Unipol - Deputy Chief Executive

Governance: Groups, Reviews, Committees and the Unipol Board The Deputy Chief Executive is responsible for important aspects of the charity’s governance and has first line responsibility for ensuring that Committee and Group papers are properly produced, distributed and that accurate records are kept of meetings held and decisions taken. In this role they will work closely with the Assistant Chief Executive - Standards who is also the charity’s Company Secretary. The responsibilities for the production of agendas, papers and minutes for each of the main Committees are devolved to senior members of staff as follows: Financial Affairs and Staffing Committee - the Director of Finance The Portfolio Committee - the Assistant Chief Executive - Standards Communications and IT Committee - the Assistant Chief Executive - Communications & IT The Review and Remunerations Committee - the Deputy Chief Executive For each of the governance forums the Deputy Chief Executive will have responsibility for the timely production of any specific reports as may be required by the Chief Executive in order to ensure both strategic policy input and accountability for the areas under their remit and will ensure that these responsibilities are fulfilled within the meetings cycle. The Deputy Chief Executive is a member of, and will attend (including confidential matters excluding matters concerning themselves): - the Board (including confidential business, excepting discussions relating to themselves) - the Financial Affairs and Staffing Committee (and will prepare reports in respect of staffing matters as required by the Chief Executive for those meetings) - the Communications and IT Committee. The Deputy Chief Executive is in attendance at the Group on Governance. The Deputy Chief Executive is in attendance at the Review and Remunerations Committee and services that Committee. The Committee reviews the performance and determine the salary of the Chief Executive and the Company Secretary of Unipol. Both the Chief Executive and Company Secretary are required to present a review document to the Committee annually for their consideration outlining successes, challenges and future targets for subsequent evaluation by the Committee. General Duties The Deputy Chief Executive shall undertake occasional additional project related duties from time to time as required by the Chief Executive. The Deputy Chief Executive will also undertake such general duties within Unipol as from time to time may be required and shall accept periodic revisions of this job specification where transferable skills are utilised.

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