Governance Executive

Governance Executive

The role:

The Royal Aeronautical Society is a professional body dedicated to aerospace communities. We exist to further the advancement of aeronautical art, science, and engineering around the world.

The Governance Executive will work closely with the Head of Governance. In this varied role, you will have exposure to the Society s most senior volunteers and work with colleagues at all levels across the organisation. You will support the decision-making processes of the organisation to ensure the governance of the Society meets the highest standards of charity governance.

Key objectives:

• Provide high quality secretariat support for meetings, preparing agendas, minutes and reports, and tracking and undertaking actions from meetings

• Support planning across the governance function, including forward planning of agendas, identifying dependencies and scheduling meetings

• Act as a communication point with other secretariats, working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure a consistent approach to governance across the Society

• Responsible for updating and further developing website pages on governance

• Work in a flexible manner to support other aspects of governance work, such as collecting declarations of interest, maintaining records and induction of volunteers

• Maintain high standards and represent the Society in a professional manner at all times

About you:

• Degree calibre with relevant governance experience

• Strong organisational and time management skills

• Excellent minute taker with good attention to detail

• Able to discretely handle confidential and sensitive information

• Great communication skills and excellent relationship builder

• Flexible, collaborative, positive and proactive in approach

• Fully IT literate in Microsoft packages

• (Experience in the charity or another regulated sector is desirable)

Our culture:

At the Royal Aeronautical Society, we play an important role in leading and providing knowledge to the aerospace professional community. You ll join a team that is making a difference, and who will welcome and encourage your talent, skills and expertise and support your development.

In return for your commitment, we guarantee your development within the role and offer an attractive salary, life assurance, pension, and healthcare scheme.

We value equality and diversity and positively encourage applications from everyone.

As part of our recruitment process, the RAeS collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants.

The RAeS is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations. All applications will be deleted or destroyed one month after the recruitment process has ended. Should you wish further clarification, please obtain a copy of our Job Applicant Privacy Notice.

To apply, please provide a cover letter and CV by midnight on Monday 6 January 2025.

If you do not receive communication from us, please assume that you have not been successful with your application on this occasion.

Benefits:

Life insurance

Private medical/dental insurance Simply Health

Attractive Pension Scheme

Training and development

Staff socials

Salary: Up to £33,000 per year

Schedule: Monday - Friday (35 hours per week)

Work location: Hybrid - in our central London office or remotely, with office attendance for meetings