Head of corporate governance

Band 8b · Governance and risk manager · 600 job evaluation points

Leads corporate governance and risk for the organization, often acting as board secretary, and advises the chair and board on governance.

Responsibilities

Design and lead the organization's governance framework, including the board and its committees.
Act as board secretary, advising the chair and board on governance, conduct, and compliance.
Own the risk management framework and risk appetite, and advise the board on strategic risks.
Lead the annual governance statement and governance reporting.
Lead the governance, risk, and assurance team.
Represent the organization with regulators and auditors on governance matters.

Skills

Skill	Expected level	What this level means
Corporate governance and complianceThis reference	Expert (4)	You can: design the governance framework and advise the board lead annual governance reporting and assurance
Organizational risk managementThis reference	Expert (4)	You can: design the organization's risk management framework and appetite advise the board on strategic risks
Assurance and audit liaisonThis reference	Expert (4)	You can: design the organization's assurance framework advise the audit committee and board on the strength of assurance
Policy managementThis reference	Expert (4)	You can: set the policy framework for the organization advise the board on policy priorities and risks
People managementThis reference	Practitioner (3)	You can: line manage a team, setting objectives and running appraisals support wellbeing and manage attendance, performance, and conduct plan the team's development and succession
Budget managementThis reference	Working (2)	You can: track spending against a small budget and raise variances authorize spending within your limit
Enabling and informing risk-based decisionsUK GDaD PCF	Expert (4)	You can: act as a point of escalation be trusted by senior risk owners as an expert in security apply risk methodologies at the most complex levels of risk
Leadership and guidanceUK GDaD PCF	Practitioner (3)	You can: make decisions characterised by medium levels of risk and complexity and recommend decisions as risk and complexity increase build consensus between services or independent stakeholders identify problems or issues in the team dynamic and rectify them engage in varying types of feedback, choosing the right type at the appropriate time and ensuring the discussion and decision stick bring people together to form a motivated team and help create the right environment for a team to work in facilitate the best team makeup depending on the situation

Typical qualifications and experience

A professional qualification in corporate governance, or equivalent experience.
Extensive experience of leading governance and risk at board level.

Band 8b outline

Knowledge: Expert knowledge across several disciplines or a large service.
Autonomy: Shapes policy and strategy for a large area.
Scope: Several services or teams, or a principal-level discipline.
Leadership: Manages managers, or is the principal authority in a discipline.
Accountability: Several services, their staff, and their budgets.

Job evaluation (illustrative)

Factor	Level	Level summary	Points
Communication and relationship skills	5	Gives highly complex or contentious information needing developed persuasion and negotiation, presents to large groups, or communicates where there are significant barriers to acceptance.	45
Knowledge, training, and experience	7	Highly developed specialist knowledge across the range of the specialism (master's level or equivalent).	196
Analytical and judgmental skills	5	Judgments on highly complex facts or situations needing analysis, interpretation, and comparison of options.	60
Planning and organizational skills	5	Forms long-term strategic plans, with uncertainty and effects across the organization.	60
Physical skills	2	Skills gained through practice, such as standard keyboard use or driving.	15
Responsibility for patient and client care	1	Helps patients, clients, or relatives during incidental contact.	4
Responsibility for policy and service development	4	Implements policy and develops policy or services for a service or several areas.	32
Responsibility for financial and physical resources	4	Holds or sets the budget for a department or service, or buys or maintains its assets.	32
Responsibility for people	4	Line manages a function or department, designs training programs as a main duty, or delivers a full range of HR services.	32
Responsibility for information resources	5	Designs and develops major information systems, or runs information systems for several services as the main duty.	34
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	5	Works within general policies, and in most cases decides how to interpret them.	45
Physical effort	1	Sitting, standing, and walking, with little physical effort.	3
Mental effort	3	Frequent concentration on unpredictable work, or occasional prolonged concentration.	12
Emotional effort	2	Occasional exposure, or frequent indirect exposure, to distressing circumstances.	11
Working conditions	2	Occasional unpleasant conditions, frequent travel or outdoor work, or near-continuous screen use on most days.	7
Total (Band 8b: 585 to 629)			600