Assurance and Risk Manager

Salary: £48,227 - £52,413 per annum

Grade: M

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Location: York, North Yorkshire

The Organisation

The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority was established as a new organisation in early 2024. It is a public sector employer with access to powers and funding to unlock transport and housing improvements, boost skills provision and help the economy transition to net zero for York and North Yorkshire. The Mayor also holds responsibilities in relation to Policing, Fire and Crime. Making the most of the combined strengths of the city region and rural powerhouse, the Combined Authority is a long-term commitment to shaping a brighter future for generations to come. By working for us you will play a part in making positive changes, unlocking investment, supporting business and communities to thrive and creating new and better opportunities for people that live and work here.

The Opportunity

The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority is seeking to appoint an Assurance and Risk Manager.

The Assurance service sits at the centre of the organisation, ensuring that the work of the Combined Authority is delivered within the terms of existing assurance and legal frameworks, is risk managed appropriately, performance driven, and investment proposals are robustly challenged to ensure best outcomes on delivery and organisational work practices.

The post of Assurance and Risk Manager is a new role to the organisation and, as such, the ability to drive, innovate, implement organisational practices and work to your own initiative in developing this new area of work is essential.

The key objective of the Assurance and Risk Manager is to lead on the specified functions of assurance, risk and business continuity across the Combined Authority. You will provide a high-quality service working with directorates and teams to ensure effective arrangements in respect of those functions. You will develop and maintain arrangements to aid compliance and continuous improvement in the way the Combined Authority operates.

What you will bring

• Professionally qualified to degree level in a relevant specialism (accountancy, assurance, risk) or equivalent significant experience.
• Significant experience demonstrated in strategic planning, policy development and implementation, and change management.
• Strong knowledge of public sector organisational governance structures, decision-making processes and grant funding programme design and delivery processes.
• Significant knowledge of risk management best practice standards.
• Knowledge of effective management of staff, budgets and resources
• Significant knowledge of business continuity best practice standards.
• Experience of supporting the development and implementation of new work practices and organisational culture change within a large diverse organisation.

You will be joining a new and developing organisation at an exciting time. The benefits of working for us include:

• Generous leave entitlement, starting at 28 days plus 8 bank holidays (pro-rota for part time staff)
• Flexible working practices including working from other locations and from home
• Local government pension scheme
• Commitment to staff development and continuous learning

To find out more about our organisation please visit; https://yorknorthyorks-

Contact and Apply

If you are interested in this fantastic opportunity or would like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Adrian Green via Adrian.- for an informal conversation.

Applying is easy, simply register your details, tell us how you meet our criteria in the supporting evidence section, remove your personal details from your CV and upload.

Key Dates:

Closing date: Sunday 2nd November

Interview date: Wednesday 19th and/or Thursday 20th November

Key Documents:

Job Description

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Assurance and Risk Manager

Salary: £48,227 - £52,413 per annum

Posted: 15/10/2025

Closing date: 02/11/2025

Closing time: 23:59