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Governance Team Assistant

Salary £33,000 to £35,000 per annum pro-rata
Location High Holborn, London
Hours 35 hours per week - Full-time, Permanent
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The Vacancy

 

Job Title 

Governance Team Assistant 

Hours  

Full-time (35 hours), Permanent  

 

Hybrid Working Policy - Minimum 4 days per month in office, plus events and collaboration 

Job level 

£33,000 to £35,000 – Band 6 

Location 

High Holborn, London 

 

The Role 

The Governance Team Assistant will support the efficient delivery of the BSB’s governance arrangements. This will entail providing effective governance support across the team, maintaining accurate records, supporting compliance with policies and processes, adhering to BSB’s service complaints standards, collating accurate information for corporate risk reports and service complaints reports / internal audits and updating risk actions. 

Key responsibilities 

The Governance Team Assistant will support the Governance & Risk Manager and the Head of Governance, as well as the wider team as required. The Governance Team Assistant will provide efficient administrative support towards the timely collation of updates for papers, risk registers, administer service complaints, maintain the policy register and provide effective internal audit liaison support.   

Key skills and experience 

  • Relationship building and collaboration – Ability to work as part of a team, develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders   

  • Independent, positive attitude with the ability to work on own initiative and use tact and diplomacy 

  • Experience of collating information to support drafting reports, and summarising information for consideration by senior colleagues   

  • Experience in customer services and complaint handling  

  • Demonstrable experience in diary management / scheduling meetings 

  • Experience of providing administrative support including minute taking, drafting agendas, letters and action work emanating out of committees / other meetings.  

Knowledge 

  • Ability to use Microsoft Office applications proficiently, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook 

  • Good analytical and problem-solving skills to source and interpret information and data 

  • Able to collate and summarise information from a variety of sources effectively with attention to detail 

Personal attributes/behaviours 

  • Excellent organisational and time management skills, able to deal with conflicting priorities and work to tight deadlines 

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, presenting information clearly 

  • Occasionally attend evening Board and committee meetings 

Full details of the role requirements, and role specification can be viewed in the job description – see attached. 

The BSB 

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) regulates barristers and their professional practice and specialised legal services businesses in England and Wales in the public interest. We are responsible for setting education and training requirements, setting standards, authorising organisations, monitoring the service provided, and handling complaints. Barristers work at the heart of our justice system so BSB’s mission is fundamentally important to the maintenance of the rule of law.   

Our people value our friendly and respectful environment, our support for flexible working, the opportunity to have a high degree of impact and our interesting, challenging, and varied work.  More about our work can be viewed on our website, including our Strategic Plan for 2022-2025. 

Working for the BSB 

The Bar Standards Board offers excellent terms and conditions of employment, including: 

  • Hybrid Working is the agreed way of working.  

  • We work from the office for a minimum of four days per month. 

  • Option to work from the office more and attendance expected when there are team or organisational events. 

  • Up to 31 days annual leave, plus a holiday transfer scheme 

  • Up to 12% employer’s pension contribution 

  • Parental leave and flexible working policies 

  • Private medical insurance 

  • Plus, a range of additional benefits, including discounts and rewards. 

Applying 

To apply for this role, please submit your CV and covering letter, addressing the essential criteria from the person specification.  We operate an anonymous recruitment process, to reduce the chance of unconscious bias from our process, please remove your name and other personal information from your CV and covering letter before submitting. 

 

The Bar Standards Board is a Disability Confident Committed employer.  Candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for this role will be guaranteed an interview. Candidates with a disability who require reasonable adjustments should contact Vivien Bock, HR Adviser on 0207 611 4699 or BSBPeopleTeam@BarStandardsBoard.org.uk to discuss arrangements. 

 

The Bar Standard Board aims to recruit a talented workforce and values the diversity in background, skills and experience of its staff. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity for all job applicants irrespective of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, maternity or pregnancy, marital or civil partnership status or gender re-assignment. 

 

Closing Date 

1st July 2025 at 23:59pm 

Proposed Interview Date 

Week commencing 14th July 2025 

Contact Details 

0207 611 4699 or BSBPeopleTeam@BarStandardsBoard.org.uk 

The independent, practicing Bar of England and Wales is more than 16,500 strong and plays a crucial role in upholding the principles of government accountability under law and vindication of legal rights through the courts. 

A strong and independent Bar exists to serve the public. As specialists, independent advocates, barristers enable people to uphold their legal rights, often acting on behalf of the most vulnerable members of society.

The Bar makes a vital contribution to the efficient and effective operation of criminal and civil courts. It provides a pool of talent, from increasingly diverse backgrounds, from which a significant proportion of the judiciary is drawn, and on whose independence the rule of law and our democratic way of life depends.

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