Governance Manager - Belvedere Community Forum

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Governance Manager will play a vital role in providing support to the Board to ensure the smooth running of both the Forum and the Community Centre.   The Governance Manager will be given a high degree of autonomy and will be expected to carry out the role with the support of the Chair as Line Manager.    Direction will also be provided by Board Officers (Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and Vice-Chair) and other Board members as and when appropriate.  

Principal duties and responsibilities will be as follows:

• Responsible for implementation of decisions of the board, and updating of all policies and procedures
• Management of board and public meetings, including the AGM process
• Providing support to the Board through updates, recruitment for board positions, training and director declarations
• Oversee grant applications (including monitoring and completion of grant out-turns) and fundraising and delegate these activities as necessary
• Supervision of changes required to the Constitution in agreement with the Board
• Liaison with Charity Commission & Companies House so that annual returns are submitted on time
• Ensure compliance with insurance and other legal obligations (e.g. managing data protection requirements, booking agreements, utilities, maintenance, business rates & any applicable licences)
• Supervision of finance/banking arrangements and any issues relating to charity finance
• Management of staff, including recruitment & DBS checks (including oversight of volunteers), staff appraisal system, staff contracts & job descriptions, staff absences & updates to staff handbook, payroll & pensions
• Management of systems to ensure that telephone and e-mail enquiries are dealt with promptly and efficiently, managing customer feedback
• Management of IT systems to improve workload
• Supervision of tasks carried out by other Centre staff
• Implementation of training programme for Centre staff
• Maintaining membership records
• Undertake any other task as directed by the Board

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