Board Committees
• Exceptional organisation and prioritisation skills with the ability to work efficiently under pressure and deliver to tight deadlines

What else you need to know:

This permanent role is based in Unity Place Milton Keynes.

We want our people to thrive at work and home and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this we offer sitebased contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (prorata for parttime roles).

If you apply for this role in this location its important you consider your travelling distance time and cost from your home to the office location.

Were happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

If youre interested in this role but with part time hours or a jobshare we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

Inclusion

At Santander were creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple Personal and Fair.

How well reward you.

As well asasalary we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs.

• 500annual cash allowance to spend on our great range of benefits.
• Eligible for a discretionary performancerelated annual bonus.
• We put 8% of salary into your pension even if you dont contribute yourself. Well pay in up to 12.5% of salary if you contribute as well and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays which increases to 28 days after 5yrs service with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
• Free access to a range of digital health services including GP.
• Protection for you and your family with companyfunded deathinservice benefit and income protection insurance and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
• 24/7 access to an online employee discount platformincluding retailers entertainment eating out travel and more.
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted :medical insurance dental insurance and health assessments.
• Share in Santanders success by saving or investing inour shareplans.
• Support your favourite causes through charitable giving and our community partnerships.
• As a Santander UK employee you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services.

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What to do next:

If this sounds like a role youre interested in then please apply.

If theres anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best get in touch. Whether its a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance were available through telephone email or face to face. You can contact us at or call 0.