Job Title: Governance Manager(hybrid/flexible working)

Location: London

Salary: £45,000

Hours: 35 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Details of our great benefits can be found here .

Overview of the Role: We are looking for a Governance Manager to deliver high quality governance support for the RHS and its trading companies. You will work closely with the Company Secretary in the small friendly Secretariat team to ensure the smooth running of the recently updated RHS governance structure and delivering its schedule of meetings and events including the Annual General Meeting. You will advise and support RHS trustees, Board and Committee members, the RHS executive and other key stakeholders on good governance practice. Both inward and outward facing, you will monitor RHS compliance of statutory and regulatory requirements and standards.

Reporting to the Company Secretary but sitting within the Director General's office, you will be required to work effectively across a variety of projects and manage multiple priorities.

The most important experience, skills and attributes required for the Governance Manager are:

• Significant experience in governance and compliance, ideally in a not-for-profit setting;
• Ability to collaborate and communicate with and positively influence senior leadership, trustees, board and committee members, and external stakeholders;
• Proactive, productive and organised, confident to work under own initiative and to forward plan whilst working on a number of projects;
• High level of dependability with a commitment to detail and analysis, in particular when preparing for and managing governance meetings;
• Maintain and improve systems and processes for monitoring and reporting;
• Stay updated on governance trends and best practices to recommend improvements to the governance function;

About us

To work for the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is to join a thriving charity, whose mission is to be there for everyone on their lifelong adventure with gardening. Everything we do is built on the transformational power of gardening - and the benefits it brings to people, places and our planet.

And we couldn't do this without our people. We're proud of the knowledge, enthusiasm and ideas that each one of our team members brings. From working across our social media channels, to volunteering in the RHS Gardens, from serving customers in our garden centres to running national marketing campaigns, we believe that every member of the RHS team should have the opportunity to make a difference.

Our careers portal here provides a comprehensive overview of what we offer, the teams that work at the RHS and our great benefits .

Safeguarding and Inclusion

The RHS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all personnel to share in this commitment. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

We may review applications as soon as we receive then so if you see a vacancy that you are interested in, please apply straight away as the vacancy will be closed as soon as we hire the right candidate. If you require any additional support with making your application, please contact sharonellis@rhs.org.uk please ensure to include the job title or job reference number REQ (found at the top of the advert) when emailing.