Head of Governance

The vacancy

Head of Governance

Contract Type: Full Time Permanent – Eligible for hybrid working

Location: London – EC1N 8JS

Salary Banding: £84,539 - £88,988 (Dependent upon experience)

Good governance isn’t just a process. It’s how we protect residents, meet regulatory obligations and make confident decisions that improve homes and strengthen communities.

We’re recruiting a Head of Governance to lead the delivery of high‑quality governance, company secretarial services and regulatory reporting across the MTVH Group. Reporting to the Director of Legal & Governance, you’ll set the standards, drive continuous improvement and ensure our governance framework works effectively.

It’s a senior, high‑profile role with extensive exposure to the Board, its Sub-Committees, the Executive Team and subsidiary governance structures. This needs an experienced governance professional who can operate at scale in a complex, highly regulated organisation with a clear social purpose.

Reporting to our Director of Legal & Governance – a newly-created post – you’ll be a pivotal part of a new team, bringing together our governance, risk management and legal services.

The Role

As Head of Governance, you’ll lead the delivery and ongoing improvement of MTVH’s corporate governance and company secretarial functions, ensuring a consistently high standard of support to Boards, Committees and senior leaders.

You’ll ensure our governance arrangements are efficient, compliant, well‑documented and fit for purpose.

Key Responsibilities

You will:

• Lead the delivery of corporate governance and company secretarial services across MTVH and its subsidiaries
• Plan, programme and expertly service the Board, Committee, subsidiary Boards and Executive meetings, ensuring high‑quality papers, clear decisions and accurate records
• Oversee statutory and regulatory submissions, including accounts and confirmation statements, ensuring deadlines and quality standards are consistently met
• Maintain MTVH’s governing documents, statutory registers, certificates and key legal records to a strong audit‑ready standard
• Ensure legally compliant document execution and robust, reliable record‑keeping arrangements across the Group
• Provide confident, practical advice on governance, company law, charity law and regulatory compliance, escalating and seeking legal advice where appropriate
• Support Board and Committee recruitment, induction and ongoing development, helping to build capability and effectiveness

Why join MTVH?

You’ll join one of the UK’s largest and most influential housing associations as we enter a new chapter. A purpose‑driven housing provider with a clear mission that “everyone should have a decent home and the chance to live well”—and a deep commitment to social impact, diversity, equity and inclusion.

Our history, culture and values shape everything we do—from the way we support residents to how we partner with communities to help them thrive.

You’ll be trusted with a role that sits at the heart of a large, regulated housing organisation — with real influence over how governance is designed, embedded and experienced day to day.

Working closely with the Board, Committees and Executive Team, you’ll be part of a collaborative senior leadership culture, with the flexibility and balance offered through hybrid working.

As part of the application process, candidates are required to upload a current CV and covering letter.

To meet our commitment to providing safe, high-quality services to our customers we will complete a basic background check with the Disclosure and Barring service, once an offer of employment is made.

The company

Metropolitan Thames Valley provides affordable housing for people living in London, the South East, East Midlands and East of England.

We also offer a range of care and support services. Our specialist areas include older people, mental health and transitional services which provide intensive support to marginalised or vulnerable people.

We deliver training programmes, events and activities for our residents, designed to boost employment opportunities and foster stronger communities.

A member of the National Housing Federation the G15 – which represents London’s largest housing associations – we influence policy for the benefits of our residents and the wider sector.

In October 2018 like minded housing associations Metropolitan and Thames Valley Housing formally completed a partnership to form Metropolitan Thames Valley. We came together because we want to improve the services we provide and do more in our communities. We’ll do this by listening to our customers and working alongside them.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.