Risk Governance Officer

As Risk Governance Officer, you’ll play an important role in helping Our Future Health embed effective and proportionate risk management across the organisation. Working closely with the Risk Governance Manager, you’ll coordinate day-to-day risk governance activities, support assurance and risk management processes, and partner with teams across the organisation to strengthen risk-informed decision making.

Despite big improvements in healthcare in our lifetimes, today millions of people in the UK still live in poor health as they get older. Diseases like cancer, dementia, diabetes, and heart disease affect the lives of many people in our communities. Our goal is to create a world-leading resource for health research, to improve our understanding and spot the patterns of how and why common diseases start, so treatments can begin sooner and be more effective.

Our Future Health is the UK’s largest ever health research programme, bringing people together to develop new ways to detect, prevent, and treat diseases. We are a charity, supported by the UK Government, in partnership with charities and industry. We work closely with the NHS and with public authorities across all nations and regions of the UK.

What you’ll be doing

In this role, you’ll work collaboratively with colleagues across Our Future Health to coordinate risk governance processes and help embed a positive and pragmatic approach to risk management.

Your key responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Coordinating day-to-day risk governance activities and regular risk review and reporting cycles.
• Working with risk owners and stakeholders to maintain accurate risk information, monitor agreed actions and follow up on progress.
• Supporting the implementation and ongoing embedding of Our Future Health’s Risk Management Framework.
• Facilitating risk identification, assessment and review workshops with teams and stakeholders.
• Coordinating the development, maintenance and review of organisational and operational risk registers.
• Reviewing risk information for completeness, consistency and alignment with the Risk Management Framework, providing constructive challenge where appropriate.
• Producing clear, high-quality risk reporting, analysis and management information to support governance forums and decision making.
• Supporting assurance activities and maintaining accurate governance records and documentation.
• Building effective relationships across the organisation and helping colleagues take a pragmatic and proportionate approach to risk.
• Supporting continuous improvement across risk governance and the wider Assurance function.

Requirements

We recognise that candidates may have developed relevant experience through different career paths and welcome applications from those who can demonstrate many, though not necessarily all, of the skills and experience listed below:

• Experience working in risk management, governance, assurance, audit or compliance within a complex organisation.
• Knowledge of enterprise and operational risk management principles and governance frameworks.
• Experience coordinating recurring governance, risk review or reporting processes.
• Experience facilitating meetings, workshops or stakeholder discussions.
• The ability to review and analyse risk information, identify gaps or inconsistencies and provide constructive challenge.
• The ability to analyse information and communicate it through clear, concise reports and recommendations.
• Experience producing management information, reports or governance papers.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and follow activities through to completion.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively with stakeholders across an organisation.
• Excellent attention to detail, sound judgement and the confidence to recognise when issues need to be escalated.
• A proactive, curious and adaptable approach, with an interest in continuous improvement.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence would be advantageous.
• A relevant professional qualification, or working towards one such as those offered by the Institute of Risk Management (IRM), would be advantageous but is not essential.

Hiring Process

We feel hiring should be transparent and give you a real sense for what Our Future Health is like. Here's what you can expect from our remote process:

• Initial chat with our Talent team (30 min) to get to know each other, discuss the role, and answer any questions you have.
• Competency based interview with with a small cross-functional panel with your potential new manager and some of your stakeholders (60 min). It is designed to get a sense of how you collaborate and with stakeholders, and how you'd approach the real-world responsibilities of this role.

Benefits

• From £40,000 per annum basic salary.
• Generous Pension Scheme – We invest in your future with employer contributions of up to 12%.
• 30 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays – Enjoy a generous holiday allowance with the flexibility to take bank holidays when it suits you.
• Enhanced Parental Leave – Supporting you during life’s biggest moments.
• Cycle to Work Scheme – Save 25-39% on a new bike and accessories through salary sacrifice.
• Home & Tech Savings – Get up to 8% off on IKEA and Currys products, spreading the cost over 12 months through salary sacrifice.
• £1,000 Employee Referral Bonus – Know someone amazing? Get rewarded for bringing them on board!
• Wellbeing Support – Access to Mental Health First Aiders, plus 24/7 online GP services and an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family.
• A Great Place to Work – We have a lovely Central London office in Holborn, and offer flexible and remote working arrangements.

Join us – let’s prevent disease together.

Closing date: 07 October, at 5:00 pm

We may close this vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

At Our Future Health, we recognise the importance of having a diverse workforce and ensuring that all candidates, regardless of their background, have equitable access to our application process. We proactively encourage applicants who identify as having a disability, neurodiversity, or long-term health conditions to let us know if they require any reasonable adjustments as part of their application process.

If you do require any reasonable adjustments, please email us at View email address on uk.workus.org .