Corporate Governance, Risk & Assurance Manager

£46,040

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Alongside your salary of £46,040, Ministry of Defence contributes £13,337 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Learning and development tailored to your role with a dedicated minimum of 5 days per year
• 25 days paid annual leave rising (by 1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of five years' service
• Ability to roll up to 10 days annual leave per year
• In addition to eight public holidays per year, you will also receive leave for HM The King's birthday
• A Civil Service pension
• Parental and Adoption Leave
• Discounts on a range of services within and external to the civil service - Defence Discount Service, Civil Service societies for Sports and Leisure, Healthcare, Insurance, Motoring, Company discounts with Virgin, Vodafone, and Microsoft Office.
• In year rewards and 'thank you' schemes such as vouchers and gift cards
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Find out more here - Discovermybenefits

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. It's vital that our workforce reflects the diversity of both our audience and the wider society in the UK, so we're proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds and communities. We also recognise the importance of a good work life balance, so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including part-time and job shares for all our roles. Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process if this is something you want to explore.

Defence operates an organisation model in which every individual belongs to a Government Profession. The successful applicant will be posted into one of the defined Government Professions on Standard Terms of Reference for the grade. Defence reserves the right to move individuals between roles, within their allocated profession, to meet the needs of the business and in support of agile resourcing.

Defence is going through a significant transformation programme which aims to improve the way it conducts its business and delivers for Defence and the nation. As a consequence of this, all posts are/will be subject to review and potential changes, as we continuously improve across the period of the transformation programme. These changes may be minor or could be more substantive and will generate new opportunities. Throughout the transformation programme, Defence is committed to following the MOD's framework on managing and supporting people through the change process and places an emphasis on early and open consultation and engagement with personnel and Trade Unions.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Do you want to work on one or the most exciting transformation projects in the public sector?

The Defence Housing Service (DHS) is being created through the Armed Forces Bill to deliver a step-change in housing for the UK's Armed Forces and their families following the publication of the Defence Housing Strategy on 3 November 2025, which marked the most significant change to Armed Forces housing in over 50 years. DHS will bring a dedicated focus to improving the homes, communities and lived experience of Service personnel, placing families firmly at the heart of everything it does.

This is one of the most ambitious housing transformation programmes in the UK today. Backed by a £9.2 billion investment, DHS will modernise tens of thousands of homes, introduce a more proactive and customer-focused approach to maintenance, and unlock new opportunities to develop housing on Defence land. DHS will have the focus and agility to deliver change at pace, combining public service values with greater flexibility to build the skills, systems and partnerships needed for the future.

This is a rare opportunity to be part of shaping its culture, influencing how it works, and helping deliver lasting improvements for Service families across the UK.

The Defence Housing team is currently part of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), who respond to the evolving needs of our military personnel, and the ways in which they live, work, train and deploy. We are proud to be the expert partner Defence needs for all their infrastructure requirements. From large scale infrastructure projects such as runways for the F35 fighter jets to net carbon-zero accommodation for our Service families, our activities focus relentlessly on our customers, and our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe!

DIO, What we deliver every day.

The future delivery model for this team is currently under review and may change as part of potential organisational developments. This could include the team or function transferring to a different employer or organisational structure in the future. Should activities transfer out of the Ministry of Defence existing employees transferring with those activities will maintain the same, or substantially the same, terms and conditions of employment.

As Corporate Governance, Risk & Assurance Manager, you'll support embedding effective corporate governance, risk, assurance and control arrangements, across the organisation.

You'll lead day-to-day risk and assurance delivery, providing high-quality analysis, constructive challenge and practical support to risk and control owners.

You'll work closely with senior risk owners, governance leads and internal and external assurance partners, to identify, assess, monitor and escalate corporate, business and programme risks. Supporting assurance planning, you'll identify weaknesses and gaps in controls and assurance and drive improvements in the quality and maturity of risk and assurance information.

You'll need strong judgement, stakeholder engagement and delivery discipline, with a focus on translating complex information into clear, evidence-based reporting for the Executive Committee, Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC) and the Board, to support senior decision-making, accountability and continuous improvement.

• Coordinate the corporate risk and assurance cycle, working with risk and control owners and delivery teams to review, challenge and improve the quality of risk, issue, control and assurance information.
• Analyse and interpret risk and assurance information to identify themes, trends, gaps, dependencies and emerging issues, providing professional advice and constructive challenge and escalating material issues for senior consideration and review.
• Prepare and coordinate regular corporate risk and assurance reporting, dashboards and briefing material for review by the Lead and use in Executive Committee, Board, ARAC and other governance routes, ensuring information enables effective senior challenge and decision-making.
• Coordinate assurance mapping and proportionate control assessment activity, challenging the quality and sufficiency of evidence, identifying control and assurance gaps and monitoring agreed actions and recommendations to completion, ensuring they are recorded accurately and progressed through robust tracking arrangements.
• Coordinate DHS audit activity on behalf of the Grade 7, acting as the day-to-day point of contact for audit planning, evidence gathering and production of corporate assurance products, including annual assurance reporting and assurance improvement plans, recommendation-tracking and management action follow-up, ensuring audit findings are linked to corporate risks, controls and assurance reporting.
• Contribute to continuous improvement across the wider business management and governance community, using networks, advice, guidance; building effective relationships and networks with senior leaders, risk and control owners, delivery teams, MOD Centre and internal and external assurance partners, to help maintain consistent standards, strengthen organisational practices and support a culture of openness, challenge and accountability.
• Coordinate governance framework updates, including tracking agreed changes, preparing draft amendments, maintaining version control and ensuring changes are clearly communicated to stakeholders.
• Support effective operation of governance forums by preparing clear risk, assurance and control inputs, tracking actions and ensuring follow-up activity is completed to agreed timescales.

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station, which is based on business assessment of where the work is best done) and working from home as a personal choice (if the role is suitable for this). If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post. Regular in-person attendance is required (this is expected to be approximately 60% of your working week).

Apply before 10:55 pm on Tuesday 24th November 2026

489552

Senior Executive Officer

Permanent

Governance
Risk Management

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Lichfield, WS14 9PY

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