Great pension
Generous holiday
Learning and Development

Interim Governance Manager

Salary £56,100 per annum plus Benefits
Location Home-based with occasional travel
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This is a 37 hours per week, Temporary vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The role

Interim Governance Manager

  • Salary £56,100 per annum plus benefits
  • 37 Hours per week (Flexible)
  • Home-based with occasional travel to office.
  • Fixed Term Role: 6-Months.  (There may be an opportunity to extend the terms of this position)
  • Closing date for applications: 13th May 2025 (Midday)
  • Interviews to be held 19th May 2025 - Immediate Start.

At Magna our vision is to create great homes together.  We have ambitious plans, and are seeking creative, aspirational, and talented people to join our fast paced, adaptable, and highly collaborative environment. 

The role & what you take care of: 

The Governance team is a group of talented and ambitious colleagues who directly influence, manage, and shape Magna’s governance agenda. Supporting the Head of Governance Legal and Risk and the Company Secretary in delivering a high-quality governance service, the Governance Manager’s role is to lead the governance team in the implementation and management of Magna’s corporate governance processes to ensure that Magna is compliant with regulatory standards, adopted codes, and best practices.

  • Manage Governance processes ensuring that they are implemented in accordance with Magna’s Rules, Governance Framework, policies and best practice, providing Governance advice to the Strategic and Executive Boards.
  • Oversee the Strategic Board, Board Committee meetings and Annual General Meeting. Drafting agenda, circulating papers and producing high quality accurate minutes.
  • Line manage the Governance Team to ensure an effective and efficient service.
  • Manage succession planning for Board members by supporting and arranging their recruitment and training, as well as managing the development and implementation of the Governance Framework.
  • Implement and manage effective Governance processes to ensure that Magna is compliant with regulatory standards and adopted codes, to ensure the top regulatory rating for governance is maintained.
  • Support the Head of GLR in preparing reports and briefings including undertaking research on best practice for Strategic Board, Executive Board, Committee meetings.

What you need to be successful: 

  • Extensive understanding of corporate governance processes and requirements within the not-for-profit sector.  
  • Meticulous attention to detail, to ensure that good governance practice is applied.  
  • Expert administrative abilities with extensive proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite.  
  • Exemplary leadership abilities with proven effectiveness and experience in team collaboration.   Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification or experience. 
  • CGI (Corporate Governance Institute) qualification or part qualification would be an advantage

Applicants with transferable qualities are encouraged to apply.

Magna Benefits:

We pride ourselves on providing an excellent working environment and great benefits. We look after those who work for us as we understand that without the commitment of our colleagues, we would not be able to provide the fantastic range of services to our customers.

We offer:  

  • Company sick pay  
  • Pension matched up to 8%.     
  • Learning and Development.    
  • Mileage and Agile working 
  • Paid day a year to volunteer.    
  • Wellbeing Portal and Colleague Voice.  
  • Rental / Stamp Duty Loan and Credit Union. 
  • Employee assistance & Health Care Cash Plan.
  • Discounts on entertainment, high street shops and grocery shopping. 
  • Competitive annual leave entitlement, which increases progressively with the duration of your service over the first five years.

Our full range of benefit details can be viewed on our website under each vacancy.      

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact:   Dani Davies – Talent Acquisition Lead at: dani.davies@magna.org.uk or by mobile: 07528 974936    

To apply please visit our website www.magna.org.uk, select Careers Tab / Current Vacancies / Role, or follow the link attached to this advert.   

Magna reserves the right to close the vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. We therefore highly recommend that you submit your application early. 

About us

We’re Magna Housing, a customer-centred housing association, mainly working in Dorset and Somerset (our head office is in Dorchester) with a vision to create great homes together. We want to make sure that we constantly add value to the lives of our customers, and our colleagues, and we work hard to deliver this year on year.

Our vision of “Creating Great Homes Together” is fundamental to the work we do and we have ambitious plans to be “beyond the best” over the next ten years.

Magna prides itself on being large enough to influence but small enough to care. We are on an exciting journey – one that requires agility in how the business develops over the next decade, and different, innovative ways of working as we explore new territory.

Inclusion is important to us here at Magna, and inclusion for everyone is our commitment to making long term and deep change to become an organisation known for being inclusive and welcoming for all. We won’t achieve our vision, mission or strategy without being inclusive. It is the foundation of how we work, our culture and our values and how we adjust to make sure our customer and colleague experiences are welcoming and relevant.

Our successes come through an appreciation of difference – different perspectives, experiences, thoughts, actions and skills. All of which add value and generate innovation. Embracing difference will enable us to get it right, first time, and offer the right homes in the right place for our customers.

For further information about Magna, please visit our website by clicking here.

Our benefits

Generous holiday

This means the safety of our colleagues our customers is always our main priority.

Competitive pension

This is our mindset and our team approach to putting customers at the heart of all we do.

Wellbeing support

This is about how we treat each other and how we go about our business.

Healthcare cash plan

This is about how we all take responsibility for all our actions every day.

Learning and development

This is about how we learn about each other, our customers and our business. Learning helps make sure we all do the right thing, how we challenge convention and look beyond existing boundaries.

Colleague voice

This is how we come together as #teammagna, embracing our diversity and recognising that together we can achieve outstanding results. ​

For more details on our great range of benefits, please download the attachment which can be found at the bottom of this page.

Always safe

This means the safety of our colleagues and our customers is always our main priority.

All about customers

This is our mindset and our team approach to putting customers at the heart of all we do.

Be kind

This is about how we treat each other and how we go about our business.

Own it

This is about how we all take responsibility for all our actions every day.

One team

This is how we come together as #teammagna, embracing our diversity and recognising that together we can achieve outstanding results. ​

Be curious

This is about how we learn about each other, our customers and our business. Learning helps make sure we all do the right thing, how we challenge convention and look beyond existing boundaries

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