• Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
• Location: Haymarket, Sydney NSW
• Remuneration: Base salary starting from $93,886.63 + Superannuation + NFP Salary Packaging

Who are Bridge Housing?

We are an award-wining Community Housing Provider (Tier 1 NSW) who provide safe, secure and affordable homes to people on very low to moderate incomes. We aim to provide our tenants with stability and support. We home over 5,000 residents across Sydney CBD and surroundings.

At Bridge Housing, we value integrity, innovation and inclusion and throughout those values its pivotal to every one of our employees that we care about the work we do, our tenants and their safety and wellbeing.

The Role

The Governance Officer is responsible for overseeing and managing key governance activities for Bridge Housing and its associated entities. The role has a key focus on supporting the company secretarial function to deliver upon its commitments to Bridge Housing’s Board.
This role supports three main functions: company secretarial, governance and legal reporting directly into Bridge's General Counsel and Company Secretary.

What will a day as a Governance Officer look like?

Company Secretarial Support:

• Coordinate meetings, training, and functions for the Board of Directors and subcommittees
• Oversee agendas, minutes, actions, and the production of Board papers
• Manage ASIC filing and AGM documentation
• Maintain registers, including the Conflict of Interest Register, to ensure Board compliance
• Liaise with key stakeholders to collate relevant data for Board communications and ensure all communication is professional and accurate

Governance and Compliance Support:

• Promote good governance principles and provide advice to employees to improve internal processes
• Manage internal registers of policies, ensuring timely reviews and updates
• Assist in developing governance frameworks and compliance policies
• Support internal and external audits and compliance projects
• Liaise with the finance team to monitor financial covenants

Legal Support:

• Assist the legal function with secretarial support, including arranging meetings, preparing documents, and conducting legal research
• Provide support in the preparation and review of legal agreements and correspondence

Who are we looking for?

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a senior or high-level administrative support role
• Strong proficiency with board management software (e.g. Diligent) and execution management tools (e.g. DocuSign)
• Intermediate to advanced skills in the MS Office
• Advanced oral and written communication skills, with a proven ability to draft governance documents, such as board reports, policies, and compliance records
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build professional relationships with internal stakeholders
• A demonstrated ability to organise and manage your workload effectively to meet deadlines.
• High-level confidentiality and professionalism in a corporate environment
• Experience working closely with a Board of Directors, senior management, or legal counsel is a plus!

Why join us?

We are a four-time award winner of Best Workplace; we have achieved this title as a result of our fantastic workplace culture, which results from all our employees living the organisation’s values (Integrity, Innovation and Inclusion) and Bridge Housing cares about its employees, their wellbeing and their professional development.

To support employee wellbeing and professional development, we offer:

• study assistance and study leave
• training and development from internal and external providers
• team building
• monthly massages and reflexology
• flexible work arrangements
• competitive, above award salary (starting base of $93,886 per annum + super)
• salary packaging options up to $15,900 per annum
• 4 weeks annual leave AND
• over 12 days additional days of leave per year AND
• additional leave between Christmas and New Year AND
• day off for your birthday!

APPLY NOW! By uploading a resume and cover letter through our portal. Don’t forget! We want to see in your cover letter, why you want to work for us and how your values align.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. We will be reviewing and assessing applications on merit as they are received and consequently the closing date may be subject to change without notice.

Good news! We are establishing a Talent Pool from this recruitment process. If you are currently unavailable or the exact opportunity does not currently suit you, feel free to submit your application to be considered for suitable applications in the future.