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General Optical Council
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London, Greater London
Governance and Compliance Manager
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Salary: From £37,135 to £43,688 per annum Dependent on experience |
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Overview
About the GOC We are the regulator for the optical professions in the UK. We currently register approximately 30,000 optometrists, dispensing opticians, student opticians and optical businesses. Our purpose is to protect the public by promoting high standards of education, conduct and performance amongst opticians. About the role We are looking for a Governance Officer to provide effective governance and compliance support to ensure the GOC meets its statutory obligations. Key accountabilities · Provide governance support for Council and committee meetings, including forward planning, advice on delegated decision-making authority and conflicts management, agenda and paper development, and drafting of accurate minutes and actions to ensure effective decision making within the established governance framework. · Provide information, support, advice and guidance to staff in relation to the planning and drafting of papers, corporate policies and the completion of impact assessments. · Manage the development, review and implementation of governance and compliance policies including, management of interest, corporate complaints, gifts and hospitality and financial crime, including the drafting and presenting of papers. · Manage the processes for appointment, reappointment, induction, development and review of members. · Provide up-to-date advice, guidance, induction and training to staff and members on the GOC’s statutory responsibilities and governance and compliance policies to ensure consistency across the organisation with agreed frameworks. · Work with the Governance and Compliance team to manage other compliance activity, including: Ø the corporate complaints process, including; delivery of actions to ensure compliance, undertaking investigations, coordinating responses, compiling statistics and drafting reports; Ø the corporate policy review process, including; scheduling reviews, supporting staff with the review of policies, completion of impact assessments, conversion into the policy template, updating into plain English and creating process flow charts; and · EDI activity, including; managing the diversity monitoring processes of registrants, staff and members and drafting of the annual diversity monitoring report, development of the EDI strategy and supporting staff with completion of equality impact assessments and EDI activities. · Manage the work of other team members and ensure that performance and development is managed in line with organisational requirements. · Manage the process of payment of member fees and expenses, ensuring they meet with agreed guidelines. · Keep up to date with current legislation, best practice and innovation (particularly in the regulatory sector), including engagement both internally and externally, and translate this knowledge to suggest changes to GOC’s governance and compliance practices. Essential Skills/Experience/Qualifications · Considerable governance knowledge and experience of advising at Board-level (Essential) · Good oral and written communication skills, including drafting of minutes, and attention to detail (Essential) · Experience of drafting and presenting policies and reports (Essential) · Line management experience (Essential) · Relevant company secretarial qualification, such as Associate/Diploma of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (or equivalent) (Desirable) · Experience of equality and diversity and complaints handling (Desirable) · Project management skills (Desirable · Regulatory experience (Desirable) Salary range: £ 37,135 to £43,688 – Dependent on experience Closing date: 12pm Wednesday 1 st April 2020 Interview date(s): Week beginning 6 th April 2020 We are committed to ensuring that in exercising all of our functions we operate in a fair and transparent manner and in a way that is free from discrimination, harassment and victimisation. Within all of our functions, we are committed to promoting equality; valuing diversity; being inclusive; and meeting our equality duties. We will not discriminate on age; disability; gender reassignment; race/ethnicity; religion or belief; gender; sexual orientation; marriage and civil partnership; and pregnancy and maternity. How to apply Please follow the instructions on our website: · Your CV (up to three A4 pages) · Your covering letter (up to two A4 Pages) Please note your application will not be accepted without a covering letter. We would also appreciate it if you would submit your monitoring form (which will be held confidentially by HR, used only for the purposes of monitoring our recruitment processes, and will not be shared with anyone involved in the selection process). Please be advised it is not compulsory to complete this form. For more information about our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion please see our EDI Strategy on our website. For further information on any of the information above, please visit our website. Should you have any queries, please call HR on 020 7307 9470. Alternative formats are available on request. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89833953