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Head of Governance & Chief of Staff

THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN
80,000 - 90,000 per year
Remote
Full-time
15th March 2026
Listed today

Closing Date:

15 March 2026

Closing Date:

15 March 2026

  • Annually:£80,000 to £90,000
  • Region:Nationwide or Remote
  • Location:Nationwide
  • Department:Governance & Compliance
  • Vacancy Type:Permanent
  • Working hours per week:35
  • Closing Date:15 March 2026

The Head of Governance & Chief of Staff is responsible for ensuring the Society has best-in-class, efficient and transparent governance and leadership policies, practices and ways of working which drive organisational purpose and contribute to high performance. The role ensures compliance with all legal and regulatory frameworks, oversees the smooth running of the Trustee Board and associated sub-committees, and supports effective decision-making within the Society.

The Head of Governance & Chief of Staff will oversee the Chief Executive's office, ensuring it is run efficiently and acting as key contact for a range of external stakeholders and supporters. The postholder will also oversee the internal governance of the NSPCC, ensuring that the link between directorates, Executive Leadership Team and the board is strong, and that we are continuously looking for ways to improve our internal governance.

As part of the leadership team of NSPCC, this role maintains an organisation-wide assessment of key risks, opportunities and challenges presented by the external environment, and drives improvement by identifying opportunities for collaboration and integration within and across directorates. The Head of Governance & Chief of Staff plays a vital role in fostering a culture of accountability and transparency within the organisation including owning the Complaints, Comments and Compliments and Speaking Out policies.

The Head of Governance & Chief of Staff provides expert advice and support to the Chair, Trustees and subcommittee members in fulfilling their statutory duties and all other governance matters, including associated risks. The post-holder will drive innovation and a culture of continuous improvement by identifying, developing and championing improvements to processes and procedures including in the provision of a wide range of board-level secretarial and administrative support. This role will also be responsible for administering the appointment, induction, development and appraisal of trustees, including timely and skills-based succession planning which is underpinned by the Society's values.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please visit our microsite for further information and details on how to apply. https://cadence-nspcc.co.uk/apply 

If you are interested in applying for this role, we encourage you to apply early. To help us manage the process we may close the vacancy before the advertised closing date should we receive a strong response to the role.

In keeping with our values and our policies, if any individuals who are regrettably at risk of redundancy apply for a role and meet the minimum essential criteria they will be given priority consideration. We hope that you understand our position on this and that this will not discourage from applying. We cannot predict who, internally, will apply for a role, or whether they will meet the minimum essential criteria. Where no at-risk candidates meet the minimum essential criteria, all applications will be considered as normal.

Supporting Documents

As an organisation, we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults.

At the NSPCC we are on a journey to becoming a trauma-informed organisation for the children, young people and families that we work with, as well as our staff and volunteers. To be trauma-informed is one of the guiding principles that shape and guide our 2021-2031 Strategy. This means understanding the nature of adversity, trauma, and resilience so that we can work towards reducing and preventing further harm and promoting recovery and healing. Coming to work at the NSPCC will provide the opportunity for you to join us in our commitment to becoming a trauma-informed organisation.

NSPCC is that the NSPCC highly embraces,

encourages and promotes diversity and

inclusiveness of staff.

Siobhan Walters / Children's Services