Governance Manager – The Advertising Standards Authority Ltd

Job title: Governance Manager

Location: Hybrid, with attendance at our London office once a week

Hours: 21 hours per week

Salary: £30,000- £36,000 (£50-60k FTE)

We’re looking for an experienced Governance Manager to join the ASA in a recently created role that will play a pivotal part in strengthening and evolving our governance framework. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced governance professional to make a lasting impact, shaping how the role develops and influencing how governance supports the organisation’s strategic ambitions.

You’ll use your expertise to shape strategic agendas, oversee high-quality Board papers and minutes, and ensure decisions and actions are progressed effectively. You’ll also lead and coordinate Board effectiveness reviews, development, succession planning, appointments and onboarding.

Working across the organisation, you’ll build trusted relationships with Board members and senior stakeholders, bringing sound judgement, adaptability and a collaborative approach. You’ll bring people together around shared priorities, build alignment across different perspectives and sustain momentum.

You’ll have the opportunity to establish new ways of working, identify opportunities for continuous improvement, and help define best practice for governance across the ASA. You’ll use your governance and compliance expertise to strengthen Board effectiveness and ensure obligations are met accurately and on time.

Closing date: 23:59 on 01 November 26

First interview date: W/C 09 November 26 in person

Second interview date: W/C 16 November 26 in person

Perks and benefits

We offer a range of great benefits including flexible working options, annual pay progression, private medical insurance, income protection and life assurance. Your wellbeing is important to us, so we offer enhanced annual leave, paid wellbeing days and paid volunteer days. Our offices are set up to promote collaboration and connection, and we have a range of office perks to make the working day that little bit more enjoyable. We could go on but we will run out of room so please do visit our careers page to find out more about what makes the ASA a great place to work.

ED&I and AI statement

We are committed to building a workforce that reflects the full diversity of the UK population. As a national regulator that seeks to protect consumers across all sections of society, we believe that varied perspectives and experiences strengthen our organisation and are essential in helping us deliver our work more effectively.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, skill sets and identities, and we actively encourage candidates from minority or underrepresented groups to apply. We shortlist candidates anonymously which supports our aim of finding the best person for the role based on their skills and experience only.

Please feel free to use AI to enhance your application but not to write it for you. We’re interested to know your thoughts, experiences and ideas, and why you are interested in applying for the role. You’ll need to be able to expand on what you’ve told us in your application if you attend an interview, so please make sure we feel the person we’ve met via your application, is the person we meet in the room.

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