Corporate Governance Officer

Posting date:	13 March 2026
Salary:	£46,419.00 to £55,046.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£46419.00 - £55046.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	22 March 2026
Location:	London, SE5 9RS
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	C9213-26-0235

Summary

Key Working Relationships INTERNAL: EXTERNAL: Chairman Chief Executive Officer Executive Directors Non-Executive Directors Governors Senior staff Chiefs of Divisions Patient, Public Involvement Team Communications Team Foundation Trust Members External and Internal Auditors NHS England (NHSE) Care Quality Commission Department of Health & Social Care Other NHS Foundation Trusts NHS South East London Integrated Care Board NHS Providers Main Duties and Responsibilities Compliance: You will contribute to the production of the Trusts Annual Report in accordance with NHS England (NHSE) guidance, advising internal authors on content, drafting relevant sections yourself, ensuring all statutory requirements are fulfilled. Ensure that the election of governors is carried out in accordance with the Trusts constitution. Advise Directors and Governors on declarations of interest and maintain the appropriate registers. Assist with arrangements for the election of public, patient and staff governors in accordance with the election rules contained within the Trusts constitution. Ensure that Governors declarations of eligibility to vote at meetings are kept up to date. Maintain agreements with partnership organisations with regard to their nominated representatives on the Council of Governors. Ensure disclosures are updated regularly on the Trusts website in accordance with the Code of Governance. Assist in the production and submission of the statutory annual returns, including the Annual Accounts and Annual Report, and quarterly returns to NHS England, the Independent Regulator, in accordance with their compliance requirements. Governance Keep under review all corporate governance developments and guidance which might affect the Trust, to ensure that the Boards of Directors and Council of Governors are fully briefed on these matters and have regard to them when taking decisions. Support the ongoing development and continuous improvement of the Foundation Trust Office, ensuring robust processes, systems and governance frameworks are in place to enable effective corporate governance and the efficient functioning of the Trusts corporate affairs function. Ensure that committees of the Board of Directors and Council of Governors are properly constituted with clear terms of reference. Draft Board and Committee reports, as required and advise report authors on the content and presentation of their papers. Maintain a Corporate Governance Handbook including policy and procedure relating to the register of gifts and hospitality for staff and directors. Assist in the delivery of induction programmes for new directors and governors. Ensure that directors and governors receive information in a timely and appropriate way to enable them to discharge their duties effectively. This includes meeting papers and information from external organisations. Respond to public, regulatory and Trust queries concerning corporate governance, including FOI requests. Board of Directors, Council of Governors and their Committees In partnership with the Chair, Director of Corporate Affairs and Deputy Director of Corporate Governance, lead the planning and coordination of corporate meetings in your portfolio, including the development of forward plans, production of high-quality agendas and papers, and the preparation of accurate minutes and comprehensive action logs. Provide support to Kings Executive meetings, when called upon, assisting with agenda planning in liaison with the Director of Corporate Affairs and ensuring appropriate monitoring of agreed actions. Facilitate the Trusts decision-making process by ensuring that Board and Committee minutes accurately and clearly capture discussions, decisions, recommendations and agreed actions, and that actions are appropriately tracked through to completion Assist in the development and maintenance of forward plans for Board of Directors and Council of Governors and their sub committees and draw up the yearly programme of meetings. Draft Board Committee Annual Reports and Self Assessments for approval by Non-Executive Committee Chairs and Committee leads. Draft, maintain, and update Committee terms of reference, ensuring these comply with best practice corporate governance and statutory/regulatory requirements. Support the review and draft of amendments to the Trusts constitution for approval by Directors and Governors. Membership Management Support in ensuring that the membership database is kept updated in line with the Trusts requirements. In liaison with the Membership Team, ensure the accuracy of the membership database with regard to members eligibility, contact details and communication preferences. To liaise with the database provider with regard to governor recruitment, including membership data selection and mailing fulfilment. Information Responsible for ensuring, in liaison with the Corporate Communications Team, that relevant and up to date corporate governance information is provided on the Trusts website and intranet. Develop and maintain, in liaison with the Corporate Communications Team, the Governors page on the Trust Website, ensuring timely, relevant and statutory information is provided to Governors, including NHSE guidance, board and committee information, meeting papers, and the Governors induction handbook. General Responsibilities The post holder has a general duty of care for their own health, safety and wellbeing and that of work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital, in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post. To observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of King's College Hospital NHS Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations. To observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff. To be responsible, with management support, for their own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues. Safe Guarding The Trust takes the issues of Safeguarding Children, Adults and addressing Domestic Abuse very seriously. All employees have a responsibilityto support the organisation in our duties by. attending mandatory training on safeguarding children and adults, familiarising ourselves with the Trust's processes for reporting concerns, reporting any safeguarding child or adult concerns appropriately. Infection Control Statement The post holder has an important responsibility for and contribution to infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene procedures and requirements when in clinical areas. The post holder has an important responsibility for and contribution to make to infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role. These requirements are set out in the National Code of Practice on Infection Control and in local policies and procedures which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training. These standards must be strictly complied with at all times. This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and projects and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties may change over time and this description may be subject to review after discussion with the post holder. Flexibility is required where meeting events are held outside of office hours.