Governance Officer - 6 month contract

Location High Wycombe, Bucks Hybrid working

The Vacancy

Looking for a temporary governance role at 30-37 hours p/w? Join Paradigm Housing Group and enjoy our great benefits while you're here. The role is to cover a vacancy created by a team promotion/secondment (which we do a lot of) and is a great opportunity for you to bring your organisational expertise and governance knowledge to support our Executive Team, Board, Committees, and the Paradigm Foundation Trustees.

What you'll do:

• Organise and support Board and Executive meetings, including agendas, minutes, and action tracking.
• Maintain company records and manage compliance filings.
• Oversee governance for the Paradigm Foundation, managing Trustees and charitable grants.
• Handle data protection queries and support corporate events.

What you'll bring:

• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to produce accurate, succinct minutes.
• Discretion, professionalism, and attention to detail.
• Knowledge of governance, housing, or charity sectors (preferred).
• Strong communication skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Reduced-Hours OpportunityWe welcome applications from candidates interested in a reduced-hours contract (circa 30 hours over 4 or 5 days) please specify this clearly at the application stage. Our standard weekly hours are 37-hour; 09:00 - 17:30 Monday to Thursday, and 09:00 - 17:00 on Fridays. - There are some key dates that you'll need to be in work for when we have Board and Committee meetings, which are scheduled in advance so that you can planaccordingly.

Role is hybrid: at least 2 days in the office3 days remote/home.

Whilst position is offered as a 6-month fixed-term contract to cover a vacancy created by a recent promotion within the team. Given the scale of our organisation and the ongoing opportunities within Paradigm, there is potential for other roles or extensions to arise. Many of our team members have successfully transitioned from fixed-term positions to long-term roles within the organisation, building rewarding careers. Even if a longer-term opportunity does not emerge, this role provides valuable experience to enhance your career in governance and related fields.

Further Information

For the full job description and person specification for the role, please see the attachment at the bottom of this page. Should you have any queries about this vacancy, please email and we will respond as soon as possible.

As part of our application process, we ask for a covering statement and CV so we can assess your application against our essential and desired criteria as set out in the job description and person specification. Please include in your covering statement how you meet the criteria so we can see how well you match our requirements and give your application the consideration it deserves.

We reserve the right to close this role earlier than the published date should a suitable candidate be identified.

About us

We are Paradigm Housing Group.

We manage more than 17,000 homes across the South East.

We know that house prices in the areas where we work are high, both to buy and rent. We want to help more people have a safe and sustainable home that they can afford.

As a charity, the money we make goes into building new homes and providing an excellent service for residents.

We are a Best Companies two-star accredited organisation in recognition of our high employee engagement and commitment to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We are clearly focused on the delivery of our five-year corporate plan with ambitious and challenging objectives including delivering one of the sector's largest digital transformation programmes, improving our environment and sustainability targets and delivering more quality homes to people who need them.

Our Vision

We provide excellent services to customers.

And build new homes to help more people.

We make sure our homes are safe and sustainable.

And strive to do more by making the most of our resources.

Working For Us

Our Values

Safer Together

Safer Together

The safety of our customers, colleagues and ourselves is a priority in everything we do.

Driving Improvement

Driving Improvement

We seek to do things better and deliver value to our customers.

Working As One

Working As One

We work collaboratively with others and also take personal responsibility for delivering outcomes for our customers, colleagues and stakeholders.

Acting Thoughtfully

Acting Thoughtfully

We make ourselves aware of our customers' and colleagues' circumstances, and consider this thoughtfully and respectfully, and with attention to the impact on the environment, when taking action.

Being Clear

We will communicate in a clear and consistent manner so that our customers, colleagues and stakeholders understand the high standards that we work to.

Please note that customer facing roles may be subject to a DBS check.