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Risk & Assurance Officer

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Job Introduction

Job Title: Risk & Assurance Officer    

Ref: YHG/TP/20812/822

Salary Banding: £25,600 - £30,000

Job Location: Birchwood, Warrington   

Contact Duration: Permanent

Hours (weekly): 35 per week, working Monday to Friday 

 

Are you looking for a more varied role with scope to make real change within a business?

Do you want to be able to manage your own workload whilst working within a proactive, friendly team?

Are you tired of strict 9-5 working days and would like a role that offers a better work life balance?

Your Housing Group has a fantastic opportunity for a Risk & Assurance Officer, based at our modern Head Office in Birchwood, Warrington.   You will be supporting the Risk & Assurance Manager in the development and maintenance of a robust Groupwide risk and assurance management framework.     

We have ambitious growth plans for the next few years, offering fantastic opportunities for colleagues to grow with us and carve out a challenging, successful and rewarding career

Risk & Assurance Officer role provides you with the opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills within risk and assurance, in a varied and rewarding role whilst working within a friendly and flexible team. 

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer up to 25 days annual leave (increasing with length of service), plus Bank Holidays, pension scheme, Health Cash Plan Scheme and other excellent rewards such discounted gym membership and cinema tickets.

As Risk & Assurance Officer, you will be highly visible working cross functionally to support the business in the management of risks and their associated controls and assurances.  You will be engaging with all arears of the business and working with people at all levels to develop effective relationships to encourage a consistent and proactive risk management culture.

Other duties of the Risk & Assurance Officer include ensuring the smooth running of the internal audit plan, assisting with maintaining effective business continuity arrangements and the management of incidents.  

If you have………

  • Experience in a Risk or/and Assurance, including audit and Risk Management exposure
  • Experience of seeing projects through from beginning to end
  • Business continuity experience (preferred)
  • Excellent analytical skills, maintaining accuracy/attention to detail, effective time management with ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines

……..then we would love to hear from you!

In addition to the above you will embrace the culture of continuous improvement to support Value for Money throughout the organisation and have a passion for doing things right first time.

Your Housing Group is a new generation of housing provider, working efficiently and effectively to build as many quality houses as possible, thereby playing its part in solving the national housing crisis. With over 28,300 homes across the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands, the business has a large portfolio of retirement living developments and an innovative private rental offer in Nuvu.

Prior to completing your application, please review the attached Role Profile to better understand the role and key responsibilities.                         

Closing date: 28th May 2019            

Should we receive a high number of applications, we may close this vacancy earlier than the date indicated above

Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for tenants or anyone who resides in a Your Housing Group property.  It also operates the scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability. Those applicants who meet the minimum requirements for the role as set out in the role profile will be guaranteed an interview.  Some roles may be subject to probity checks which will override the scheme where a potential conflict of interest or a probity matter has been identified. 

Your Housing Group

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