Description
The Conduct, Justice & Legislation Directorate provides strategic leadership, policy direction and assurance across Defence's conduct, discipline, policing, complaints, legislation and casework systems.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
The post holder will lead the development and operation of a Directorate-wide risk and assurance function across Conduct, Justice and Legislation.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead the design, implementation and continuous improvement of a Directorate-wide risk model
- Establish and maintain a proportionate assurance framework
- Provide strategic oversight of risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, opportunities and controls
- Produce decision-ready reporting for senior leaders and governance boards
- Work with programme, sponsorship, policy and operational teams to create clear audit trails
- Lead assurance activity across high-priority programmes
- Coordinate risk and assurance inputs for ministerial, parliamentary, senior board or external scrutiny requirements
- Strengthen portfolio controls
- Provide leadership and direction to any supporting risk or assurance resource
- Build risk and assurance capability across the Directorate
Person specification: Essential criteria:
- Significant experience leading risk, assurance, governance, controls, PMO, programme delivery or portfolio management activity
- Experience developing and operating risk management frameworks
- Experience providing evidence-based advice to senior leaders
- Strong understanding of risk management, assurance, internal controls, delivery governance
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work at pace, manage ambiguity and maintain professional judgement
Desirable criteria:
- Experience in Defence, wider public sector, regulated, statutory, assurance, audit or high-scrutiny environments
- Professional project delivery, risk, assurance, audit or governance qualification
- Experience designing assurance frameworks, portfolio controls, benefits evidence
- Experience coaching teams, embedding standards and improving risk, assurance or project delivery maturity
Benefits:
- Salary of £61,630
- Contribution of £17,854 towards Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- Flexible working options
- Culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%