Risk Governance Officer (18 months FTC)

We have an exciting opportunity for a Risk Governance Officer to help strengthen and embed effective risk management across Our Future Health.

Working closely with the Risk Governance Manager, you'll play an important role in identifying, assessing, monitoring and reporting on strategic, enterprise and organisational risks that could affect our ability to achieve our objectives.

This role focuses on the bigger picture of organisational risk, including financial sustainability, data security, delivery of strategic objectives, funding, operational resilience, regulatory obligations and reputational risks. You'll work with stakeholders across the organisation to ensure risks are understood, appropriately managed and considered in decision making.

Despite big improvements in healthcare in our lifetimes, today millions of people in the UK still live in poor health as they get older. Diseases like cancer, dementia, diabetes, and heart disease affect the lives of many people in our communities. Our goal is to create a world-leading resource for health research, to improve our understanding and spot the patterns of how and why common diseases start, so treatments can begin sooner and be more effective.

Our Future Health is the UK’s largest ever health research programme, bringing people together to develop new ways to detect, prevent, and treat diseases. We are a charity, supported by the UK Government, in partnership with charities and industry. We work closely with the NHS and with public authorities across all nations and regions of the UK.

This is a Fixed Term contract position for 18 months.

What you’ll be doing:

In this role, you’ll work collaboratively with colleagues across Our Future Health to coordinate risk governance processes and help embed a positive and pragmatic approach to risk management.

Your key responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Coordinating day-to-day risk governance activities and regular risk review and reporting cycles.
• Working with risk owners and stakeholders to maintain accurate risk information, monitor agreed actions and follow up on progress.
• Supporting the implementation and ongoing embedding of Our Future Health’s Risk Management Framework.
• Facilitating risk identification, assessment and review workshops with teams and stakeholders.
• Coordinating the development, maintenance and review of organisational and operational risk registers, including tracking actions and escalating risks through the appropriate governance routes.
• Reviewing risk information for completeness, consistency and alignment with the Risk Management Framework, providing constructive challenge where appropriate.
• Producing clear, high-quality risk reporting, analysis and management information to support governance forums and decision making.
• Supporting assurance activities and maintaining accurate governance records and documentation.
• Building effective relationships across the organisation and helping colleagues take a pragmatic and proportionate approach to risk.
• Supporting continuous improvement across risk governance and the wider Assurance function.

What this role is not focused on:

This is a risk governance role, not a specialist health and safety or clinical safety assessment role. It does not primarily involve carrying out technical assessments such as COSHH or infection prevention and control assessments, workplace safety inspections or site-level assessments. Experience managing clinical or healthcare risks through risk registers, agreed actions, review and escalation is relevant.