Governance Manager - Elizabeth Finn Homes

Governance Manager – Elizabeth Finn Homes

Annual Salary: £48k to 53k + benefits
Contract: Permanent/ Full-time – 35 hours a week
Location: Remote working with occasional travel to homes

Elizabeth Finn is a leading care provider providing exceptional care throughout our eight prestigious care homes. Our company values are Bring Love, Inspire More, Act with Purpose and Welcome All.

We are committed to recruiting people from a variety of backgrounds with different lived experiences to ensure the environment for our staff and the offer to our residents is as considered and inclusive as possible. Our values guide us in how we work and push us to be a compassionate and caring care provider.  

What you'll do

We have a dedicated and highly experienced central support team supporting an excellent standard of person-centred care for our residents. As a Governance Manager joining our diverse team who are proud of the difference we make to our residents you will:

• Be the main point of contact for Health and Safety within the organisation and providing day-to-day oversight of our external health and safety partner, working with them to ensure an appropriate and tailored service is provided across our care home group in the areas of risk assessments and safety
• Coordinate and carry out a range of business process audits with relevant department leads across the organisation including financial accountability, management of people, compliance with food safety standards and ensuring a safe working environment
• Work with colleagues to manage a variety of third party contracts to ensure their smooth and efficient operation
• Support the Finance Director in the management, updating and reporting on a range of risk management approaches that apply to the organisation
• Oversee a range of complaints and compliments that are received, co-ordinating or completing investigations and proposing resolutions as appropriate with relevant department leads
• Propose ways to improve efficiency and safety through recommendations to the SMT and Directors
• Lead on the development and implementation of business continuity plans across the group
• Support the preparation of papers and reports to support day-to-day business management as well as for board committees and meetings particularly that relate to health, safety, business processes and business audit compliance
• Partner with L&D colleagues to ensure that we deliver a range of learning solutions to increase knowledge and confidence across the organisation in health & safety and risk management

Qualification and Skills

• Experience carrying out audits and producing clear follow‑up reports
• Experience working with a range of stakeholders to improve services
• Knowledge of governance, risk, and health & safety compliance
• Ability to communicate clearly and write concise reports with actions

For more information on working in our team or to have an informal chat please contact us on 020 8834 9200.

To Apply

Interested candidates are invited to apply with their CV and send a cover letter that includes the following: their suitability for the role and how they work in line with our four values of bring love, welcome all, inspire more, act with purpose. 

Elizabeth Finn Homes do not currently provide sponsorship, but we welcome applications from those who have a right work in the UK.

Application deadline is by 11.59 pm on 31st May 2026. The first stage of the process will be an interview via Teams in the w/c 1st June 2026. The second stage of the process will be held in person at  Merlewood Care Home in the w/c 8th June 2026.

In return for the wonderful contribution our employees make we offer the following benefits:

• Fully paid induction programme
• Enhanced pay for family leave
• Flexible hours
• 31 days holiday per year plus Bank Holidays
• Group pension plan with option to join the more generous scheme with a 9% employer contribution on a salary sacrifice basis
• Opportunity to join company healthcare and cash plan schemes
• Occupational sick pay after probation
• Wellbeing support through various initiatives including an employee assistance programme with free counselling and Mental Health First Aiders.
• Free Blue Light card – provides members with thousands of amazing retail discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Long service awards
• Apprenticeships, continuous learning and development, professional development and study support opportunities
• Free DBS (if required) unless leaving during probation

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Safeguarding:

In the process of recruitment, selection and appointment Elizabeth Finn Homes implement a range of procedures and actions including Police/Enhanced DBS Checks to ensure our employees, residents and everyone is safeguarded, and abuse is prevented. This is in line with our company values, which are Bring Love, Inspire More, Act with Purpose and Welcome All.

Criminal record checks:

As this role involves a regulated activity, successful applicants will undertake an enhanced DBS check, with barred lists check, and any offer of employment will be dependent on a satisfactory outcome. Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar a person from working for us, this will depend on the circumstances and background of any record.

Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging:

Elizabeth Finn strives to treat all staff equally and be a diverse and inclusive workplace, where everyone can be themselves and everyone accepts each other’s differences.

Our ambition is to ensure equality and celebrate diversity, working together to create an inclusive workplace, which attracts, nurtures and retains the best people.

Elizabeth Finn Homes do not currently provide sponsorship, but we welcome applications from those who have a right work in the UK.