Deputy Company Secretary

Job Role

Deputy Company Secretary

Band 7 - £47,810 - £54,710

37.5 hrs per week

Permanent

Responsibilities

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Deputy Company Secretary for the Company Secretariat, deputising for the Company Secretary and leading the delivery of high‑quality governance and company secretarial services across the parent CIC and subsidiary companies.

As Deputy Company Secretary you will provide day‑to‑day leadership of the Secretariat function, setting service standards, allocating resources, and assuring the quality and timeliness of agendas, papers, minutes, decisions and action tracking across the governance cycle.

Maintaining the Group’s statutory registers and filings (e.g., Companies House) you will coordinate subsidiary governance arrangements, ensuring consistency with constitutional requirements. The role line‑manages Committee Secretary and related support, drives digitisation of governance workflows and provides authoritative procedural guidance to Chairs and senior leaders.

Key elements:-

• Act as primary deputy to the Company Secretary, representing the function with senior stakeholders and ensuring continuity of advice and service during periods of absence.
• Define and uphold Secretariat standards (formatting, numbering conventions, timeframes, version control) and coach the team to a consistent, professional output.
• Oversee end‑to‑end logistics for Board, Board Committees and Executive/Director‑level meetings: forward planning, agenda build, commissioning papers, paper quality control, and timely circulation.
• Attend key meetings as required; produce concise, accurate minutes reflecting discussion and decisions, with clear action owners and due dates, issued within agreed timescales.
• Prepare concise Chair briefings and procedural notes to enable efficient, compliant meetings.
  
  

You will ensure robust Board and Committee administration, statutory company secretarial compliance, and outstanding support to Chairs, Non‑Executive Directors and Executives.

To find out more about Locala see our Thrive Strategy

For full details of the role see Job Description & Person Specification

For further information please contact Jenna Davies at

jenna.davies@locala.org.uk

Please note - this position may be subject to DBS check.

Closing date - 11th March 2026

We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the stated date should we receive sufficient applications

About Us

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

“Locala is a ‘Disability Confident’ employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.”