Governance & Delivery Specialist

As a Governance & Delivery Specialist, you’ll provide specialist first-line governance, change and control support across Supply Chain Management, helping to ensure activity is controlled, prioritised and delivered through clear and consistent processes.

You will-

• Coordinate and govern change activity, ensuring requests are assessed, prioritised and routed appropriately, while maintaining visibility of actions, risks and decisions.

• Strengthen process governance and audit readiness by ensuring documentation, approvals, evidence and remediation actions are accurately maintained and tracked.

• Support the maintenance and improvement of processes, forms, templates, workflows and documentation, helping to embed process and tooling improvements.

• Maintain governance data, trackers and reporting inputs, providing clear visibility of actions, risks, decisions, exceptions and change activity.

• Produce clear communications on governance changes, process updates and operating model developments, supporting stakeholder awareness and adoption of agreed ways of working.

About you

You’ll be a highly organised and detail-focused professional with strong governance discipline, confident stakeholder management skills and the ability to coordinate activity across multiple workstreams.

• Strong organisational and coordination skills, with the ability to assess and prioritise competing demands based on risk, urgency, capacity and business impact.

• Good understanding of governance frameworks, risk management, controls, approvals and audit requirements, with experience coordinating actions, risks, decisions and issues.

• Experience maintaining accurate operational documentation, templates, trackers and process artefacts, with excellent attention to detail.

• Clear communication and confident stakeholder management skills, including the ability to simplify governance requirements, challenge constructively and escalate issues appropriately.

• Experience supporting change adoption, stakeholder engagement and continuous improvement, with familiarity with SharePoint, Microsoft Forms, workflow tools and collaboration platforms.

About us

At YBS we don’t have shareholders, we have members. We care about people and that includes you. So here, you’ll be respected for who you are, you’ll be able to bring your whole self to work, and you’ll have everything you need to build a long and rewarding career.

Flexibility. We offer a range of flexible working options without unsocial hours, which can help you find a healthy work-life balance. Whether it’s finishing early for an appointment or fitting your studies and hobbies in around your working hours, we can help make it work for you. We’re happy to talk flexible working and you can reach out to us anytime to discuss this during the recruitment process.

Development. We want you to feel challenged here. Whatever your ambitions, we’re committed to helping you develop your skills and move ahead in your career journey. From day one, we’ll set you up for success with a brilliant induction and full training plan, all designed to get you up to speed quickly.

Inclusivity. We’re passionate about creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and able to be themselves. If you’ll go the extra mile to help our members, you’ll fit right in and feel you belong here.

About our Benefits

We offer lots of fantastic rewards that you can make the most of in and out of work, including:

• Holiday. You’ll get 25 days plus Bank Holidays, as well as the option to buy up to a further 5 days.
• Bonus. At YBS we work collaboratively and share in our success together, so when we reach our goals were all rewarded with an on target bonus of 7% of eligible pay (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%).
• Pension. We know how important it is to save towards the future, that’s why we’ll contribute up 11% into your YBS pension.
• Healthcare. Health and wellbeing are an important part of life at YBS, when you join us you’ll have access to a range of health benefits to suit your life including private medical insurance, dental and healthcare plans.
• My Benefits. When you join YBS you’ll have access to our self-service benefits portal, where you can access a range of retail, hospitality and health discounts.

Ready to apply?

If you’re excited about this role and want to be part of the YBS team, click apply now to send us your application.

Want more information?

If you have any questions about this role, please contact careers@ybs.co.uk