Governance and Compliance Manager

Employee assistant (counselling)

Cycle to work scheme

Mindful employer plus

Occupational health

30 days holiday

Occupational health

Flexi time

Salary £46,822 per annum (plus £4,000 London weighting if applicable)

Location Agile with London or Leeds office base

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in 12 days at 23:59 BST.

The vacancy

The NHS Alliance is looking for an experienced Charity Governance and Compliance Manager to help strengthen the foundations of good governance while driving practical improvements to the assurance arrangements that support our work as a membership organisation, registered charity and limited company.

About the role 

This is a varied and influential role at the heart of the NHS Alliance. You will help strengthen our governance and compliance arrangements, improve how assurance works in practice, and make sure the essentials are delivered consistently and well.

• Oversee key parts of the governance framework, including trustee recruitment and induction, statutory records and filings, governance documentation, registers of interests, the policy register, data protection and business continuity.

• Keep core records, registers, filings and documentation accurate, up to date and easy to rely on.

• Identify where arrangements can be improved, simplify processes and strengthen assurance.

• Provide clear, practical advice to colleagues, trustees, committee members and senior leaders.

• Line manage the Board Secretary/PA to the Chair and support an effective Board and committee cycle.

• Work closely with the Assistant Director - Governance and Compliance, on driving forward improvement and development across the breadth of governance and compliance

About you 

You will have experience in charity governance, compliance, company secretariat, corporate governance or a related field as well as:

• Strong knowledge of charity, not-for-profit or similarly regulated environments.

• Excellent planning, coordination and delivery skills, with strong attention to detail and a commitment to accurate record keeping.

• Confidence building relationships across teams, using your judgement to improve processes and make governance easier to navigate.

• The ability to work at pace while maintaining accuracy, structure and strong records.

• Working knowledge of data protection requirements.

To apply 

As part of our diverse recruitment practice, we use blind applications. The only information available to the shortlisting panel will section one of the application form.

Please download the job description and click apply. Please note we do not accept CVs. If you require the application form in another format please contact peopleteam@thenhsalliance.org.

For an informal discussion about the post and the NHS Alliance before applying please contact amy.rose@thenhsalliance.org.

Application deadline: 12th July 2026, 11:59pm (please note, we may close the advert early should we receive a high number of suitable applications).

About us

The NHS Alliance is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive environment for our staff. A place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of inclusive employment policies including family friendly policies and flexible working and we have range of channels to support staff from different backgrounds including our fantastic staff EDI networks and trade unions.

The NHS Alliance is committed to being a flexible employer. We understand the value and benefit to our employees being able to work flexibly and our agile working principles are designed to empower our people to work with optimal flexibility and minimal constraints to enable them to fulfil their potential at work whilst balancing home life and health and wellbeing.

You will receive an excellent benefits package, including 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), options to buy or sell additional leave, continuous professional development, salary sacrifice schemes including our pension scheme, cycle to work and green car schemes, time off for volunteering and much more.

Benefits

Employee assistant (counselling)

Cycle to work scheme

Mindful employer plus

Occupational health

30 days holiday

Flexi time

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