Job Description

We are looking for an Assistant Company Secretary, who will support the Deputy Company Secretary and General Counsel in delivering high-quality governance and company secretarial support across the business. Acting as a key member of a small, collaborative team, you’ll help to ensure the smooth operation of board and committee activity, oversee statutory and regulatory compliance, and help drive continuous improvement in our corporate governance frameworks.

You’ll also support our network of group subsidiaries, regulatory disclosures, and ad hoc governance projects, gaining broad exposure across directorates.

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting Board and Committee meetings, including agendas, paper review, and minutes

• Ensuring compliance with UK Corporate Governance Code, Ofwat’s BLTG principles and licence requirements

• Managing statutory filings and all group subsidiary governance

• Supporting the Annual Report preparation and disclosures

• Assisting with AGMs and regulatory announcements

• Contributing to ad hoc special governance projects and continuous improvement

About you:

• 5+ years’ company secretarial experience in a PLC or regulated environment

• Strong working knowledge of UK Company Law and UK Code

• CGI qualified (or part-qualified / equivalent)

• Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail

• Confident working with executive stakeholders

• Proactive, hands-on, and able to manage multiple priorities

Recruitment Process:

• Closing date: 25th May 2026

Benefits:

• Competitive salary dependant on skills and experience

• Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.

• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.

• Annual leave from 26-30 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.

• A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.

• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)

• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.

• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.

• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.

• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme.

• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.

• Life Assurance.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Ask the Talent Acquisition lead for the full job description to see all the criteria. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through.

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.

You can find out what it’s like to work at Affinity Water through our career site https://www.affinitywatercareers.co.uk/ where our colleagues share their career development stories and you can get a feel for our company culture.