Job Description

You will support the wider Corporate Governance Office with statutory and regulatory compliance and participate in project work.

• Leading board meeting and governance advisory support proactively to the Board and its Committees working closely with the Head of Board Support and other Committee Secretaries.
• Drafting meeting agendas liaising with key stakeholders, managing quality and timely distribution of materials to the Committee members and Executive Management, drafting meeting specific documentation including minutes and chair’s script.
• Overseeing activities of a Board Support Assistant to maintain forward looking calendars, meeting action schedules and support the agenda setting process.
• Maintaining statutory documentation and preparing regulatory and governance documentation as required, for internal purposes and/or external disclosures.
• Maintaining involvement with all aspects of the Corporate Governance Office activities to ensure that effective support is provided to other team members when priorities change or to meet business demand.
• Undertaking specific project work and lead transformation activities ensuring that the Corporate Governance Office continues to provide an efficient and first-class service.

Benefits

• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus
• Pension with generous contributions of up to 12.5% from Santander, depending on your own contribution and length of employment with us
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year
• Company funded individual private medical insurance
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, healthcare cash plan and health assessments
• Benefits supporting you and your family, such as death-in-service benefit, income protection, and voluntary life assurance and critical illness cover
• Share in Santander’s success by investing in our share plans

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Evidence of working effectively in a fast-paced secretariat function having operated as a secretary of the board or committees
• Experience of working in a regulated environment, ideally financial services
• Qualified as a Chartered Secretary (ACIS), Lawyer, and relevant professional qualification.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with experience of direct interaction with senior stakeholders (at Chairman/non-Executive Director, Senior Executive level).
• Well-developed organizational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, work efficiently under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Flexible approach and the ability to adapt to variations in workloads and changes in responsibilities and priorities, with minimal supervision and work on own initiative.