Governance Administrator (12-Month Fixed Term Contract)

Division – Corporate Governance

Department – Central Secretariat

Salary – National – ranging from £28,800 – £35,900 and London from £31,600 – £39,400 per annum (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

About the FCA

The FCA regulates the conduct of 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA.

Corporate Governance Division comprises the following functions:

• Central Secretariat (including ownership of the Conflict of Interests Policies and the FCA’s Senior Manager Regime)

• Consumer Panel Secretariat

• Decision-Making Committees Secretariat (DMCS)

• Practitioner Panels Secretariat

The Central Secretariat sits at the heart of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR). It is part of the FCA’s Corporate Governance Division, led by the Company Secretary.

What will you be doing?

• Providing administrative support to one or more of the FCA’s executive committees and/or the FCA or PSR Board, working with the associates appointed as secretary to the committee(s) 

• Being the first point of contact for queries for the committee(s), including liaising with executive and non-executive directors and senior management, external stakeholders and their offices, face-to-face, by email and on the telephone 

• Liaising with your committee/Board members (often senior directors) and their offices on meeting arrangements and decision-making processes 

• Scheduling meetings, arranging rooms and all other logistical planning for your committee/Board meetings, maintaining forward agendas and action logs

• Liaising with stakeholders to ensure high quality committee papers are submitted to meet deadlines 

• Compiling, collating and distributing committee papers to members and maintaining and extracting accurate MI from your committee/Board records 

• Assisting the associates with follow up after meetings, including circulating action points and minutes and contacting stakeholders where necessary 

• Updating and maintaining various committee lists to ensure compliance with the FCA’s Cyber & Information Security policies 

What will you get from the role?

• Exposure to Executive Directors, FCA/PSR Board members, senior management, leadership and decision-making processes.  You will quickly learn about how decisions are made that affect the full range of our stakeholders

• Insight into the most important, high profile and topical issues for the FCA 

• Interesting and varied work covering a wide range of projects and topics that span the whole of the FCA, developing a wide range of transferrable skills 

• Autonomy to lead on the administration of one or more committees/Boards (supported by associates), having the opportunity to use your judgement daily 

Which skills are required?

We are a Disability Confident Employer; therefore, disabled people or individuals with long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. (To learn more about the Disability Confident Scheme Click Here)

Minimum

• Previous experience of providing logistical, diary and meeting support to senior stakeholders and/or committees 

• Previous experience working in a role that required use of judgement to make decisions autonomously, knowing when to escalate 

• Proven organisational and prioritisation skills 

Essential

• Ability to work flexibly and collaboratively as part of a team 

• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including evidence of the ability to interact with senior stakeholders in a professional and credible way and to influence a range of internal and external stakeholders 

• Proven ability to work calmly under pressure to tight deadlines and to juggle competing priorities 

• Excellent organisational skills, including the ability to plan carefully, prioritise effectively, track issues methodically and recognise when escalation is required 

• Sound attention to detail, including thoroughness and accuracy in day-to-day work and taking pride in ensuring it is of the highest standard 

• Proven ability to follow agreed processes, identifying improvements and escalating appropriately to ensure a cycle of continuous improvement 

• Excellent IT skills, particularly in Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, and OneNote 

• An understanding of requirements to maintain security of sensitive and confidential material and experience in applying data and information security policies strictly  

Our Values & Diversity

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and our ambition is to cultivate a culture for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.

Did you know? 50% of our Executive Committee are women.

The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisation. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from men, minority ethnic, disabled, and neurodivergent candidates for our role.

Benefits of working at the FCA

• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays

• Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)

• Private healthcare with Bupa 

• A non-contributory Pension of at least 8%

• Life assurance

• Income protection

We also have a competitive flexible benefits scheme which gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle.

We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements.  Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares.  We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we can explore what might work best for both sides.

Follow this link to see what life is like at the FCA – Life at the FCA

Application Support

We are dedicated to removing barriers and ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition requiring changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter using the details below and they will be happy to discuss this further with you.

Useful Information and Timeline

This role is graded Senior Professional Support – Corporate

This role is available as a 12-Month Fixed Term Contract

• Advert closing date: Sunday 30th March      

• CV review/shortlist: w/c 31st March   

• Practical exercise and competency based interview: w/c 7th April   

Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time. 

Got a question?

If you are interested in learning more about the role, please contact: Melanie Dubock at Melanie.Dubock@fca.org.uk

Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.