Governance Administrator

Role: Governance Administrator Social Housing Sector

Location: London Blackfriars (Hybrid min. 2 days in-office)
Salary: £160-£180 via an umbrella company depending on experience

Contract: 3-months minimum, with a view to being made permanent

Start date: 25/08/2025 latest preferably earlier

Goodman Masson are delighted to be working exclusively with a well-respected Central London-based housing association, on an exciting opportunity for a Governance Administrator to join their Governance & Compliance team.

This role is perfect for someone with hands-on governance experience, particularly within social housing or local authority settings, who is confident taking minutes at board and exec-level meetings, and can support with a broad range of governance and company secretarial tasks.

The Opportunity

This is a critical role in helping The Housing Association deliver robust governance processes and compliance oversight. You ll be working closely with the Head of Governance & Compliance and the Company Secretary, providing admin and company secretarial support, maintaining governance registers, and playing a key part in ensuring the organisation remains compliant and well-run.

You ll need to be highly organised, have excellent communication skills, and be comfortable liaising with Board members, Executive colleagues, and internal stakeholders. You ll also need to be available to minute weekly meetings (2 3 hours) and support the wider secretariat function.

Key Responsibilities

• Attend and minute Exec and Board meetings producing high-quality minutes and tracking actions
• Coordinate meeting logistics, agendas, and board packs (using Convene)
• Support policy governance, data governance activities and compliance reporting
• Maintain governance registers including Seal Register and Assets & Liabilities
• File statutory documents with Companies House (Confirmation Statements, Annual Accounts)
• Assist with Board member onboarding and governance sections of the Annual Report
• Provide admin support across governance projects and compliance activity

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Proven experience taking minutes at senior-level meeting
• Strong governance background ideally from housing or local authority
• Confident managing multiple priorities and working to deadlines
• High attention to detail with a proactive, solutions-focused approach
• Familiar with Board portals (e.g. Convene) and experienced in Microsoft Office Suite
• Knowledge of data protection, company secretarial processes, and policy administration

The Offer

• 2 days per week minimum in the office (for meetings)
• Collaborative, purpose-driven environment with real impact
• Excellent team culture and supportive leadership

If you are interested in the role and have all of the essential experience clearly detailed in bullet point form in your CV under the previous organisations you completed them at, then please send them to my email address at

I will be sending applications on Thursday morning (07/08/2025) so please ensure that you have returned your updated CV to me before then if you wish to be put forward.

Kind regards,

George