Amy Simcox Email & Phone Number

England, United Kingdom

- Develop and manage governance arrangements to ensure effective board and committee liaison and management. - Provide high quality governance advice and support in line with the requirements of the Companies Act and other legislation and regulation to ensure corporate compliance is maintained. - Promote the role and importance of governance throughout the organisation and encourage engagement at all levels. - Develop and manage robust arrangements for internal audit.

Birmingham Business Park, England, United Kingdom

To promote the role and importance of the governance structure throughout the organisation and encourage engagement at all levels. Key Responsibilities• Develop and produce in liaison with the Executive Leadership Team, agendas for all Boards, Committees, away days and Seminars.• Liaise with colleagues on producing timely and appropriate reports for Boards and Committees.• Advise colleagues on governance approaches and documents to ensure arrangements satisfy the Group’s legal and regulatory arrangements regarding decision-making.• Attend Boards and Committees to provide advise and produce accurate and comprehensive minutes.• Ensure all Board Members have their performance appraised annually, this includes attending appraisals and producing development plans.• Support the Company Secretary in Board Member recruitment and manage the Board Member induction and training sessions.• Maintain the Group-wide registers for sealing, gifts and hospitality and whistleblowing.• Write governance related reports for Board consideration.• Provide advice and support to all Board Members, Executive Leadership Team and colleagues on excellence in governance.

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

• Actively managing committee business and meetings by setting deadlines to support timely and effective decision-making.• Working closely and effectively with the University's senior leadership by providing them with advice and guidance on procedural matters.• Preparing and distributing agenda and papers. Writing papers for consideration by various committees and liaison with report authors regarding their reports.• Briefing the Chair and members of the Committee.• Presenting agenda items, providing procedural advice and taking notes.• Writing minutes and co-ordinating and undertaking follow-up actions arising from meetings, including writing summary reports containing recommendations to parent committees/Boards for approval.• Drafting and managing the University’s Annual Diary of Committee Meetings.• Design and maintain the content and accuracy of the University’s governance web pages.• Manage the University's annual declarations process.• Responsible for the management of the representation of the University on external bodies.

• Administer and service a number of council committees, working groups and other member bodies by the preparation of agenda and reports, attendance at meetings and the preparation and finalisation of minutes.• Deal with all administrative matters arising from the meetings and ensure appropriate action is taken and properly co-ordinated.• During meetings provide advise as necessary on the interpretation and application of the Council's Constitution and other procedural matters.• Ensure that all necessary record systems are adequately maintained, extended and available when required for public inspection.• Act as Champion for CMIS - Committee management software.• Lead officer in training directors, report authors and councillors on CMIS as the council transitioned towards paperless meetings.• Provide direct support to members.• Offering advice and guidance to members, chief officers and officers of the council on the interpretation and application of the Council's Constitution, regulations and legislation Democratic Services must adhere to.• Co-ordination of the Council's notice of executive decisions.

Oldbury, England, United Kingdom

Ba (Hons), Business And Management, First Class Honours

Level 4 Certificate, Housing Practice, Pass