Risk and Assurance Manager

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Location: West Ham Lane, Stratford or Sale Point, Manchester.

Salary: London weighted £61,949 per annum dependant on experience and location; Regional/Outside London £54,417 per annum dependant on experience and location.

Closing date for completed applications: 9th June 2024

Interviews will be held on: 20th June 2024

We are looking for someone to join our new team and play a significant role in ensuring a robust approach to risk, controls and in enabling assurance that informs business decision making across L&Q Group. The successful candidate will contribute to the design, development and implementation of the group wide approach to risk and assurance, and will play a leadership role in ensuring and enabling business buy in and effective and efficient implementation across Group.

They will draw on and apply their knowledge and insight including of the sector, and use external sources of best practice, internal and external risk data, in order to influence and continuously improve the way in which risk, controls and assurance is managed at L&Q. As such, the role holder, through effective application of the group wide approach to risk and assurance, is part of the team that enables a deep understanding of our risk profile, the effectiveness of our controls to mitigate risks, and informs and influences the continuous improvement of those controls.

They will work with leaders and colleagues across the Group to support them in ensuring good understanding of the risks relative to their portfolio, in assessing those, and identifying suitable controls that are operationally workable and effective in mitigating the risks. They will play a leading role in group wide ‘internal controls’ reporting, enabling robust, data informed reporting through the L&Q governance structure on our risk profile and controls, supporting colleagues at all levels to make risk informed decisions aligned to our strategic intent and risk appetite as a group.

They will use their knowledge, data and insight to contribute to the setting of risk appetites at a strategic and operational level, and guiding the business on how best to apply these in business decision making, working to ensure they remain a core part of enabling risk informed decisions.

If you are interested in this role and have the experience required, then apply without delay! We are a multi-site organisation, so some roles may require occasional travel between offices, but expenses will be covered.

At the foundation of everything that we do are our corporate values and associated behaviours. Our organisational behavioural framework outlines the core expectations of all employees, which should be demonstrated at all times when representing L&Q.

Our commitments: At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. This is why we are committed to developing our people. It's only by investing in a well-trained and motivated workforce that we can continue to prosper and sustain business success.

In addition to our support and training, the successful candidate will have access to our full suite of benefits including 26 days holiday rising to 31 days with length of service, excellent Pension scheme, an employee assistance programme and non-contributory life assurance. We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and recognise the changing demands and circumstances in life. Please let us know during the recruitment process if you’re interested in part time working or job sharing. In addition, should your circumstances change once you have joined L&Q, you can also request flexible working arrangements, a change to working hours - if it’s feasible then we’ll make it happen.

For the fifth year in a row, we have been recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women in the super large category. We are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace.

We expect all of our employees to support our environmental policy and social responsibility work. We are an employer committed to environmental and social responsibility. L&Q is a regulated charitable housing association and one of the UK’s most successful independent social businesses. The L&Q Group houses around 250,000 people in more than 100,000 homes, primarily across London and the South East.

As a charitable organisation, our role goes beyond providing homes and housing services. We are a long-term partner in the neighbourhoods where we work. We hope to build aspiration, opportunity and confidence in our communities through our £250 million L&Q Foundation and our skills academy. Our vision is that everyone has a quality home they can afford, and we combine our social purpose with commercial drive to create homes and neighbourhoods everyone can be proud of.