Job Description

Are you looking to take the next step in your governance and corporate compliance career within a meaningful and mission-led organisation? Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Company Secretarial Assistant to join our Corporate Services Team and help uphold high standards of governance across the Charity and its subsidiaries.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with existing experience in a secretariat or governance environment who is looking to further develop their expertise and gain deeper insight into the strategic and operational workings of a leading charity.

Salary

The salary for this position is 38,701 per annum and we operate a hybrid working policy of 2 days per week in the office.



In line with our EDI strategy and Total Reward policy, we calculate our salaries based on benchmarking data across the charity sector. To ensure fairness for existing staff and new joiners, we do not offer salaries above the advertised rate.
Key Responsibilities


Provide administrative and governance support to the Board of Trustees, Committees and subsidiary company. Support the Company Secretary in planning and coordinating the annual meeting calendar, ensuring aligned and seamless delivery of papers and meeting logistics. Take ownership of key secretariat administrative tasks, including managing statutory registers, drafting resolutions, and maintaining governance records. Lead on the administration and minuting of Committee and trading subsidiary Board meetings, ensuring accurate documentation of discussions, decisions and actions. Support onboarding, offboarding and ongoing engagement with Trustees and Committee members. Contribute to key compliance and governance outputs including the Annual Report and regular Board evaluations.
You'll work closely with the Company Secretary and stakeholders across the Charity, playing a key role in ensuring we maintain best practice corporate governance and compliance.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise


Previous experience within a Secretariat Team or similar governance environment. Experience minuting meetings and working with stakeholders at different levels. Strong communication and writing skills, with excellent attention to detail. High level of organisation and time management, able to manage competing priorities. Proactive and flexible approach, with strong problem-solving skills. Interest in governance, charity law or corporate compliance. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and digital board portals such as Board Intelligence. Working towards or interested in pursuing Chartered Governance Institute (CGI) qualifications.

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How to apply

Please click on the apply button in the top right hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete.

Closing Date:

27 July 2025
Benefits


30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) A flexible approach to working arrangements. Access to our enhanced pension scheme Life assurance Access to various health and wellbeing schemes, including the employee assistance programme.




About Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity


Every day, around 750 children and young people from across the UK are seen at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). At Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity, we help the hospital go above and beyond for seriously ill children, enabling kinder and better treatments, bringing hope for children with the rarest and most complex illnesses, and making hospital a little bit easier and a lot more fun for the thousands of children who are treated at GOSH every year. Our staff raise vital funds to support ground-breaking research, cutting-edge medical equipment, and the creation of child-centred facilities to help save more young lives, and essential support services that help save childhoods too.

Together, we can help give seriously ill children the best chance, and the best childhood, possible. We were delighted to be named Charity Times - Charity of the Year 2024, recognising the impact of our shared mission.

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

We believe that GOSH Charity and the charity sector more widely should reflect the diversity of patients, communities, and society at large. We also know that having a more diverse and inclusive workforce will make us more innovative, challenge the status quo, and enable us to deliver more impact. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. In particular, we encourage applications from those who are currently under represented within the charity sector as they may be marginalised by race and/or ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, long-term health conditions, or socioeconomic status.

If you would like more information about our approach to inclusive hiring please see our Inclusive Hiring Page here. You can also find out more about our commitments to EDI within our EDI Strategy here https://www.gosh.org/about-us/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-edi-strategy/


As a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible throughout the recruitment process. For more information on this please contact recruitment@gosh.org

Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.