Job summary
- Main area
- Governance
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 323-AC9577-LM-A
- Employer
- Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- SPH
- Town
- Chertsey
- Salary
- £41,957 - £50,387 per annum inc. HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/04/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 22/04/2026
Employer heading
Corporate Governance Officer
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
This is an exciting and newly created role for a dynamic governance professional. Working with the Associate Director of Governance and the Corporate Governance Manager, the post holder will ensure the Trust’s Corporate Affairs and Governance are undertaken to the highest standards of probity and according to statutory and legislative requirements.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will coordinate and support the effective operation of Executive and corporate governance business across Group and Trust structures, supporting the flow of assurance, information and decision-making. The role supports the planning and delivery of Executive, Board and Committee processes, maintains governance cycles and contributes to corporate risk reporting. Working closely with the Associate Director of Corporate Affairs & Governance and Corporate Governance Manager, the post holder acts as a key link between Executive support, directorates and governance forums, providing resilience across Corporate Governance and Executive Office functions.
Working for our organisation
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- On-site Nurseries
- On-site staff cafes
- On-site parking
- Support in career development
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics
Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:
www.asph-careers.org
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Support the Associate Director of Corporate Affairs & Governance in the planning and servicing of Group and Trust Executive and committee meetings.
· Ensure the effective flow of business across governance forums.
· Provide highly professional corporate governance support including coordinating agendas, collating and circulating papers, taking formal minutes, tracking actions and maintaining the Board and Group committee cycle of business.
· Provide cover for defined operational governance responsibilities in the absence of the Corporate Governance Manager.
· Support the Corporate Risk Manager with Trust processes to capture and report key risks, ensuring that risks are escalated appropriately through the Trust’s governance framework.
· Support the Corporate Affairs team in a range of governance processes and projects including, but not limited to maintaining disclosures of interests, fit and proper person records and the register of corporate policies.
· Act as a key coordination point across governance processes and executive business, providing resilience and cross-cover across the Corporate Governance and Executive Support team.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Educated to Degree level or equivalent demonstrable knowledge and experience
Desirable criteria
- • Governance (ICSA) qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Significant experience in a senior administrative or governance support role, including managing competing priorities and working with minimal supervision.(3 years)
Desirable criteria
- • Group model working
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sal Maughan
- Job title
- Assoc Director of Corporate Affairs & Governance
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01932 722551
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