Governance & Legal Operations Assistant

About The Role

You will provide administrative & company secretarial support to the General Counsel, the Head of Legal and the Legal Operations team in managing corporate governance, compliance, and legal administration tasks. This position is ideal for individuals looking to develop their skills in company law, corporate governance, and legal administration, with a focus on supporting the smooth operation of executive and board meetings, company filings, and statutory documentation.

About You

• Personal Attributes:
• o Proactive, self-motivated, and able to work independently and as part of a team.
• o Strong problem-solving skills and ability to handle multiple tasks efficiently.
• o A keen interest in corporate governance, legal compliance, and company law.
• o Professional demeanour and an ability to interact with senior executives, directors, and stakeholders.

Minimum criteria:

You’ll need all of these.

• Experience:
• o Previous experience in an administrative role, particularly in a legal or corporate governance environment.
• o Familiarity with company secretarial processes, corporate governance, and statutory compliance is an advantage.
• o A recently qualified or part-qualified Company Secretary qualification.
• Skills:
• o Strong organizational skills with a high attention to detail.
• o Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• o Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams .
• o Knowledge of company secretarial software (e.g., Diligent, Blueprint) is a plus.
• o Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
• o Good understanding of corporate governance principles and compliance requirements.

About The Company

Motability Operations is a unique organisation, virtually one of a kind. We combine a strong sense of purpose with a real commercial edge to ensure we provide the best possible worry-free mobility solutions to over 800,000 customers and their families across the UK. Customers exchange their higher rate mobility allowance to lease a range of affordable vehicles (cars, wheelchair accessible vehicles, scooters, and powered wheelchairs) with insurance, maintenance and breakdown assistance included. We are the largest car fleet operator in the UK (purchasing around 10% of all the new cars sold in the UK) and work with a network of around 5,000 car dealers and all the major manufacturers. We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service, achieving an independently verified customer satisfaction rating of 9.8 out of 10.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do. They represent ambition, and we look for our people to live and breathe them every day:

• We find solutions
• We drive change
• We care

We operate hybrid working across the organisation where we split our time between working on-site at our offices, and at home, remotely within the UK. We believe hybrid working achieves a good work/life balance for our colleagues, allowing us to connect with each other, collaborate on important work, and perform together to deliver for our customers. It allows us to have the flexibility to work remotely up to 2-days per week whilst also using the great office spaces we have available.

As a Motability Operations team member, the benefits you can expect are:

• Competitive reward package including an annual discretionary bonus
• 15% non-contributory pension (9% non-contributory pension during probation period)
• 28 days annual leave with option to purchase and sell days
• Free fresh fruit and snacks in the office
• 1 day for volunteering
• Funded Private Medical Insurance cover
• Electric/Hybrid Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme and Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life assurance at 4 times your basic salary to give you a peace of mind that your loved ones will receive some financial help
• Funded health screening for over 50s
• Voluntary benefits: charitable giving, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, health and cancer screenings for you and your partner, discounted gym memberships and season ticket loans
• Employee Discount Scheme with an app to save on the go
• Free access to healthcare apps such as Peppy, Unmind, Aviva Digital GP and volunteering app on Hand for all employees
• Generous family leave policies

At Motability Operations, we believe in building a diverse workforce, where our people are empowered to attend work as their true selves, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We want to sustain a culture that nurtures, where employees are free to flourish and where they’re rewarded equally, regardless of race, nationality or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or gender.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer and as such, all our offices provide first rate disability access. With our hybrid working environment, we do our best to accommodate part-time and flexible working requests where possible, building on our culture of trust, empowerment, and flexibility.

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