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Governance Assistant
Edinburgh The Mound
Full time
Posted Today
155046
End Date
Friday 05 June 2026
Salary Range
£36,224 - £38,130
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Flexible Working Options
Hybrid Working, Job Share
Job Description Summary
This is a full time role based in Edinburgh, Leeds, Bristol, Chester or Cardiff.
Job Description
JOB TITLE: Governance Assistant
SALARY: £35,340
LOCATION(S): Edinburgh, Bristol, Chester, Leeds or Cardiff
HOURS: Full-time - 35 hours a week - Monday to Friday.
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.
About this Opportunity Our multi skilled agile function deliverers high-quality legal and governance advice to our partners in the business units and group functions. We support Lloyds Banking group's purpose and strategy by identifying, managing and mitigating legal risk an enabling streamlined modern and proportionate governance.
As an assistant within the team, you'll support the function to meet its objectives through managing work requests, co-ordinating records and providing analytical support on projects and documentation reviews. To ensure partners needs are met you'll :
Support the Head of Governance and Shareholder Services and the wider Corporate Governance function.
Complete Workday internal systems administration procedures and along with provide support for colleagues, resourcing and supplier administration, including recruitment and onboarding support, onboarding and offboarding of employees and contractors, joiner, mover and leaver processes, and ongoing people and administrative support.
Coordination of meetings for Boards, Committees and governance forums and the team, including pre-meeting preparation (agendas, logistics, packs and papers), support during meetings, and post-meeting actions, including drafting minutes and follow-up activity.
Support shareholding disclosure activity, including investigation of system alerts.
Coordinate and triage operational, governance, and shareholder communications. This includes managing the mailbox and drafting messages,. making sure responses are timely, routing is accurate, and blocking issues are resolved handled correctly.
Provide support for the Team's role in the review, maintenance and updating of Powers of Attorney, liaising with partners across the Group's Business Units and Group Functions and maintaining the related SharePoint records.
Manage supplier onboarding and sourcing activity, including coordination of approvals, purchase order creation, invoice processing and reconciliation, payments and expenses, and liaison with procurement and finance teams.
Assist with drafting, formatting, updating and maintaining governance documentation, frameworks, process notes, precedent documents and online governance resources, including support for process improvement, data analysis, Power Platform solutions and automation initiatives.
Provide cover across the Corporate Governance and Shareholder Services Team, including back-up support for key roles such as the NED Liaison Manager during periods of absence, and participation in training and capability-building activity.
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Lloyds Banking · Edinburgh, UK