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Chartered company secretaries and governance professionals ensure companies conform to relevant legal, statutory and financial requirements and monitors standards of corporate governance.

Main tasks

  • Oversees various administrative functions such as the pensions and insurance cover of employees, health and safety, auditing and estate management.
  • Maintains registers of shareholders and administers share options schemes and payment of dividends.
  • Submits companies information to Companies House and the Stock Exchange.
  • Produces registers of shareholders, annual company reports.
  • Advises on the company's legal responsibilities and relevant regulations and liaises with external regulators, auditors, lawyers and other professionals.
  • Analyses internal processes and systems, recommends and implements procedural and policy changes.
  • Coordinates governances meetings, such as board and annual general meetings, writes minutes and resolutions.

Source: Office for National Statistics.

Salary and earnings

Potential earnings

£71,114.54

Average earnings

£39,633.00

Source: Office for National Statistics' Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE).

Skills & knowledge

The top 5 most important skills and knowledge requirements relevant to this career.

Monitoring

Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Reading Comprehension

Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Active Learning

Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Active Listening

Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Customer and Personal Service

Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Clerical

Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Administration and Management

Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Computers and Electronics

Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Personnel and Human Resources

Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labour relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

What course level do I need to study?

The level of study required will vary with each job, sector and company. The table below shows the level of study achieved by those currently working in this career choice.

Educational requirements: Honours, Bachelor's degree

Source: Office for National Statistics.

Level of study Percentage achieved
Level 2 18%
Level 3 23%
Level 4-5 (Higher Education) 8%
Level 6 (Bachelors) 32%
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent) 14%
Level 8 (Doctorate) 4%

Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS) data.

Economic data for careers is provided by Lightcast and also available through our Career Coach app. Job postings, employment and earnings information is represented at the regional level for the East Midlands.