Risk and Assurance Manager

We’re looking for an exceptional Risk and Assurance Manager to help shape a confident, forward-thinking approach to risk, data protection and assurance. You’ll play a vital role in smart decision making, protecting what matters most and building a secure future for our customers.

This is a brilliant opportunity to join us at an important point in our journey, with real ambition to take our Data Protection, Risk and Assurance function to the next level. We’re looking for someone who can be a trusted voice across the organisation - bringing clarity to how we manage risk, supporting confident decision-making and helping colleagues do the right thing, not the easy thing.

You’ll play a key role in building risk and data protection capability across Yorkshire Housing, using your expertise to influence stakeholders, strengthen relationships and provide practical, risk-based guidance that helps the business move forward. Alongside this, you’ll lead and develop a fantastic team, coaching and motivating them to grow their impact and work collaboratively across the organisation.

Day-to-day, you’ll lead our data protection, risk and assurance work – making sure we stay compliant while keeping things practical and fit for purpose. From owning our risk and controls framework, data protection and business continuity processes, to overseeing internal audit, you’ll help keep Yorkshire Housing safe, resilient and forward-thinking. You’ll also be a key partner to senior leaders and the Board, providing clear insight and assurance so we can keep learning, improving and focusing on what matters most to our customers.

This is an agile homeworking role. There’ll be days when you’ll join us in our Leeds workspace for team catch-ups, collaboration and face‑to‑face time with colleagues and other times you might choose to work from home. Some weeks you may be in more than others depending on what’s needed, so being able to travel to Leeds easily is important – but you’ll always have plenty of notice so you can plan ahead.

Who are we looking for? We’re after someone who knows their stuff when it comes to data protection, risk and assurance – but just as importantly, someone who can work with people to make it meaningful in practice. You’ll be a natural collaborator, building great relationships and helping colleagues feel confident in what good looks like. You’ll also be a supportive and motivating leader, creating a team environment where people can grow, feel valued and do their best work – all while keeping our customers at the heart of everything we do.

We’re also looking for:

• Strong experience across data protection, risk and assurance, with the confidence to guide and support the business
• Experience leading and developing a team, bringing people together and helping them thrive
• Someone who is great at building relationships and influencing others across all levels
• The ability to bring complex topics to life, whether that’s with the Board, senior leaders or colleagues
• Someone who is genuinely customer obsessed, always thinking about how to improve what we do
• A clear, down‑to‑earth communicator who’s organised, approachable and gets things done
• The ability to juggle priorities and keep things on track, without losing sight of the detail

What’s in it for you…

Salary: £54,700 per annum (35 hours/week) 26 days annual leave (rising to 31 annually) + Bank Holidays Permanent Contract. We offer a reward package to suit everyone. At YH, you can claim back for prescriptions, eye tests and more with our cash plan, make the most of a variety of retail discounts and take advantage of our pension scheme where we’ll match your contributions up to 9%, just to name a few. Our people’s health and wellbeing are one of our top priorities, and you can make the most of our readily available wellbeing support package. This includes access to a library of free fitness classes, as well as an instant My GP service and free counselling sessions with a trained professional.

Feeling like this could be the role for you? At YH, we’re actively building a working environment that’s inclusive as well as diverse, where everyone can contribute their best work and be themselves. We believe difference is what makes us stronger and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting communities we serve, so we welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds for this role. If you require any additional support with your application, or have any further questions please contact our friendly recruitment team via email at recruitment@yorkshirehousing.co.uk.

The fine print: Closing date: 04.08.26 (we may close early if we get lots of great candidates!) We may contact you earlier than closing date so keep an eye out on your emails. If you’re applying for this role internally, you must inform your current line manager (it’s the right thing to do!).