Governance Assistant

An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone with governance and compliance experience, as well as excellent organisational skills and attention to detail, to join the Royal College of Paramedics as a Governance Assistant.
The successful candidate will provide support to the Head of Governance in and play a pivotal role in supporting workstreams within the governance portfolio, which include but are not limited too; our annual work plan, royal charter, bylaws, elections, policies, procedures and GDPR compliance.

The Role:
Role: Governance Assistant
Salary Range: £25,000 - £28,325 (dependent on experience)  
Hours: Full Time 37.5 hrs 
Contract: 1 year Fixed-term
Location: Flexible – remote working with ability to travel across the UK
Closing Date: midnight on 29 September 2026

Who are we?
We are the professional body for UK paramedics, a membership organisation and a Royal Charter charity. As a Royal College, we lead the paramedic profession and support our members to provide the best possible clinical care and support to their patients. 
We contribute our unique and extensive knowledge and experience to debate, discuss, and influence policy making within the NHS, government departments and wider communities. We provide comment and insight to the media, publish the British Paramedic Journal, supporting paramedic-led research and offer expert insight into governmental and system-wide policy consultation across the UK.
By setting the curriculum and educational standards for paramedic qualifications, including university degrees and post-registration curricula, we make sure our paramedics have the highest level of rounded skills and knowledge enabling them to provide expert practice and critical thinking, whatever their role.  Over the course of their career journey we are there for our members, side by side, offering continuous professional development (CPD), through training programmes, conferences, events and practical opportunities for additional learning with our partners in all areas of practice. Our ambition to advance standards and be at the leading edge of new developments, and technological innovation is set out in our latest strategy, and we are committed to research and evidence-based decisions.
 Paramedics can experience considerable trauma and challenges in their day-to-day work as clinicians, dealing at times with the toughest of situations. Whilst their focus is on the patient, we help make sure they are supported and know that we are with our members in their times of need.
We also look to the future and are passionate about supporting young people, and those whose career may take an alternative pathway, whatever their background or circumstances, to aspire to a career in paramedicine.

What will you bring?
Experience - You will have experience working to support the governance and compliance of an organisation, as part of an administrative role. You will have prioritised and managed weekly, monthly and annual administrative tasks to meet deadlines.
Skills and abilities - You’ll be able to assimilate information quickly and to think logically as well as have excellent communication skills with a self-motivated, flexible and professional approach.
Values and behaviours - You know how to work with a team and to motivate yourself, working flexibly under pressure and to deadlines. You will bring integrity, positivity, and adaptability, using your skills to build effective relationships and work within a shared vision.  

We offer lots of great benefits including 5-weeks’ holiday, a pension scheme, and a confidential employee assistance programme. We’re committed to helping you achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life through a real commitment to flexible working. We’re also keen to support you to develop and grow in order to pursue your aspirations and ensuring that you have opportunities to grow your career at the Royal College of Paramedics and beyond.

The Royal College of Paramedics is committed to building a diverse, inclusive and equitable organisation at every level. We recognise the inherent value that different perspectives, experiences and identities bring to our profession, and we are dedicated to promoting equal opportunities, eliminating discrimination of all forms and to recruiting, retaining and developing a diverse workforce at all levels.

Dates for your Diary
• Closing Date: 23:59hrs on 29 September 2026
• Shortlisting: 30 September – 2 October 
• Interviews: 7 - 16 October – exact date and times to be confirmed
• The interviews will take place remotely via Microsoft Teams.  

Please download pdf copies of the following documents: 

Governance Assistant Candidate Pack 

Role Description and Personal Attributes

We would encourage you to find out more about the role by speaking to: 

Imogen Carter, Head of Governance
Tel: 07940 916735
Email: imogen.carter@rcop.co.uk 

The application process for this role is by completion of an online Application Form, available here. This Application Form contains three sections. Section 1 is your contact information, which will be separated before the point of shortlisting. Section 2 is your opportunity to submit your previous or current employment (paid and/or voluntary), qualifications and any research activities, and two references. This section also includes a request for a 500-word supporting statement to outline how your knowledge, skills and experience will be of benefit to you in this role. Please read the role description and personal attributes document. Section 3 is solely for equality monitoring* purposes and will also not be seen by the shortlisting panel. 
Unfortunately, there is not the ability to save the form mid-completion for finalising at a later date, so please have all necessary information (outlined above) ready before commencing.   

*It is vital that we monitor and analyse diversity information so that we can ensure that our processes are fair and transparent. Any information provided in Section 3 of the Application Form will be treated as strictly confidential and will be used for statistical purposes only. It will not be seen by those involved in the selection process. No information will be published or used in any way which allows any individual to be identified. The use of information will be in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Unfortunately, the Royal College of Paramedics is unable to employ anyone that is not already eligible to work in the UK. Please do not apply if you do not already have this eligibility.