Job type
PermanentLocation
London/HybridWorking Pattern
Full-timeSpecialism
Company SecretaryIndustry
Charities & Not For ProfitPay
Very Competitive
Company Secretary vacancy for The Earthshot Prize
Your new company
The Earthshot Prize (TEP) seeks to unleash urgent optimism and action by discovering, accelerating, awarding, spotlighting and scaling solutions that can repair and regenerate the planet. In 2023, we find ourselves in a world that is going through seismic change. The challenge we face as a global community is to ensure we don’t slip into widespread climate defeatism, anger and anxiety, but rather, fuel a movement of innovation and action through urgent optimism.
This is where our work plays a critical role. The Earthshot Prize Finalists tell the story of possibility, potential, inspiration and optimism. To ensure their solutions have maximum impact, our team works to support and supercharge their incredible innovations world-wide, all while seeking to identify the next cohort of amazing finalists.
We’re a can-do, fast-moving, fail fast and high-growth platform on a mission to catalyse millions of people to choose to hope not despair, and to turn anxiety and despair into action and change in this Earthshot Decade.
Your new role
As Company Secretary you will play a crucial role in supporting The Earthshot Prize’s mission to create urgent optimism in support of action to combat climate change. You will work closely with the Board of Trustees, TEP Management and all teams across the charity contributing your expertise to ensure contract compliance, appropriate risk management and good governance.
This role reports to the CEO and works in close partnership with our Management team – a highly motivated and multidisciplinary team, with a varying degree of experience working within charities, and with a board.
Work with the Chair and Vice Chair on all aspects of governance:
- Manage governance quarterly board meetings, monthly board calls and committee meetings
- Work with the Vice Chair and Chief of Staff on board agenda and support senior leadership team to produce quality board papers
- Attend board meetings and produce minutes
- Ensure compliance with charity and regulatory law, including financial regulatory compliance in multiple jurisdictions and manage filings and record-keeping
- Maintain an action tracker and ensure all actions are completed
- Provision of a full meeting administrative service and support to the Group Board and its Board committees, including the preparation of agendas, meeting packs, annual agenda frameworks, minutes and follow-up actions
- Providing support to other Board and Committee meetings, as required by the business, to include providing guidance and training to colleagues charged with responsibility for supporting meetings
- Support the Chair, Executive, Board of Trustees and board committees as required
Governance & compliance
- To support the development and implementation of an internal governance framework
- To support the evaluation and effectiveness of the internal governance framework on an ongoing basis
- To develop, implement and maintain an Accountabilities and Delegated Authorities Mandate (ADMR) structure.
- To maintain the Board policy framework
- To uphold statutory & legal compliance with the Companies Act 2006, the Charity Commission and other global statutory instruments where required.
Board support
In addition to the full administrative board support noted above:
- In conjunction with stakeholders and the internal team, organise Trustee appointment letters
- Design and implement, in partnership with Trustees:
- Board Induction and ongoing support
- Board training
- Board evaluation process
What you'll need to succeed
Qualifications:- Company secretary experience
- Legal experience an advantage
- Familiarity with broadcast rights, charity law and governance are a benefit.
How you work
- Your attention to detail is exceptional.
- You can work at pace in a high-performing environment.
- You are an empathic advisor and show kindness to others.
- You are an effective collaborator within a multidisciplinary team and able to flex your style to manage a range of stakeholders.
- You uphold the highest standards of truth and honesty.
- You show creativity in your approach to problem-solving, are adaptable and eager to learn.
- You demonstrate excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and have experience working with a high-profile board of Trustees.
- You have good attention to detail and analytical thinking.
- You have a passion to make a meaningful impact in the world that we live in.
- You exhibit exceptional leadership skills to the rest of the organisation, showcasing our 5 values: Kindness, Honesty, Collaboration, Creativity, and Purpose.
What you'll get in return
On top of a competitive salary and pension contribution, this role offers very flexible and hybrid working, currently using a 4-day working week model which is going well and receiving regular feedback. Though the remuneration and flexibility are excellent, the most incredible benefit of this role is the exposure and experience you'll get working for The Earthhshot Prize, so whilst I could detail that here, I invite you to do a short search into the charity, and I'm sure it'll sell itself.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
