Corporate Governance Manager - 12 month FTC

Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days in the office

*12 month Fixed term contract opportunity*

About the role

Our Company Secretarial team plays a critical role in ensuring BT Group and its Board and Committee structures meet the highest standards of corporate governance, while remaining compliant with evolving legal and regulatory requirements.

In this role, you'll work with senior stakeholders across the business, helping to simplify complexity, provide trusted governance advice and support the decisions that shape the future of BT. By enabling effective governance and supporting strategic priorities, you'll contribute directly to our ambition of becoming the UK's most trusted connector of people, business and society.

If you're looking for a position that offers variety, influence and exposure to senior leadership, this is an excellent opportunity to develop your career in a team that sits at the heart of BT Group.

What you’ll be doing

• You will provide support to the Board and/or a Board Committee working with the Board, Executive Committee and Strategy teams across the company. This includes collation and distribution of papers via the online electronic portal (Board Intelligence) and supporting the effective operation of the relevant Board/Committee meeting.
• Where necessary, you will provide support to subsidiary companies including liaison with BDO (third party provider).
• Provide support to the Principal Manager Governance, Senior Managers, Corporate Governance as required to meet business needs.
• You will draft and input into the Annual Report and ancillary documents as required.
• Support for the delivery of the AGM or General Meetings
• Support with ad hoc corporate and departmental projects
• Contribution to the development of relevant knowledge sharing and training areas for the team and ensure effectiveness of processes
• Contributing to delivering the team’s strategy and strategic priorities

Essential Skills / Experience

• Corporate Governance Expertise: CGI part-qualified or recently qualified, with a strong understanding of corporate governance principles, company law and regulatory requirements in a listed company or regulated environment.
• Governance Analysis & Judgement: Demonstrates strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess complex governance matters, identify risks and provide practical recommendations to support effective decision-making.
• Stakeholder Management & Professional Discretion: Able to build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, Board members and external partners, handling sensitive and confidential information with professionalism, sound judgement and discretion

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Commercial & Financial Acumen: Demonstrates strong financial numeracy, with the ability to interpret financial information, understand corporate reporting requirements and support governance activities involving financial, regulatory and business performance matters.
• Project & Programme Coordination: Proven ability to plan, coordinate and deliver multiple activities simultaneously, ensuring governance processes, Board and Committee deliverables, and wider business initiatives are completed accurately and within agreed timescales.
• Learning Agility & Adaptability: A proactive and curious approach to learning, with the ability to quickly build knowledge in new areas, respond positively to changing priorities and take ownership of unfamiliar tasks in a fast-paced corporate environment.

Our Package

Tailored benefits make a real difference. That’s why we offer a comprehensive range to support your growth, wellbeing, and everyday life. You can design the package to suit you and your lifestyle. Your core benefits include:

• 10% on target annual bonus
• Access to an online private GP 24/7 for you and your immediate family
• Market-leading paid carers leave with up to 2 weeks off
• Equalised maternity, paternity, and adoption leave – 18 weeks’ full pay and 8 weeks’ half pay
• Discounted EE and BT products, including mobile and broadband
• Market leading Pension scheme – 5% from you and 10% from us
• Holiday purchase scheme

You can select additional benefits, including healthcare, dental, gym memberships and more when you’re ready.

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.