Job Description
Senior Secretariat role
Work for a leading industry fund in a hybrid working environment blending work from home and office.
Established in 1988, Rest is one of Australia's largest profit-to-member superannuation funds, supporting nearly two million members with around $86 billion of funds under management. We are recognised as a responsible investment leader.
We believe when members understand and engage with their super, they're more likely to get a better retirement outcome. Everything we do at Rest is underpinned by our values and behaviours: Be Daring, Keep it Simple, Take Action and Have Grit.
The Senior Assistant Company Secretary is responsible for managing aspects of the day-to-day execution of high-quality secretariat services, ensuring that they meet relevant regulatory and legal obligations, particularly in the end-to-end operations of a portfolio of board committees.
Your role will focus on providing timely, commercially pragmatic governance and accountability advice, proactively supporting a culture of continuous improvement so that the Trustee Governance and Secretariat team is acknowledged as a high-performing and contemporary function.
The role requires an experienced governance professional who is outcome-focused and must be seen as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on governance, secretariat, and accountability.
Key Responsibilities:
Support the General Manager by advising on and enhancing the governance and accountability framework.
Manage, maintain, and enhance the delegations framework.
Manage, maintain, and enhance relevant governance policies.
Provide technical advice, briefings, and expertise on governance and accountability.
Assist Rest in fulfilling its duties in relation to governance and accountability standards.
Monitor regulatory and legislative developments relating to governance and accountability.
Identify, advise, and educate on emerging governance and accountability risks.
Identify and recommend strategies to address gaps in business knowledge.
Develop and maintain strong relationships with peer Company Secretaries.
Manage the end-to-end operations of a portfolio of Board Committees, collaborating with the relevant Chair to promote effective and transparent operations of the Committee and encourage timely implementation of decisions.
Support the General Manager in driving continuous improvement in the management of relevant statutory and compliance obligations and provide support on governance and secretariat matters and projects as required.
Qualifications:
Experience as a company secretary and in advising on governance and accountability matters.
Proven understanding of governance principles and practices, including current governance trends, regulations, and legislation.
Proven experience in designing and delivering end-to-end secretariat services and providing high-quality advice and support to boards and senior executives.
Ability to work both autonomously and as a collaborative team member, with a high level of motivation, adaptability, and proactivity.
Additional Information:
Our benefits include:
Personal and professional development opportunities.
Hybrid working.
Purchase leave scheme and gender-neutral 16 weeks paid parental leave.
Super Contribution Continuation for 12 months of parental leave.
LinkedIn Learning.
Income Protection Insurance.
Rest Excellence awards (peer recognition awards based on Rest's values and behaviours).
Rest Stops - meeting-free breaks.
If you share our values, believe you can help make a difference for our members, and want to be part of a leading superannuation fund with a strong culture, please click Apply Now.
Rest is committed to creating a flexible work environment and culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion - where people feel welcome and safe to be themselves and inspired to do their best. We value the different backgrounds, lived experiences, and abilities our diverse team brings and welcome applications from candidates of all ages, cultural backgrounds, faiths, gender identities, sexual orientations, and thinking styles.
This includes people with disabilities, neurodiverse individuals, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples, and those with disrupted work histories due to career or other breaks.
Please note only people with the right to work in Australia will be considered.
Funds under management as at 30 June 2024. Rest is recognised as a Responsible Investment Leader by the Responsible Investment Association Australia (RIAA) in its Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2022.
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