Job summary
- Main area
- Administration and Clerical
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-CS2782-EB-B
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sceptre Point
- Town
- Preston
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Corporate Governance Officer
Band 5
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:
- Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
- Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
**Previous applicants need not apply**
Please be aware that this role is not eligible for sponsorship
The postholder will work as part of the Corporate Governance Team, led by the Company Secretary to establish, develop and maintain arrangements and procedures for the sound corporate governance of the Trust.
Predominantly this role will support the Assistant Company Secretary in ensuring that the Trust Board, Council of Governors and Foundation Trust Membership works effectively and efficiently within the constitutional framework of the Foundation Trust.
The post holder will promote the highest standards of good corporate governance and seek to identify opportunities for continuing improvement. The post holder will be required to work on identified projects to develop and implement good governance practice and processes across the service.
Main duties of the job
The post requires the use of excellent organisational, time management and prioritisation skills along with highly developed communication and formal minute-taking skills. The ability to exercise initiative and to deal with multiple tasks is essential; whilst many tasks are regular and pre-programmed there are unplanned requirements to be met in often tight and challenging timescales.
The post holder will establish and maintain proactive communication with colleagues at all levels, within and outside the organisation and will be required to maintain the highest standards of confidentiality at all times.
The post holder also provides personal assistant functions to the Trust’s non-executive directors and cross-cover within the corporate governance team.
The post holder will provide admin support to the Board and/or its sub-Committees, including securing room bookings, drafting agendas and compiling and circulating paper packs. Accurate formal minutes will need to be produced, and action plans and bring forward systems kept updated.
Other tasks involved with the role include supporting a Board service visits programme, maintaining registers such as declarations of interests and hospitality, and maintaining the corporate governance web presence.
Working for our organisation
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE Advanced Level or equivalent, or able to demonstrate equivalent experience
- Good general education
- Advanced IT skills
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of working effectively with a Council of Governors and Board of Directors
- Demonstrable experience of using Microsoft Office suite to a professional standard
- Demonstrable experience of engaging with members of the public for the purpose of membership and election recruitment campaigns and publicising conferences
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Proven ability to communicate appropriately and build effective working relationships at all levels.
- Proven ability to produce well-presented clear and accurate documentation other than minutes.
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload in line with specified deadlines.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dominique Reynolds
- Job title
- Senior Corporate Governance Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
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