Head of Governance - Havencare
Havencare
- Job Title: Head of Governance
- Hourly Rate: £50,000 per annum, pro rata
- Hours: 36 hours per week
- Location: Hybrid Working (main office located in central Plymouth)
About Havencare:
Havencare supports people with learning disabilities and autistic people across Devon, Plymouth, and Cornwall. We’re at a point where we’re deliberately raising our standards not just in what we do, but in how we run. We have a new Chair, a refreshed Board that asks good questions, a newly established Executive Team, and a clear sense of where we’re going. Now we’re building what sits underneath that: governance, risk, data, and assurance that is clear, disciplined, and actually means something. We’re a people organisation. That shows up in how we work and how we think about the organisation. If you’re looking to do good work, properly, with people who care about getting it right, you’ll probably feel at home.
The Role:
- Reporting to the CEO, you’ll work with the Board and Executive team at a point where the organisation is becoming more deliberate, more confident, and more ambitious.
- We want governance to be useful, visible, and part of how we actually run.
- You will help design, shape and deliver our governance framework making sure decisions are properly formed, well-evidenced, and taken with a clear understanding of risk and accountability. You’ll be as comfortable thinking about the system as you are making it work in practice.
- Please refer to our role brief for more information: 2026 - Head of Governance.pdf
About You
You’re someone who:
- Brings clarity where things are a bit loose or muddled
- Sees how things connect governance, risk, data, decisions
- Can turn ambiguity into something structured and workable
- Writes clearly enough that people rely on what you produce
- Is comfortable around senior people and not easily knocked off course
You might come from governance, risk, programme, operations or somewhere less obvious.
Working pattern:
You can work from home, or from our head office in Plymouth, or flex between the two. You will have occasional travel to Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall and will be required to attend Board and Committee Meetings in person.
We will provide you with:
- Quality training and development opportunities to maintain and enhance your skills and knowledge
- Free 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
- Big financial rewards through our Refer a Friend Scheme
- Vouchers at Christmas, your work anniversary, and your birthday
- Paid DBS
- …and more!
Closing date:
The closing date for this vacancy is the 1st May 2026. Applications will be considered as and when received.
On successful application, an offer of employment is subject to:
- A satisfactory standard DBS check and subsequent registration for the DBS Update Service
- 2 acceptable / satisfactory references
- Evidence of eligibility / right to work in the UK
Please apply by attaching a cover letter and CV via the link below: