Governance & Policy Lead - Volunteer

The Safety Net Foundation; City of London; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A growing non-profit organization in the City of London seeks a volunteer Governance & Policy Lead to develop core governance policies and templates. The ideal candidate should have strong organizational skills and attention to detail. This role is critical for maintaining accurate documentation and supporting the organization's growth sustainably. Strong understanding of governance in small organizations is preferred. Proficiency in standard office tools is required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in governance, policy writing, or documentation management preferred.
• Meticulous attention to detail and clarity in written documents.
• Experience in charities, non-profits, or support roles preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create core governance policies from scratch.
• Build clean templates for various documents.
• Organize and maintain the resource library.
• Ensure compliance and version control of documents.

Skills

Attention to detail

Document creation

Organizational skills

Compliance knowledge

Tools

Word

Google Docs

Template design tools (e.g., Canva)

Job description

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To lead SNF’s internal governance by creating policies from scratch, building high-quality templates, organising our resource library, and ensuring documents are accurate, consistent and compliant with best practice across a growing CIC.

What difference will you make?

SNF is growing quickly, and robust internal governance is essential. As a small CIC run by volunteers, we need clear, well-structured and compliant policies, procedures and templates so we can operate consistently, safeguard our people, protect our beneficiaries and present ourselves as a professional, credible organisation.

The Governance & Policy Lead creates the backbone of SNF’s internal structure. Without strong documentation, good templates, and organised resources, the organisation wastes time reinventing the wheel, risks inconsistency, and looks less professional to partners, funders and regulators. This role fixes that.

Good governance accelerates everything: smoother onboarding, clearer expectations, better project delivery, easier reporting, stronger charity and business partnerships, and a safer environment for mentees and volunteers.

Ultimately, this role builds the structure that allows SNF to grow safely, confidently and sustainably, enabling our mission to reach more people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Create SNF’s core governance policies from scratch (safeguarding, H&S, data, volunteering, complaints, equality, risk, etc.)
• Build clean templates for reports, risk assessments, checklists, forms, training materials and guidance documents
• Maintain a well‑organised resource library that volunteers and mentees can easily navigate
• Improve clarity, consistency and compliance across all internal documentation
• Keep version control tidy and ensure policies stay up to date
• Increase SNF’s readiness for future audits, funding bids and partnership checks
• Free up the founder and board from time‑heavy document production

What are we looking for?

This role is ideal for someone who thrives on detail, structure and clarity. You should be comfortable creating documents from scratch, organising information, and producing clean, professional templates that others can use with minimal effort.

Meticulous attention to detail is essential. You’ll be responsible for accuracy, consistency, formatting quality and alignment with SNF’s voice and standards. If you notice typos, formatting errors, unclear sentences or misaligned layout instantly, you’ll shine here.

Ideally at least 3 years’ experience in governance, policy writing, compliance, quality assurance, documentation management, or operations would be beneficial. However, strong organisational instincts and the ability to write clearly and precisely are more important than formal qualifications.

You should understand how good governance looks in a small organisation—clear policies, logical templates, accessible resources, straightforward processes, and well‑managed document control. Experience in charities, non‑profits, education, public sector or corporate support roles would translate well, but isn’t essential if you’re confident with structured writing.

A good working knowledge of standard office tools (Word, Google Docs, templates, shared drives, simple spreadsheets) is needed. Familiarity with template design tools (e.g., Canva) is a bonus.

You must be proactive in understanding SNF’s needs, asking for input, and turning loose ideas into polished documents. This role suits someone who enjoys bringing order to chaos and setting high standards for clarity, layout and consistency.

If you’re organised, detail‑oriented and enjoy producing clean, high‑quality documents, this role will play to your strengths.

What will you be doing?

The volunteer will draft policies, build templates, organise our internal library, ensure documents meet good governance standards, maintain version control, and support SNF leadership with structured, well‑designed paperwork. They’ll provide clarity, consistency and strong organisational discipline across the organisation.

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Volunteer

Job function

Other

Industries

Non‑profit Organizations