Head (Governance and Risk)

**Location**

Leicester / Hybrid

**Vacancy Type**

Permanent/Full Time

**Application Deadline**

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

**Job Summary**

**_Who we are:_**
- The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) is a leading global organisation that provides health, safety, and environmental qualifications. _
- Our _**_Vision_**_ is to enable and inspire the world of work and wider environment to be a safer and healthier place._
- Our _**_Mission_**_ is to save lives and protect people at work through offering world-class and accessible health, safety, environmental, risk and wellbeing qualifications, and services that address the changing and emerging risks in the global workplace._
- We are seeking a proactive, influential individual to shape our governance and risk framework and embed a culture of continuous improvement. _
- As a member of our friendly and fast-paced team, you will lead the development and execution of the organisation’s governance, assurance, and risk management framework. You will ensure effective governance structures, regulatory compliance, risk identification and mitigation, and decision-making processes across the organisation._
- The role will support the Chief Strategy and Governance Officer to manage, measure, review and analyse our performance against the governance and risk frameworks and enable the organisation to achieve its strategic and charitable objectives._

**_The role:_**

**_Head (Governance & Risk)_**

Reporting to the Chief Strategy and Governance Officer, you will lead on the day to day delivery of the charity’s governance, risk, and compliance frameworks. This role provides expert support to the Chief Strategy and Governance Officer, Board of Trustees and senior management team and is responsible for embedding a proactive, organisation-wide approach to risk management and accountability.

**_About You:_**

Where you are likely to be at the moment;
- Experienced in charity governance with a good understanding of relevant legislation and best practice
- Working towards or Membership of a relevant professional body
- Knowledge of risk management frameworks, including policy development and reporting at a senior level.
- Excellent written and verbal communications
- Excellent attention to detail including process management, policy development and document control.

**_Knowledge and experience: _**
- Knowledge and experience of governance, risk and compliance at senior level preferably in the charity or non-profit sector.
- Knowledge and experience in working with Boards and sub committee structures providing advice and guidance to enable discharge of responsibilities
- Knowledge and experience of developing risk management frameworks and working across organisations to understand operational risk and mitigations
- Experience of building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders
- Working on your own and as part of a team to meet key deadlines
- Flexible approach to work
- Experience in working in a fast-paced environment with strict deadlines
- Excellent IT skills, including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Vision, NEWT and Moodle

**_Key skills and attributes for the job:_**
- Ability to use initiative to find solutions to a problem
- Ability to adapt to change in a dynamic, fast paced working environment
- Takes ownership of enquiries to resolution
- Listens to the customer to identify their needs to find the best solution/resolution
- Attention to detail to ensure accuracy
- Ability to engage with and influence a diverse range of stakeholders at different levels and via a variety of media
- Self-motivated

**_What we offer_**

**_Working week:_**

35 hours Monday - Friday

**_Work base:_**

Although NEBOSH offices in Leicestershire (close to Fosse Park and M1) are considered as your work base, we have adopted hybrid working practices (however, attendance will be required at the office on a regular basis).

**_Salary:_**

£60,000 per annum

**Other benefits**
- 25 days’ annual leave increasing with service
- Generous pension scheme
- Private Healthcare and cash plan
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Death in service
- Cycle Scheme
- Discounted Gym Membership