Board Assurance Officer / Governance

Board Assurance Officer

Colchester

£27,360.60 rising to £32,884.50 (Annual pay award pending)

Full time, Permanent

37 hours per week

Colchester Borough Homes is an award-winning organisation providing management and maintenance services to around 7,000 residential, commercial and public buildings in the local area.  We are an ambitious organisation focused on delivering great value services that make a difference. We work closely with Colchester Borough Council and residents to make Colchester a better place to live and work.

We now have an opportunity for an innovative and enthusiastic Board Assurance Officer. This post is a key role within Colchester Borough Homes ensuring that we maintain excellent standards of corporate governance.

Within this key role you will perform duties including; preparing and submitting the annual returns, recording Director appointments, terminations and registered interests, and ensuring that annual financial statements are submitted to Companies House. You will also advise on, create and maintain governance policies / procedures and support the DPO with Data Protection activities.

The successful candidate will possess excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to form effective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders. Experience in dealing with requests for personal data and general information under the Data Protection and Freedom of Information Acts would be an advantage.

We have a workforce of around 200 people in a wide variety of roles to support the delivery of our services. We are proud of our staff and have been awarded the prestigious Investors in People award.

Closing Date: 19th February 2019

Interview Date: Wednesday 27th February 2019