Governance officer

Band 5 · Governance and risk manager · 358 job evaluation points

Supports the governance cycle for committees and keeps risk, policy, and governance registers up to date.

Responsibilities

Coordinate committee meetings, forward plans, papers, and minutes.
Maintain the risk register, prompting risk owners to review their risks.
Keep governance registers up to date, such as declarations of interest, gifts, and hospitality.
Maintain the policy register and track policy reviews.
Coordinate evidence for audits and track audit recommendations.
Answer routine governance questions from staff.

Skills

Skill	Expected level	What this level means
Corporate governance and complianceThis reference	Working (2)	You can: support committee meetings, papers, and minutes keep governance registers up to date
Organisational risk managementThis reference	Working (2)	You can: record and update risks for your area suggest controls and track actions
Minute-taking and meeting recordsThis reference	Practitioner (3)	You can: take formal minutes of board and committee meetings, including complex or contentious discussion keep formal meeting records that stand up to audit and inquiry advise chairs on what the record should show
Policy managementThis reference	Working (2)	You can: keep the policy register up to date and remind owners about reviews check that policies use the right template and approval route
Assurance and audit liaisonThis reference	Working (2)	You can: coordinate evidence for audits and inspections track audit recommendations and chase overdue actions
Digital office toolsThis reference	Practitioner (3)	You can: build templates, trackers, and simple automated workflows make documents accessible to everyone help colleagues get the most from office tools
Information governance and data protectionThis reference	Working (2)	You can: apply data protection principles to your work contribute to data protection impact assessments handle information requests and records correctly

Typical qualifications and experience

A degree or a governance qualification, or equivalent experience.

Band 5 outline

Knowledge: Professional or technical knowledge, typically from a degree or equivalent experience.
Autonomy: Works to broad objectives within professional standards; plans own work.
Scope: Own professional work within a team or product.
Leadership: May guide and check the work of support staff and apprentices.
Accountability: Quality of own professional work.

Job evaluation (illustrative)

Factor	Level	Level summary	Points
Communication and relationship skills	4	Gives complex, sensitive, or contentious information needing persuasion, negotiation, or training skills, or highly complex information.	32
Knowledge, training, and experience	5	Expertise in a specialism, underpinned by theory or practical experience (degree level or equivalent).	120
Analytical and judgemental skills	3	Judgements on a range of facts or situations needing analysis or comparison of options.	27
Planning and organisational skills	2	Plans straightforward tasks or activities, some ongoing.	15
Physical skills	3	Developed skills needing speed or accuracy, such as advanced keyboard use.	27
Responsibility for patient and client care	1	Helps patients, clients, or relatives during incidental contact.	4
Responsibility for policy and service development	3	Implements policies for own area and proposes changes that affect other areas.	21
Responsibility for financial and physical resources	2	Handles cash or valuables, looks after equipment used by others, controls stock, or authorises small payments.	12
Responsibility for people	2	Supervises or coordinates staff day to day, trains others regularly, or gives basic HR advice.	12
Responsibility for information resources	4	Adapts or designs information systems to others' specifications, or runs information systems for a department as the main duty.	24
Responsibility for research and development	2	Regularly does research, development, trials, or equipment and system testing as part of the job.	12
Freedom to act	3	Follows defined policies and procedures; work is managed rather than supervised.	21
Physical effort	2	Frequent sitting or standing in a restricted position, or occasional light to moderate effort.	7
Mental effort	3	Frequent concentration on unpredictable work, or occasional prolonged concentration.	12
Emotional effort	1	Rare exposure, or occasional indirect exposure, to distressing circumstances.	5
Working conditions	2	Occasional unpleasant conditions, frequent travel or outdoor work, or near-continuous screen use on most days.	7
Total (Band 5: 326 to 395)			358