We're looking for a Company Secretarial Assistant to join our team based in either London or Rushden.

This is a new role to provide support to the Kier Company Secretarial team (CGI Team of the Year 2024) in the provision of high-quality corporate governance and company secretarial services to the Kier Group. Particular focus on UK subsidiary governance and compliance, project support and support to the PLC and wider business. This is a great opportunity to develop within an experienced and supportive team. It would suit a part qualified Chartered Governance professional with some previous experience gained in a company secretariat.

Location: London or Rushden - hybrid working available, with travel to offices as required

Hours: 37.5 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

What will you be responsible for?

The role is busy but rewarding, and you will be supported by a highly experienced team. Your day-to-day work will include:

• Governance and company secretarial service in respect of the UK Group subsidiaries including Board meeting minutes, directorate changes, confirmation statements, reviewing subsidiary company accounts, management of powers of attorney
• Day-to-day maintenance and development of the GEMS company secretarial database, producing reports and providing accurate information to colleagues.
• Assisting and supporting the department's contribution to the Kier Group plc Annual and Interim Reports, including appropriate research on high quality governance reporting, preparing year end confirmations for directors, preparing the subsidiaries list.
• Assisting and supporting the Annual General Meeting organisation and related matters.
• Support with listed company compliance filings such as RNS announcements and FCA filings.
• Department administrative support such as raising purchase orders, processing invoices and expenses for non-executive directors.

The successful candidate will bring strong team working values and a collaborative style together with excellent attention to detail, enabling you to support the team and wider business whilst developing as a Chartered Governance professional.

This profile is not exhaustive. From time to time, you may be required by the company to perform other tasks, which are not included in the above description, but are within your capabilities and, where necessary, training and full support will be given.

What are we looking for?

This role of Company Secretarial Assistant is great for you if:

• Excellent written English
• High level of accuracy in work and attention to detail
• Good organisation skills - ability to plan own work and prioritise tasks
• Ability to build relationships with colleagues at all levels
• Ability to work to deadlines
• A "can do" attitude, can be pro-active and take the initiative
• Commitment to study to qualify with The Chartered Governance Institute (study support may be available)

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

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