Head of Governance - Health & Social Care

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Job description

St Helena Island, South Atlantic

3 years FTC available immediately

Enjoying unique lifestyle opportunities, St Helena Island is a self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Although better placed to develop economically and socially as a result of opening our international airport in 2017, we are not at the stage of self-sufficiency and therefore remain dependent on UK government aid.

In this vital role you will see that appropriate clinical and corporate governance systems and processes are developed to support the effective integration of the Health and Social Care functions and services, and are in place to achieve planned clinical strategies and corporate goals. Your advice and guidance to the senior team will enable them to offer consistently high quality, safe and effective care to the island population.

It will be your mission to ensure that the Health and Social Care Portfolio has in place a robust and comprehensive corporate governance framework, with the systems and processes to facilitate compliance. You will make sure there are comprehensive and effective corporate governance arrangements in place on a Portfolio-wide basis, to assure the Portfolio Director that organisational risks are adequately identified and controlled. You must Interpret, analyse and proactively maintain knowledge of up-to-date statutory and regulatory requirements to guarantee compliance with all current and future governance policies and procedures across the Portfolio.

Holding a Level 5 or 6 (degree) qualification in a relevant subject or with equivalent attainment or experience, you have a varied background as a manager in a healthcare or social care setting, having managed governance agendas. You have also managed a function or service area or diverse group of staff, budgets, resources and funding and are a great problem-solver.

In addition, you must demonstrate our core values of fairness, integrity and teamwork and use your diverse expertise and experiences to ensure your time on the Island has the broadest benefit to St Helena. As an officer funded through the Technical Co-Operation Programme you will be expected to share your knowledge and skills beyond the workplace contributing to workforce, community and capacity development in St Helena.

Our Benefits Package Includes:

• Salary: £56k pa, depending on experience and qualifications
• An International Supplement, full details of which are in the Overseas Vacancy Information at
• Relocation Allowances, full details of which are in the Overseas Vacancy Information at
• Annual Pension Contribution of 7.5% of salary
• Annual Leave of 30 days per annum plus Public Holidays

How to Apply:

An application form is available at where further information can also be found, or you may contact Kedell Worboys on or via email: .

Applications must be sent to and received by 18 Dec 2021.

To be considered for this role, you must complete our application form. Failure to do so will mean that your application will not be considered. Please do not submit your CV.

The Public Service positively accepts applications from all members of the community regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, and will consider all applications on the basis of merit, in accordance with the person specification.

Due to the potential for high numbers of applications, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date you should assume you have not been short listed. We would like to thank you for your interest in working for St Helena Government.