Key skills
Communication
About this role
Role Overview
- Support the planning and delivery of Board and Committee meetings, including preparing agendas, drafting minutes, coordinating papers via our digital board portal and managing meeting logistics.
- Maintain forward agendas, track actions and help ensure all governance documentation remains accurate and up to date.
- Assist with annual governance activities such as distributing and collating director questionnaires, gathering conflict of interest information and supporting year‑end processes.
- Keep accurate entity records and help coordinate statutory and regulatory filings.
- Monitor changes in corporate legislation and respond to updates when needed.
- Support corporate governance projects such as entity rationalisation, corporate transactions and the adoption of new technologies and ways of working.
- Contribute to wider team initiatives across the BGIUK Corporate Governance team.
- Champion continuous improvement, encouraging teams to test, learn and adjust their approach to deliver the best customer outcomes.
- Role model Bupa’s values, creating a positive, inclusive culture that supports learning, transparency and accountability.
Requirements
- A law degree and an interest in pursuing, or already working towards, a professional corporate governance qualification.
- Strong organisational and planning skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
- Excellent attention to detail and strong analytical thinking.
- Experience supporting corporate projects or transactions (helpful, not essential).
- Good IT skills, including confidence with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Acrobat and governance systems such as digital board portals.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build strong working relationships.
- A high level of professionalism, confidentiality and discretion when handling sensitive information.
- Integrity, resilience and a proactive mindset that aligns with Bupa’s values and ways of working.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
- Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
- An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
- Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
- Various other benefits and online discounts