Governance Manager

Hinxton, England, United Kingdom

12/19/2024

Do you want to help us improve human health and understand life on Earth? Make your mark by shaping the future to enable or deliver life-changing science to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges.

A new opportunity to join our Legal and Governance (LeGo) team has arisen for a Governance Manager. This role will play a vital role in supporting the GRL Board of Directors, ensuring compliance with governance-related obligations, and implementing effective policies and processes.

Are you passionate about good governance and contributing to a mission-driven organization? Are you looking to make a meaningful impact while working in a collaborative and inspiring environment? If so, this could be the role for you.

About The Role

• You will support the GRL Board of Directors and its committees and ensure good governance and compliance, including managing meetings, agendas, secretariat for the meetings, taking clear and concise minutes of meetings and following up actions agreed at these meetings.
• You will ensure that GRL complies with its governance-related obligations, including Articles of Association, the Companies Act and the requirements that apply to it as a charity.
• You will manage and successfully implement projects or initiatives to put in place standard policies, processes and documentation to ensure good governance, including those relating to conflicts of interests, anti-bribery and modern slavery.
• You will provide general support on an ad-hoc basis relating to work being managed by the Legal & Governance team.
  
  

Essential Skills

• Strong experience in governance and/or company secretariat
• Proven strong experience of organising board meetings, agendas and taking accurate and concise minutes
• Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail
• Strong experience in using Microsoft packages, for example Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint and able to learn new computer skills quickly
• Experience in working to multiple deadlines and managing competing priorities
• Ability to deal with confidential and/or sensitive information with exceptional diplomacy and tact, and a high level of professionalism
• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills
• “Can-do” attitude focused on looking for solutions
• Positive, open-minded, team-player with a flexible approach
  
  

About Us

The Legal Team is responsible for drafting and negotiating all agreements related to our activities. The Research Governance Team manages the complex ethical requirements of our research and the Corporate Governance Team supports GRL Board and its committees to maintain best-practice standards and processes.

Other Information

• Salary in the region of £53,000 with the final salary to be determined based on skills and experience
• Hybrid working environment
  
  

Hybrid Working At Wellcome Sanger

We recognise that there are many benefits to Hybrid Working; including an improved work-life balance, with more focused time, as well as the ability to organise working time so that collaborative opportunities and team discussions are facilitated on campus. The hybrid working arrangement will vary for different roles and teams. The nature of your role and the type of work you do will determine if a hybrid working arrangement is possible.

Equality, Diversity And Inclusion

We aim to attract, recruit, retain and develop talent from the widest possible talent pool, thereby gaining insight and access to different markets to generate a greater impact on the world. We have a supportive culture with the following staff networks, LGBTQ+, Parents and Carers, Disability and Race Equity to bring people together to share experiences, offer specific support and development opportunities and raise awareness. The networks are also a place for allies to provide support to others.

We want our people to be whoever they want to be because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work. That’s why we’re committed to creating a truly inclusive culture at Sanger Institute. We will consider all individuals without discrimination and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, where everyone can thrive.

Our Benefits

We are proud to deliver an awarding campus-wide employee wellbeing strategy and programme. The importance of good health and adopting a healthier lifestyle and the commitment to reduce work-related stress is strongly acknowledged and recognised at Sanger Institute.

Sanger Institute became a signatory of the International Technician Commitment initiative In March 2018. The Technician Commitment aims to empower and ensure visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability for technicians working in higher education and research, across all disciplines.