Governance Manager

We are looking for a Welsh speaking Governance Manager who will bring clarity, organisation, and sound judgment to a role at the heart of our governance work. You’ll enjoy working with colleagues across the organisation, helping them navigate processes, meet statutory responsibilities, and maintain high standards of transparency and compliance. This role suits someone who values accuracy, good relationships, and steady coordination across multiple priorities. If you’re motivated by public service and keen to support strong governance that helps us operate effectively and responsibly, we’d be pleased to hear from you.

You will be responsible leading and supporting key initiatives across corporate and information governance, focusing on the day-to-day management of governance issues including our internal audit programme, Freedom of Information Act and Subject Access Requests, and feedback and complaints.

Key tasks include:

• Manage Estyn’s internal audit programme, including the coordination of audit meetings, reports and progress against recommendations
• Work with senior managers and central services staff to produce and monitor Estyn’s Annual Plan, and monitor Estyn’s key performance indicators (KPIs) and management indicators (MIs) 
• Manage the Feedback and Complaints process and guidance, co-ordinating timescales and responses and supporting managers
• Manage Information Governance arrangements including coordinating timescales and responses to Freedom of Information (FOIA) and Subject Access Requests (SAR) and updating or providing initial drafts of policies so the organisation remains compliant
• Active member and support for the Information and Data Governance Group (IDGG)
• Management of the translation services contract and the translation process and oversee daily translation requests 
• Manage the Translation budget in accordance with organisational governance arrangements
• Work with colleagues across the organisation to produce and monitor Estyn’s Environmental Report and Action Plan
• Produce relevant management reports for groups and committees
• Keep and maintain an accurate electronic filing system
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of policies and adjust to meet evolving organisational needs
• Provide cover for the Manager of HMCI’s Office during periods of absence and assistance during peaks in workload
• Attend relevant internal meetings and deputise for the Head of Governance where necessary
• Line management of Governance team members as required

Salary: £35,787 – £43,758 (pay award pending)

Duration: Permanent

Deadline to apply: 10am 5 January 2026