Plymouth, Plymouth (Hybrid)
£50,000 per year
Full-time
Permanent
Job description

The Role:

Reporting to the CEO, you’ll work with the Board and Executive team at a point where the organisation is becoming more deliberate, more confident, and more ambitious.

​We want governance to be useful, visible, and part of how we actually run.

​You will help design, shape and deliver our governance framework making sure decisions are properly formed, well-evidenced, and taken with a clear understanding of risk and accountability. You’ll be as comfortable thinking about the system as you are making it work in practice.

Please refer to our role brief for more information:  2026 - Head of Governance.pdf

About You

​You’re someone who:

  • Brings clarity where things are a bit loose or muddled
  • Sees how things connect governance, risk, data, decisions
  • Can turn ambiguity into something structured and workable
  • Writes clearly enough that people rely on what you produce
  • Is comfortable around senior people and not easily knocked off course

You might come from governance, risk, programme, operations or somewhere less obvious.

Working pattern:

You can work from home, or from our head office in Plymouth, or flex between the two. You will have occasional travel to Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall and will be required to attend Board and Committee Meetings in person.

We will provide you with:

  • Quality training and development opportunities to maintain and enhance your skills and knowledge
  • Free 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
  • Big financial rewards through our Refer a Friend Scheme
  • Vouchers at Christmas, your work anniversary, and your birthday
  • Paid DBS
  • …and more!
Organisation
Havencare Home and Support limited View profile Organisation type Registered Charity
Posted on: 10 April 2026
Closing date: 01 May 2026 at 09:20
Job ref: HoG0426
Tags: Governance / Management

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