Governance Coordinator
Role Description
Department
As a joint medical school of the Universities of Hull and York, we have a reputation as one of the UK's most exciting, contemporary schools. The School has recently completed an expansion following a successful bid to increase the number of undergraduate medical student places and has implemented the Medical Licensing Assessment. We also have a diverse portfolio of postgraduate taught (PGT), postgraduate research (PGR) and continuing professional development (CPD) programmes.
The Hull York Medical School has a growing international reputation for high quality research and combined with our commitment to education and an overall outstanding student experience, this makes it a great place to work. The School received an Athena SWAN Gold Award in 2025 and was ranked number 5 in the 2024 Guardian League Table for Medicine. Further information about the School can be found on our website. www.hyms.ac.uk.
Role
The Governance Coordinator is responsible for supporting a wide range of regulatory and operational governance matters (programme quality, student progression, and student cases) for the Board of Studies. The post acts as the Secretary of Case Management Group and also plays an advisory role for other secretariats of all the subsidiary committees in the Medical School set out in the Code of Practice on Academic Committees, including Programme Boards, Boards of Examiners, Student Staff Committee, Academic Cases Committee, Student Fitness to Practise Committee, etc. The Governance Coordinator must work to a high professional standard and be willing and creative, both independently and flexibly and as part of a team, in a demanding environment, supporting high-level committees and high-stake academic governance processes.
Skills, Experience & Qualification needed
- Experience of high-level committee servicing and providing governance secretariat support.
- Ability to interpret policies and regulations, applying them and providing advice to others on the content and process.
- Dealing with confidential information and challenging situations.
- Handling competing priorities, organising own workload to meet deadlines and working independently without direct supervision.
- Sound problem solving skills and the ability to make judgment and take initiative when dealing with complex queries.
- Commitment to attaining high professional standards in information compliance and governance.
- Level 3 qualification. (Qualifications at this level include A levels. Please view the full list).
Interview date: To be confirmed
For informal enquiries: please contact jess.swarbrick@hyms.ac.uk
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