Deputy Group Chief Governance Officer
6 days ago
Shrewsbury
Job Title: Deputy Group Chief Governance Officer \n \n Location: Shrewsbury (hybrid 2 days from home) \n Job Type: Temporary \n Duration of booking:Expected to last 3 months with possible extension \n Proposed start date: ASAP \n Pay Rates: Up to£532 per day Umbrella or £450 per hour PAYE inclusive of holiday pay \n Hours / Working Days: 37.5 hours per week / Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm \n Sector: Healthcare \n Based: Office / Hospital \n \n Job Summary \n The Deputy Group Chief Governance Officer provides strategic leadership across two statutory NHS organisations operating under a joint Group model. Acting as a key deputy to the Group Chief Governance Officer, the post holder leads an integrated governance framework to support decision-making, accountability, risk management, and regulatory compliance while maintaining the individual statutory responsibilities of each organisation. \n \n Key Duties & Responsibilities \n \n Strategic & Corporate Leadership \n\n • Deputise for the Group Chief Governance Officer across both trust organisations and system partnerships.\n, • Provide expert governance and regulatory advice to the Board, Committees, Executive Directors, and Non-Executive Directors.\n, • Lead corporate governance frameworks, including standing orders, constitutions, schemes of delegation, and business cycles.\n, • Coordinate Board effectiveness reviews, Non-Executive Director recruitment, and executive/board development programmes.\n\n \n Risk Management & Assurance \n\n • Lead the Group's risk management strategy, maintaining Board Assurance Frameworks (BAFs) and Corporate Risk Registers.\n, • Oversee systems for identifying, escalating, and mitigating operational and strategic risks across the Trust.\n, • Ensure high-quality assurance reporting to regulators and governing boards.\n\n \n Information Governance & Data Protection \n\n • Provide strategic direction for Information Governance (IG), UK GDPR compliance, data protection, and cyber security requirements.\n, • Act as Deputy Senior Information Risk Owner (DSIRO) and handle delegated SIRO duties.\n, • Oversee Information Asset Management, records management, and response strategies for significant IG incidents.\n\n \n Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU) & Culture \n\n • Serve as senior leader/sponsor for FTSU and the broader raising concerns agenda across both acute and community settings.\n, • Promote a culture of psychological safety, transparency, inclusion, and organisational learning.\n, • Maintain oversight of thematic reporting and national standard compliance for FTSU.\n\n \n Transformation, Police Investigation & Operational Oversight \n\n • Provide senior leadership to the Independent Review Team in relation to ongoing confidential police investigations involving the Trust (Operation Lincoln).\n, • Lead governance workstreams related to Group development, organizational integration, and joint collaborative ventures.\n, • Manage direct governance teams across acute and community care environments, supporting staff development and culture.\n\n \n Qualifications \n\n • Chartered Governance Institute Qualifying Programme qualification and/or Master’s level qualification.\n, • Evidence of continuous professional development.\n\n \n Knowledge, Experience & Behaviours \n\n • Significant senior leadership experience within governance, risk, corporate affairs, assurance, or a related function within the NHS.\n, • Demonstrable experience of advising Boards, Committees, Chairs, and Executive Directors on governance, risk, and regulatory matters.\n, • Experience of developing, implementing, and improving governance and assurance frameworks.\n, • Experience of leading teams and delivering complex programmes of work through others.\n, • Experience of working across organisational boundaries and building effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.\n, • Strong understanding of NHS governance, accountability, and regulatory frameworks.\n, • Knowledge of risk management, Board Assurance Frameworks, and organisational assurance processes.\n, • Knowledge of information governance, data protection, and information risk management principles.\n, • Understanding of Freedom to Speak Up principles and the importance of fostering a culture of openness and learning.\n, • Ability to provide strategic leadership, influence decision-making, and deliver results in a complex and evolving environment.\n, • Highly developed communication, influencing, and negotiation skills.\n, • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex information and provide clear advice and sound recommendations.\n, • Demonstrates sound judgement, personal credibility, and the highest standards of integrity.\n, • Resilient, collaborative, and able to lead through ambiguity and change.\n\n \n Skills & Other Requirements \n\n • Outstanding leadership and people management skills.\n, • Ability to provide credible strategic advice and constructive challenge to Boards and Executive teams.\n, • Ability to interpret and communicate highly complex governance, legal, regulatory, and organisational issues.\n, • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.\n, • Excellent report-writing and presentation skills.\n, • Ability to develop effective relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.\n, • Strong influencing and negotiation skills.\n, • Ability to exercise sound judgement and discretion when handling highly sensitive matters.\n, • Ability to lead across organisational boundaries and through matrix arrangements.\n, • Ability to travel across all Trust sites.\n, • Participation in on-call arrangements.\n