Governance Support Coordinator

Location

• London
• Reports to: Director of Governance and Trustee Activities
• Job Purpose : A key member of the IFRS Foundation’s Governance team, providing governance and secretariat support to the IFRS Foundation Trustees and their Committees. The role acts as the primary point of contact for the Nominating Committee, delivering recruitment governance and administrative support to enable effective Trustee and Committee operations. The role may also provide support to other key governance committees and processes, as required.
• The role plays a central part in coordinating the Nominating Committee’s global appointment processes and meetings, maintaining clear and effective communications across all timezones between Trustees, senior leaders and candidates and ensuring that the IFRS Foundation's governance framework operates smoothly and to a high standard.
• The role operates across several high-profile and time-critical governance cycles, with appointments and onboarding activity requiring careful planning, coordination and delivery against fixed deadlines. The postholder will need advanced project management skills to manage competing priorities and fluctuating workloads across multiple parallel workstreams.

Principal accountabilities

Skills and experience

• Experience providing recruitment support to boards, committees, governing bodies or senior stakeholder groups, ideally within a membership-based, non-profit or international organisation.
• Experience coordinating complex governance, nomination, or decision-making processes involving multiple stakeholders and competing deadlines, across multiple timezones
• Advanced project management skills, with a track record of delivering multiple concurrent, time-critical workstreams against fixed deadlines in a high-profile governance or similar environment.
• Strong logistical planning skills, with experience coordinating activities across different time zones, cultures and jurisdictions for a globally dispersed stakeholder group.
• Excellent organisational and project coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work under pressure.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and work confidently with leaders, senior stakeholders and colleagues from diverse backgrounds, including international and remote stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating in a global, fast-paced environment, with flexibility to accommodate varying working hours and cultural contexts as needed to support a global nominations process.

Application Closing Date

• 21st November 2026
• Please note that while we have a closing date for this application, we reserve the right to interview candidates and potentially close the role early should we find a suitable candidate.

About us

Diverse perspectives. International expertise.

Requirements

• Experience providing recruitment support to boards, committees, governing bodies or senior stakeholder groups, ideally within a membership-based, non-profit or international organisation.
• Experience coordinating complex governance, nomination, or decision-making processes involving multiple stakeholders and competing deadlines, across multiple timezones
• Advanced project management skills, with a track record of delivering multiple concurrent, time-critical workstreams against fixed deadlines in a high-profile governance or similar environment.
• Strong logistical planning skills, with experience coordinating activities across different time zones, cultures and jurisdictions for a globally dispersed stakeholder group.
• Excellent organisational and project coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work under pressure.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and work confidently with leaders, senior stakeholders and colleagues from diverse backgrounds, including international and remote stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating in a global, fast-paced environment, with flexibility to accommodate varying working hours and cultural contexts as needed to support a global nominations process.