Senior Governance Advisor

On behalf of Infected Blood Compensation Authority, we are looking for a Senior Governance Advisor (Inside IR35) for a 3 Month contract based in Newcastle (Hybrid).

As a Senior Governance Advisor, your main responsibilities will be:

• Supporting high-level governance arrangements, including for the Board, ExCo and their sub-boards and committees.
• You'll help design and implement best practice governance processes
• Acting as a key liaison point between the IBCA Delivery Team and IBCA's senior leaders, including the CEO, Chair, NEDs and Directors
• Running the secretariat for a top-level body, ensuring meetings are well-prepared, efficiently delivered and clearly documented to support effective and transparent decision-making; Advising teams, Directors and the CEO on governance matters and supporting the development of clear, strategic decisions
• Leading specific workstreams and contributing to team-planning, remaining adaptable and focused amid shifting priorities
• Fostering a positive, inclusive team culture, role-modelling supporting behaviours and working collaboratively to achieve shared goals

Public Sector Resourcing

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

As a Disability Confident employer, IBCA encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates. Applications from candidates who identify as having a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

IBCA guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

As a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, IBCA welcome applications from veterans, service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners. Applications from eligible candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".