Role Description
Support effective corporate governance through reliable analysis, documentation, and board coordination. Work with governance leaders, company secretarial teams, and business stakeholders to maintain clear decision-making processes, accurate records, and timely follow-through on governance obligations.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain governance calendars, meeting schedules, and reporting deadlines.
- Coordinate board and committee agendas, papers, approvals, and distribution.
- Review submissions for completeness, consistency, and adherence to agreed requirements.
- Prepare minutes, decision records, and action trackers for review and approval.
- Monitor outstanding actions and follow up with accountable owners.
- Maintain governance policies, committee terms of reference, and delegated authority records.
- Research governance practices and developments relevant to the organization.
- Support assessments of governance arrangements and identify improvement opportunities.
- Prepare reports on meeting effectiveness, policy reviews, and governance actions.
- Maintain secure repositories and appropriate access to confidential materials.
- Coordinate with legal, risk, compliance, finance, and company secretarial teams.
- Support director induction, training, and board evaluation activities.
- Escalate procedural concerns and matters requiring legal or specialist advice.
Role-Specific Responsibilities
- Corporate Governance Analyst: Analyze governance structures, policies, reporting, and practices. Support reviews and develop evidence-based recommendations.
- Governance Executive: Administer governance processes, coordinate policy reviews and approvals, and maintain registers and supporting records.
- Board Affairs Executive: Manage board and committee logistics, coordinate papers and communications, and support meeting preparation and follow-up.
Qualifications
- Relevant experience in corporate governance, company secretarial support, board administration, legal operations, compliance, or a related field.
- Understanding of governance principles, committee structures, and decision-making processes.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to deadlines and documentation.
- Clear writing, proofreading, and minute-taking skills appropriate to the role.
- Ability to assess information and communicate procedural requirements clearly.
- Proficiency in office productivity tools and familiarity with secure document platforms.
- Effective stakeholder coordination and professionalism when engaging senior leaders.
- Sound judgment, discretion, and integrity.
- A degree or qualification in governance, law, business, finance, public administration, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Professional eligibility where required for formally assigned company secretarial duties.
Preferred Qualifications
- Relevant governance or company secretarial qualifications.
- Familiarity with board portals, entity management systems, or document control tools.
- Experience supporting listed companies, regulated organizations, or multi-entity groups.
- Exposure to board evaluations, director induction, or governance improvement projects.
- Experience maintaining delegated authority frameworks and policy registers.
- Relevant industry knowledge and awareness of potential conflicts of interest.
Scope by Role
- Corporate Governance Analyst: Provides analysis and insights to strengthen governance design and effectiveness.
- Governance Executive: Coordinates consistent execution of governance processes and records.
- Board Affairs Executive: Supports organized, secure, and timely board and committee operations.