Risk Governance Officer

We have an exciting opportunity for a Risk Governance Officer to help strengthen and embed effective risk management across Our Future Health.

Working closely with the Risk Governance Manager, you'll play an important role in identifying, assessing, monitoring and reporting on strategic, enterprise and organisational risks that could affect our ability to achieve our objectives.

This role focuses on the bigger picture of organisational risk, including financial sustainability, data security, delivery of strategic objectives, funding, operational resilience, regulatory obligations and reputational risks. You'll work with stakeholders across the organisation to ensure risks are understood, appropriately managed and considered in 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.

This is a Fixed Term contract position for 18 months.

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, including tracking actions and escalating risks through the appropriate governance routes.
• 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.

What this role is not focused on:

This is a risk governance role, not a specialist health and safety or clinical safety assessment role. It does not primarily involve carrying out technical assessments such as COSHH or infection prevention and control assessments, workplace safety inspections or site-level assessments. Experience managing clinical or healthcare risks through risk registers, agreed actions, review and escalation is relevant.

We’re looking for someone with practical experience in enterprise, corporate or organisation-wide risk management. This could include experience in a clinical or healthcare setting, provided it involves managing risks and supporting risk governance, rather than focusing mainly on carrying out specialist health and safety or clinical safety assessments

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 in enterprise risk management, corporate governance or organisation-wide risk and assurance activities, with an understanding of how risks can affect strategic objectives and organisational performance.
• 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.
• Effective organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and follow activities through to completion.
• Effective 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 ability 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 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.

• 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: 30 November, 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 talent@ourfuturehealth.org.uk .