Senior Risk & Governance Officer

As a Senior Risk & Governance Officer, you will play a crucial role in managing and mitigating risks across the organization. You'll provide strategic oversight and operational execution to ensure that all necessary governance controls are in place, guiding stakeholders at all levels. The role requires someone with strong commercial acumen, capable of simplifying complex challenges and driving effective risk management and governance.

Success in this role will require a robust understanding of effective risk management and governance arrangements and the ability to engage and influence high-level stakeholders across the business.

You will be working on a hybrid basis predominantly working from home and coming into the office as business requires. We're flexible about where you might be based to undertake this role.

This appointment will be made on merit.

We believe that diversity and inclusion strengthen and enriches us, and that it is the responsibility of everyone at the City & Guilds Group to drive this value. As ethnic minority groups and disabled people are currently under-represented within the Group, we particularly encourage and welcome applications from these communities.

About the role

• Risk Leadership & Facilitation:
  Lead discussions with senior executives and committees on key risks, providing actionable insights for decision-making.
• Strategic Risk Management:
  Oversee risk identification and evaluation, ensuring strategic initiatives address operational, financial, and reputational risks.
• Commercial Risk Mitigation:
  Collaborate with department heads to prioritize risks and lead scenario analyses to assess their impact on business performance.
• Governance:
  Ensure governance processes are in place to reliably identify and manage risks across commercial, regulatory, and compliance activities.
• Risk Assessment & Monitoring:
  Conduct risk assessments, monitor risk metrics, and maintain a comprehensive risk register.
• Reporting:
  Provide clear, timely risk reports for senior leadership, trustees, and committees, communicating key exposures and mitigation progress.
• Compliance & Regulatory Oversight:
  Ensure risk management processes comply with laws and industry standards, maintaining high audit performance.
• Risk Culture Promotion:
  Foster a proactive risk-aware culture across the organization through training, workshops, and ongoing communication.

About You:

• Proven experience in leading risk management and governance processes within an organization.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret data and trends for informed decision-making.
• Expertise in enterprise-wide risk frameworks, including operational, financial, and regulatory risks.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of presenting complex risk concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and build a risk-aware culture.
• Experience in adapting to changing market conditions and regulatory landscapes.
• Leadership abilities with experience in mentoring risk professionals.
• Knowledge of risk frameworks such as COSO ERM, NIST, or ISO 31000.

Whilst not mandatory, it would be beneficial if you have previous experience in education.

Our Story And Mission

Our vision is for a world in which everyone has the skills and opportunities to succeed. We support almost five million people each year to develop skills that help them into a job, develop on that job and to prepare for their next job. As a charity, we're proud that everything we do is focused on achieving this purpose.

Through our assessment and credentialing, corporate learning and technical training offers, we partner with our customers to deliver work-based learning programmes that build competency to support better prospects for people, organisations and wider society. We create flexible learning pathways that support lifelong employability, because we believe that people deserve the opportunity to (re)train and (re)learn again and again - gaining new skills at every stage of life, regardless of where they start.

At the heart of our business sits the City & Guilds Foundation which amplifies our purpose by helping to remove barriers to getting into a job, celebrating best practice on the job, and advocating for jobs of the future.

We were founded in 1878 by the City of London and the trade guilds of the time, to help people, organisations and economies to develop their skills for growth.

What We Offer

We offer the opportunity to work in an innovative, engaging and market-leading organisation with opportunities to develop your existing skills and explore new ones.

You'll receive an excellent benefits package which typically includes a great base salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, pension, private healthcare, volunteering opportunities and much more.

Next Steps and how to apply

If you think this is the role and organisation for you then we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and complete our short application form using the apply button.

We shortlist for our vacancies on an ongoing basis, and we may close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. Please can you submit your application ASAP to avoid disappointment.

City & Guilds are a Disability confident employer. Please let us know if you require any support/adjustments at your interview and if successful any adjustments needed to support you in your role. If this is required, please email;