- Senior Secretariat role
- Work for a leading industry fund
- Hybrid working environment blending work from home and office
Established in 1988, Rest is one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds.
We support nearly two million members, with around $86 billion of funds under management and 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, we want to Be Daring, Keep it Simple, Take Action and Have Grit. To put it simply we want our people to thrive and love the work they do.
The Senior Assistant Company Secretary is responsible for managing aspects of the day to day execution of high quality secretariat services and ensuring that they meet relevant regulatory and legal obligations in particular the end to end operations of a portfolio of board committees.
Your role has a particular focus on the provision of timely, commercially pragmatic governance and accountability advice and proactively supports a culture of continuous improvement so 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 focussed and must be seen as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, on governance, secretariat and accountability.
- Support the General Manager, by advising on and enhancing the governance and accountability framework i
- Manage, maintain and enhance the delegations framework.
- Manager, maintain and enhance relevant governance policies
- Provide technical advice, briefings and expertise on governance and accountability.
- Assist Rest to fulfill 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 Secretary Offi
- Manage the end to end operations of a portfolio of Board Committees, including collaborating with the relevant Chair to promote the effective and transparent operation of the Committee and to encourage timely implementation of decisions.
Supporting the General Manager in driving continuous improvement in the management of relevant statutory and compliance obligations Providing support on governance and secretariat matters as required.
- Providing support on governance and secretariat projects as required
