Apprenticeship - September 2026
The Governance Officer Apprentice will support the Deputy Company Secretary and wider Company Secretarial team in delivering company secretarial and governance services to the Openwork Group. This is a development role, designed to build practical experience across board and committee administration, statutory filings and maintenance of corporate records, while working under supervision and following agreed processes.
This is a hybrid role based in Swindon. Please note, as part of the Apprenticeship, 20% of the working hours will be allocated to training, which could be a blend of classroom, eLearning, self-directed study, shadowing, project work etc.
The benefits:
- Salary - £24,456
- Bonus scheme - on target bonus - 7.5%
- Pension scheme - contribute up to 5% of your salary and Openwork will match you and put in an extra 5%
- Critical illness cover
- Income protection
- Death in service - 4x salary
- 27 days holiday + bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy up to an additional 10 days
- A range of other flexible benefits to include private medical insurance, dental insurance and much more.
Key accountabilities:
- Assist with the organisation and delivery of meetings for boards, board committees and other senior management committees (including preparing admin checklists and coordinating actions)
- Support the scheduling of meetings and help ensure attendees are informed of dates and times, escalating diary conflicts and issues as needed.
- Assist with maintaining UK statutory company records and prepare Companies House filings for review, ensuring information is accurate and deadlines are met.
- Maintain Company Secretarial records using physical and electronic filing systems, applying document control and confidentiality requirements.
- Draft minutes and action logs for subsidiary company board and committee meetings for review by the Deputy Company Secretary (or delegated reviewer.)
- Help collate, produce and distribute subsidiary board and management committee papers in electronic form, checking version control and completeness.
- Support the preparation, approval process and filing steps for subsidiary company Annual Report and Accounts (with responsibility retained by senior team members.)
- Assist with keeping terms of reference for boards, committees and other senior management committees up to date, escalating proposed changes for review and approval.
- Help maintain and update Openwork Group corporate structure charts and diagrams, ensuring changes are reflected accurately and promptly.