Governance Manager - Annual Reporting and Transparency

As the living, growing home of our national story, The National Archives is a special place to work. We’re an institution nearly 200 years old with a collection spanning 1,000 years of history.

We’ve set ourselves the challenge of becoming the 21st Century national archive - a different kind of cultural and heritage institution:
Inclusive, Entrepreneurial, Disruptive. We won’t become this overnight. It will take time, focus, effort and daring.

That’s where you come in. Because we can’t do this without you.

Salary: £45,000 - £51,255 per annum

Contract type: permanent

Band: F / SEO

Closing date:
Tuesday 15th September at midnight

Based within the Chief Executive’s Office, the Governance Manager – Annual Reporting and Transparency (‘the Governance Manager’) will deliver a range of activities to support The National Archives’ corporate governance function and the Keeper’s statutory responsibilities, providing dedicated lead professional secretariat support as needed.

Specifically, the Governance Manager will lead the project management of The National Archives’ Annual report and accounts. This involves coordinating with senior stakeholders both internally and externally including the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Treasury to ensure that the document meets statutory requirements and is laid before Parliament in a timely manner. The Governance Manager will coordinate the work to fulfil The National Archives’ wider obligations around Transparency

The Governance Manager will also provide secretariat support to The National Archives Board’s subcommittees – the Finance and Performance Committee and the Audit and Risk Committee and other meetings and committees as required.

The Governance Manager - Annual Reporting and Transparency will work alongside the Governance Manager – Secretary to The National Archives Board and the Advisory Council, to ensure that the Board and its subcommittees receive high-quality and coordinated support and with the Head of Chief Executive’s Office to ensure that The National Archives’ corporate governance continues to meet the standards set by Government.

This is a full time post. However, requests for part-time working, flexible working and job share will be considered, taking into account at all times the operational needs of the Department. A combination of onsite and home working is available and applicants should be able to regularly travel to our Kew site for a minimum of 60% of their work time.

Selection for interview will be based on the ‘essential’ requirements as listed below so please ensure that your application demonstrates in detail how you meet these requirements. Desirable criteria will only be used to differentiate between equally qualified top candidates during final scoring.

In the event of a high volume of applications we will conduct an initial sift based on the following essential criteria:

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

Please visit the Civil Service Careers website where you can find further information on the use of AI in the application guidance section.

We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

Role and Responsibilities

• Provide expert secretariat support to The National Archives Board sub-committees and other meetings and committees.

• This includes but is not limited to agenda preparation, accurate minute-taking, and timely circulation of papers. Preparation of briefings, coordination of responses and providing expert advice. Issue calls for papers, send reminders to authors to meet submission deadlines, and maintaining strong working relationships with the committee Chairs, government departments, and senior officials as appropriate.

• Liaise with the secretary to the Board and Advisory Council…