Governance Officer
Join our Legal & Governance team and work with our Trustees, Strategic Leadership Team, the CEO’s team and other key stakeholders to ensure the effective governance of the charity.
We’re Anthony Nolan and we save the lives of people with blood cancer and blood disorders who need a stem cell transplant or novel cell therapy.
We’re unique. Thanks to the incredible donors on our register, our pioneering research and our passionate fundraisers, we give the chance of life to three people a day.
But we won’t stop there. We are working tirelessly to unite people and science in order to unlock the cures, treatments and transplants that will transform the future for more patients. And together, we can reach the remarkable day where every patient who needs us can not only survive, but thrive.
If you're inspired by this vision, and feel you have the skills and experience we need to help achieve it, we'd love for you to join our lifesaving team.
We are looking for a Governance Officer to join our Legal and Governance team.
Title: Governance Officer
Salary: £30,862 per annum (£38,577 full-time equivalent)
Contract: Fixed term (12 months)
Hours: 28 per week (4 days)
Location: Hybrid*, with head office in Hampstead, London
The Governance Officer is a vital role and effective governance reporting and oversight is essential to the charity’s function. The current Governance Officer has been seconded to Head of Commercial Operations and as such, this role will be covering her position whilst she is on secondment for 12 months. You will help manage Anthony Nolan and Anthony Nolan Trading Limited’s strategic engagement with the Board of Trustees, supporting the Director of Legal and Governance, with oversight from the Head of Operations, in all governance matters and working with the Board, the Strategic Leadership Team, the CEO’s team and other key stakeholders to ensure the effective governance of the charity.
To be successful you will have an eye for detail and a strong interest in corporate governance underlined by improving organisational process, transparency and accountability throughout Anthony Nolan. Strong interpersonal skills and resilience are also important as is the ability to deal with confidential information with the utmost discretion.
You can be sure that this role at Anthony Nolan has a direct bearing on the lives we save. If you have the skills, experience and qualities we are looking for and you are inspired by what we can achieve, we’d love to hear from you.
What’s in it for you?
- A competitive salary
- 27 days annual leave (pro rata), pension scheme, childcare vouchers, access to counselling via a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme
- A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop
- Life Assurance of four times annual salary
- Travel season ticket loan, Cycle to work Scheme
- And more! (full list of benefits available on our website)
Please check out the job description here, as well as our FAQs & Additional Info page to read about our benefits, values and recruitment policy.
Release your remarkable, join our team and give someone a chance of life.
Anthony Nolan is committed to equal opportunities & a living wage accredited employer
All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UK.
* This role will be closed once we have received a number of applicants, and so we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible. It is important to note that we are an organisation where our culture matters and with patients, supporters and donors at the heart. Therefore, it is important that we make very clear that we expect some work to take place in the workplace. The specific expectation of remote vs on site working varies depending on the team/role, and we endeavour to make this clear on each individual vacancy. If you have any queries around our hybrid working policy and the expectation for a role you're interested in, please get in touch.
- Department
- Finance & Resources
- Role
- Legal & Governance
- Locations
- Head Office
- Yearly salary
- £38,577
- Contract hours
- Part time
- Employment type
- Fixed term
- Hybrid working expectation
- 2-3 days per month on site
Head Office
So how can you tell if you're Anthony Nolan too?
- You’re passionate and dedicated to your work
- You’re innovative and looking for a challenge
- You want to improve and learn every day
- You’re accountable for your work and take pride in what you do
- You’re people and patient focused – you want to make a difference to people’s lives
These five values are what drive and motivate us across all of our divisions. From lab research and tissue typing, to finance, HR and legal, from patient support and logistics, to fundraising, marketing and communications… everyone has a critical role to play in our lifesaving work.
We’re incredibly proud of the people who work for us – and we’re always on the lookout for more passionate and talented individuals. If you like the idea of joining a team that gives four people the chance of life every day, check out our job listings below.
About Anthony Nolan
Anthony Nolan is the charity that makes lifesaving connections between patients in need and incredible strangers ready to donate their stem cells. Find out more about what we do here.
Governance Officer
Join our Legal & Governance team and work with our Trustees, Strategic Leadership Team, the CEO’s team and other key stakeholders to ensure the effective governance of the charity.
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