• To deliver effective governance services, supporting and advising Board & Committee Members, including Member succession planning, recruitment and training. • To facilitate the smooth running of Board and Committee Meetings, ensuring papers of a quality standard are collated and distributed in a timely manner and accurate minutes and actions are produced. • To advise Chairs, Directors and the business on a wide range of governance issues, including the constitution, compliance, policy and regulatory requirements. • To support the Company Secretary in providing an effective Company Secretarial function ensuring all legal obligations are met and governing documents are complied with.• To act as Data Protection expert, ensuring compliance with GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, providing support to the wider business. • Produce reports to the Board and Committees on matters relating to governance and compliance. • To advise the business on matters relating to effective Risk Management and deliver training as required. • To lead, manage and develop the Governance team, acting in accordance with the Yorkshire Housing Behaviours.

• Support the Company Secretary to ensure delivery of the Company Secretarial function.• Arrange Board and Committee meetings. Include agenda preparation, attendance at meetings, minutes, action points and monitoring of follow up business.• Facilitate the annual internal audit programme and ensure recommendations are completed within timescales.• Support the Risk Management Framework and Data Protection arrangements.• Provide advice to staff and Members on the Code of Conduct, Contract Standing Orders and Data Protection Policy as required by the business.• Ensure that statutory legal returns and regulatory subscriptions, relating to governance, are submitted in a timely manner.• Maintain the Shareholder Register in accordance with the Rules and the Shareholding policy. Support the delivery of the Annual General Meeting.• Lead on policy review and development as requested by the Governance Manager.• Deputise for the Governance Manager as required.

• Arrange Committee meetings. • Coordinate, collate and report monthly on the Governance Team Performance Dashboard. Monitor trends over time and feedback to the Governance Manager and Head of Assurance. • Perform general duties within the Governance Team including updating of the Code of conduct and related training. • Development and implementation of sections of the Assurance Toolkit (a guide for the business on risk management and assurance). Updating of the toolkit thereafter at regular intervals. • Providing training and giving advice to the business on the application of the Risk Management and Assurance Framework. Performing reviews of processes where necessary and ensuring compliance with policy. • Monitoring internal audit recommendations including the reporting for the Risk and Assurance Committee and checking evidence for all completed recommendations

Provide administration support to the Governance Team. 1. Insurance administration, including:• Supporting the monitoring and recording of claims,• Gathering evidence to defend claims, • Gathering information on assets and risks, • Coordinate the Tenants Contents Insurance Scheme. 2. Governance administration, including:• Printing and despatch of agenda papers,• Supporting Members, arrangements for meetings and informal sessions,• Supporting processing and record keeping in relation to the various Company Registers,• Administration for Internal audits,• Liaison with Shareholders and supporting arrangements for the Annual General Meeting.