Governance And Risk Officer

1 week ago

Bury St, Suffolk, United Kingdom East of England LGA Full time

Job Titile:
Governance and Risk Officer
Job Grade E - SCP 32 to SCP 36, starting salary £40,221 Reports to:

Interim Strategic Director Direct Reports:

None Job Purpose * To lead on providing a high quality, professional, proactive and effective corporate governance and risk service across the organisation and to the Management Committee and its associated panels.

* To work with the senior management team to provide assurance to the Management Committee that EELGA has a robust set of governance and risk management arrangements in place.

* To support colleagues in order to embed appropriate governance arrangements and risk management.

Key Partners Local authority Members and officers, the Local Government Association, other partner bodies in the East of England including health, police, fire and rescue, Transport bodies and the voluntary sector, UKIC partners, central government, various National partners, Talent Bank Associates and commercial partners.

Principal Accountabilities 1) Support the Chief Executive and Senior Management Team in the review of all Governance requirements including all legal requirements, Regulatory Standards and frameworks. Create and embed a professional governance function and process within EELGA.
  • Work with the Senior Management Team to provide assurance to the Management Committee that EELGA has a robust system of internal controls and complies fully with statutory and regulatory requirements. * Assist the Senior Management Team in ensuring that the principles of good governance are communicated and upheld.

    * Support the Chief Executive and Senior Management Team on all constitutional and governance issues, seeking formal advice as required.

    2) Lead on ensuring that the organisation has a robust and effective risk management framework in place and that this is embedded across EELGA.

    * Support and embed the risk management and internal controls framework and work alongside the Senior Management Team to proactively mitigate the actual and perceived risks across the organisation.

    * Maintain strategic and operational risk registers.

    * Provide support and training for colleagues across the organisation to raise risk awareness and risk management, and use of associated systems, undertaking training where necessary.

    * Work alongside the senior management team members, to establish risk management in their areas of responsibility.

    * Carry out risk reporting in an appropriate way for different audiences, for example, to the Management Committee, to senior management team to ensure they are aware of risks relevant to their parts of the organisation, and to individuals to understand their accountability for individual risks.

    3) Act as the first point of contact for EELGA in relation to governance and stakeholder management for specific groups, e.g. EELGA Management Committee. 4) Provide support for Assembly meetings (including the AGM), Management Committee and Panel meetings.

    This will include coordinating the forward plan, and ensuring that agendas, papers and committee packs are prepared in a timely and accurate manner and circulated appropriately ahead of meetings.

    5) Ensure internal corporate policies are kept up to date and compliance across the organisation recorded and monitored. 6) Assist with internal and external audit processes as required. 7) Drive continuous improvement and innovation across your areas of responsibility to ensure that our services offer value for money, meet budgetary requirements and remain efficient and effective. 8) Ensure a high degree of collaborative working, liaising with managers, colleagues and Members to ensure consistently high standards of service are delivered. 9) Communicate well with colleagues to ensure processes are followed and they are fully supported in the relevant areas. 10) Role model a culture in which equality and inclusion matters become enshrined in each and every operating activity across EELGA. 11) To work within the procedures and policies of the EELGA, including for example HR, Health and Safety, IT and Data Protection policies. 12) To participate in EELGA staff meetings, engagement activities and training/OD programmes. Always look to expand your learning and undertake all training and development essential for this role.

    You will be responsible for a wide range of activities as would be expected of an organisation of this size.

    As with all posts there are specific requirements, responsibilities and delegated powers, however these are not all listed here and will change over time as the organisation continues to grow and develop.

    This role may occasionally require work outside normal office hours.

    Benefits We offer employees a wide range of health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial benefits to ensure that we fully support all employees no matter what hours they work.


These include:

  • Flexible working, Flexitime and Agile working
  • Pay progression
  • Generous pension scheme
  • Sickness pay scheme - employees continue to receive normal pay during defined period of absence.
  • Family friendly policies
  • Fixed rate, subsidised monthly parking in nearby car park, accessible any time
  • Access to KAARP benefits - giving employees access to a range of discounts on goods and services. These include holidays, insurance, health and fitness, food and drink, days out and much more.
  • Work life balance - We actively encourage a healthy work life balance
  • Generous holiday allocation - Minimum 22 days (rising to 23 days from 1 April 2023) annual leave plus bank holidays. Part time employees will have an adjustment made to their annual leave to account for where bank holidays fall inside or outside their working pattern, and to make sure that paid time off is distributed fairly and consistently across the workforce.
  • Office closure between Christmas and New year granted in addition to your annual leave holiday allowance.
  • Employee Assistance Programme - access to free, confidential support 24 hours a day, on a wide range of matters
  • Wellbeing support
  • Opportunities for relevant learning and development
  • Staff engagement through focus groups For a full list and full details of our benefits, by clicking Apply Now #J-18808-Ljbffr

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