Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.
Job Introduction
As a not-for-profit housing organisation providing more affordable homes for Londoners, we’re on a mission to work better together for our residents and make London home for those who live in our capital, whatever their personal circumstances.
We’re looking now for chief governance and risk officer to join our executive team and take overall strategic responsibility for all aspects of our governance, regulation, policy, risk and assurance activities to ensure we maintain our financial strength, operate efficiently and manage risks effectively.
If you’re looking for the next step in your career and the chance to make a genuine difference in a senior leadership position, this role could be for you.
The role
This is an executive level senior role reporting to the chief executive and with direct links to our group board, regulatory bodies and other strategic partners. You’ll be responsible for delivering and maintaining first-class governance, risk and assurance frameworks to ensure our people, culture, systems, policies and processes meet business need and contribute effectively to our Better Together strategic goals and resident outcomes.
Your work will help ensure we are able to achieve and maintain G1/C1 regulatory ratings and hold the organisation to account for compliance standards to keep our residents safe and in homes that are of a standard they deserve. At the same time, you will safeguard the interests of our stakeholders and ensure we maintain compliance with regulatory and legal standards and foster and enable an enterprise-wide risk-aware culture.
The ideal candidate
You’ll need significant experience in executive and senior leadership roles in highly regulated environments alongside strong and credible senior executive stakeholder influencing and management skills.
You’ll have proven experience of design, build and successful implementation of risk and governance frameworks.
As a transformation and change practitioner with sound experience of leading organisations through change in commercial and complex delivery environments, you’ll have high commercial acumen and the ability to deliver corporate strategies.
Educated to degree level or with equivalent experience, you’ll have a Chartered Governance Institute qualification or similar.
Experience in public affairs would be beneficial.
What’s in it for me?
We’re offering a salary of up to £200,000 and, for pensions, we will contribute up to 10.8% of earnings alongside your contributions of up to 9.2%, which means that a maximum of 20% of earnings is put aside each month as total pension contributions.
We also provide a wide range of additional benefits and several ways to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, including 30 days’ annual leave allowance plus time off for our office Christmas closure, flexible working opportunities and an independent employee assistance programme.
With us, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to grow and develop your career and be part of hugely diverse workforce and. Nearly 70% of our colleagues are from an ethnically diverse background, and we’re also a Stonewall diversity champion and a Disability Confident employer.
We value and respect difference and are committed to building an inclusive culture by creating an environment where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. We support flexible working arrangements that foster collaboration, combined with the power of in-person interactions. Our optimal balance of at least three days a week in the office or with customers for all colleagues ensures we're at our prime, crafting exceptional customer experiences and achieving outstanding business outcomes. Some roles lend themselves to flexible options more than others and we are open to discussing agile working opportunities during the hiring process.
How to apply/selection process
To apply for this role, upload your CV and a cover letter of up to 750 words telling us all about you and how you can deliver this role referring to the ‘How you’ll do it’ section of the role profile. You should address the behaviours, experience, knowledge and skills set out in the role profile and provide examples of how you demonstrate these skills as well as your experience.
Closing date: 10 September 2024
Interview date: w/c 7 October 2024
Please review the attached role profile and recruitment information pack for more information.
NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.
