Governance Officer

Here at Halton Housing, we are looking for an organised Governance Officer with a high attention to detail to work across our vibrant organisation.
What You’ll Do:
* Work with key stakeholders, including Leadership Team, provide a comprehensive governance support service for the Customer Committee, including meeting scheduling, agenda planning, and quality administration
* Attend Committee meetings to take accurate, high quality meeting minutes
* Provide governance advice to ensure the Committee operates within its Terms of Reference and the organisation’s governing documents
* Prepare Board and Committee reports on governance and regulatory matters
* Act as key point of contact for Customer Members
* Facilitate the recruitment, appointment and re-appointment of Customer Members
* Coordinate the delivery of Customer Committee induction, appraisal and learning and development opportunities
* Contribute to the planning and organising of the group wide annual meeting schedule
* Deputise for the Governance and Compliance Partner on governance matters as required
* Lead on ensuring compliance with the Regulator of Social Housing’s requirements on access to information for social housing tenants
What You’ll Need:
* Proven experience in a corporate governance or corporate support role with a background in social housing or a similar regulated sector
* Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels
* Qualified to A-Level or equivalent and studying towards, or commitment to studying, a governance qualification
* Can apply a range of problem solving, influencing, negotiation, presentation, and networking skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Proven ability in quality minute taking and meeting management
* Can work proactively and independently to balance conflicting priorities and achieve key deadlines, targets and outcomes
* Highly organised with meticulous attention to detail
* Confident in competent usage of all Microsoft packages incl TEAMs
What You’ll Get:
* 30 day holiday entitlement, increasing to 33 days with 3 years' service, plus bank holidays
* Opportunity to buy or sell holidays
* Competitive salary
* Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme
* Flexible and Hybrid working
* Supported training and development opportunities
* Health and Wellbeing Cash Plan
* Competitive Pension Scheme
If you want to work in a role that makes a real impact on improving people’s lives and you know you’d be a great fit, please apply today!
We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Closing date: 17th April 2026