Governance Team Assistant
Governance Team Assistant
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Job Description
Job Title
Governance Team Assistant
Hours
Full-time (35 hours) Permanent
Hybrid Working Policy - Minimum 4 days per month in office plus events and collaboration
Job level
33000 to 35000 Band 6
Location
High Holborn London
The Role
The Governance Team Assistant will support the efficient delivery of the BSBs governance arrangements. This will entail providing effective governance support across the team maintaining accurate records supporting compliance with policies and processes adhering to BSBs service complaints standards collating accurate information for corporate risk reports and service complaints reports / internal audits and updating risk actions.
Key responsibilities
The Governance Team Assistant will support the Governance & Risk Manager and the Head of Governance as well as the wider team as required. The Governance Team Assistant will provide efficient administrative support towards the timely collation of updates for papers risk registers administer service complaints maintain the policy register and provide effective internal audit liaison support.
Key skills and experience
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Relationship building and collaboration Ability to work as part of a team develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
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Independent positive attitude with the ability to work on own initiative and use tact and diplomacy
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Experience of collating information to support drafting reports and summarising information for consideration by senior colleagues
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Experience in customer services and complaint handling
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Demonstrable experience in diary management / scheduling meetings
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Experience of providing administrative support including minute taking drafting agendas letters and action work emanating out of committees / other meetings.
Knowledge
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Ability to use Microsoft Office applications proficiently including Word Excel PowerPoint and Outlook
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Good analytical and problem-solving skills to source and interpret information and data
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Able to collate and summarise information from a variety of sources effectively with attention to detail
Personal attributes/behaviours
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Excellent organisational and time management skills able to deal with conflicting priorities and work to tight deadlines
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills presenting information clearly
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Occasionally attend evening Board and committee meetings
Full details of the role requirements and role specification can be viewed in the job description see attached.
The BSB
Our people value our friendly and respectful environment our support for flexible working the opportunity to have a high degree of impact and our interesting challenging and varied work. More about our work can be viewed on our website including our Strategic Plan for 2022-2025.
Working for the BSB
The Bar Standards Board offers excellent terms and conditions of employment including:
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Hybrid Working is the agreed way of working.
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We work from the office for a minimum of four days per month.
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Option to work from the office more and attendance expected when there are team or organisational events.
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Up to 31 days annual leave plus a holiday transfer scheme
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Up to 12% employers pension contribution
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Parental leave and flexible working policies
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Private medical insurance
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Plus a range of additional benefits including discounts and rewards.
Applying
To apply for this role please submit your CV and covering letter addressing the essential criteria from the person specification. We operate an anonymous recruitment process to reduce the chance of unconscious bias from our process please remove your name and other personal informationfrom your CV and covering letter before submitting.
The Bar Standards Board is a Disability Confident Committed employer. Candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for this role will be guaranteed an interview. Candidates with a disability who require reasonable adjustments should contact Vivien Bock HR Adviser on 0 or to discuss arrangements.
The Bar Standard Board aims to recruit a talented workforce and values the diversity in background skills and experience of its staff. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity for all job applicants irrespective of race sex disability age religion or belief sexual orientation maternity or pregnancy marital or civil partnership status or gender re-assignment.
Closing Date
1st July 2025 at 23:59pm
Proposed Interview Date
Week commencing 14th July 2025
Contact Details
About The Bar
The independent practicing Bar of England and Wales is more than 16500 strong and plays a crucial role in upholding the principles of government accountability under law and vindication of legal rights through the courts.
A strong and independent Bar exists to serve the public. As specialists independent advocates barristers enable people to uphold their legal rights often acting on behalf of the most vulnerable members of society.
The Bar makes a vital contribution to the efficient and effective operation of criminal and civil courts. It provides a pool of talent from increasingly diverse backgrounds from which a significant proportion of the judiciary is drawn and on whose independence the rule of law and our democratic way of life depends.
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