The Head of Corporate Governance will provide strategic leadership for the ICB’s governance framework, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements and embedding the Nolan principles throughout the organisation. Reporting to the Deputy Director of Corporate Services, this role will lead the effective operation of the ICB Board and its Sub-Committees, ensuring high-quality governance, transparency, and accountability in decision-making. The postholder will oversee within the wider governance team the development of governance policies, management of conflicts of interest, delivery on fit and proper person requirements, ensuring good risk assurance and audit processes for the organisation. Acting as the principal advisor on governance matters, they will support senior leaders and committee chairs, ensuring robust systems for legal compliance. The role also includes responsibility for governance training and continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen organisational resilience and best practice.
Applicants must have experience and a good understanding of NHS commissioning governance either from an ICB or a CCG.
The responsibilities include:
Strategic Leadership: Lead on shaping and implementing the ICB’s priorities, ensuring alignment with the NHS Long Term Plan, local strategies, and place-based plans. Contribute to the development of operational and business plans that translate strategic aims into measurable actions and outcomes. Business Plans and Strategies may impact across the organisation or integrated care system. The post holder will be responsible for the interpretation and adoption of a range of relevant policies and procedures for the service and directorate.
Operational Oversight: Lead and manage the operational delivery of programmes and services within your portfolio, ensuring that activity, quality, and performance targets are achieved. Provide clear leadership to service teams, managing resources effectively to deliver safe, high-quality, and efficient services that are delivered in the most effective manner. Consider highly complex information and adjust plans where necessary to ensure delivery and performance.
System Integration: Work collaboratively across organisational and professional boundaries to strengthen partnerships with providers, local authorities, and voluntary sector partners. Support the development of integrated approaches that improve patient experience and population health outcomes.
We are committed to promoting equal opportunities to achieve equity of access, experience and outcomes and to recognising and valuing people’s differences. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity; we see this as a strength and part of our founding mission, values and behaviours. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers patient outcomes.
We are committed to creating the best place to work, where your contribution is valued, your wellbeing is supported and all our colleagues can reach their full potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of their protected characteristic. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone, including making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition and support with the recruitment process for people with lived experience.
We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles.
We operate a Carer friendly working environment that is supportive and inclusive. We actively encourage Carers to self-identify themselves.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and commit to shortlisting suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria for an interview. Please inform us of any adjustments you may require.
For further information on this role, please see the job description and person specification attached:
