Job Description

At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors.

Clients worldwide trust us to find future-fit investment opportunities to deliver the outcomes they want. Our technology and insight help empower them to make better decisions, while the powerful partnerships we build help to enhance the expertise that we offer. And by enabling clients to invest responsibly, it helps us to build a better world.

About the department

The Investments Governance team is responsible for establishing and maintaining the policy governance and forum/committee framework for abrdn’s Investments Business. This framework is critical in ensuring that activities within the business are controlled and governed according to expected standards.

About the role

In this role, you will act as an Assistant supporting the Head of Policy and Committee Governance, Investments, to ensure that the framework operates in line with all relevant regulatory requirements and internal governance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Committee/Forum Management: Ensure high-quality administrative support for the management of committees/forums to facilitate their operation efficiently, effectively, and robustly, ensuring they meet all relevant regulatory requirements and internal governance standards.
  Provide effective diary management for forum meetings and draft outline minutes for certain meetings.

• Document Preparation: Support the drafting of meeting documents, including agendas, action logs, minute templates, and preparation of forum packs.

• Policy Framework Management: Provide administrative support to the Head of Policy and Committee Governance, Investments, in managing the policy framework and the annual Group Policies attestation process, as required.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with stakeholders across the team and relevant functions to follow up on actions and ensure papers are provided on time for forum meetings.

About the Candidate

• Experience in an administrative support environment; ideally with either a legal or company secretarial background, though this is not essential as training will be provided. Experience in attending Board Meetings and providing hands-on support, including: Preparing agendas, Preparing board/committee packs, Coordinating board and/or board committee meetings and Drafting auditable minutes

•  Evidence of a proactive and strategic working style, with flexibility to adapt to evolving governance changes and the ability to anticipate and manage issues effectively.

• Experience managing a varied and demanding workload across functional projects.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. Therefore, if you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire and one of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do here.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment.  We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance.  We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.