Assurance Manager

Assurance Manager Location: UK Flexible with home working Contract: Permanent Salary: £45,000 – £50,000 based on experience + London weighting (£3,344) if applicable

Do you want to help ensure the British Red Cross (BRC) continues to provide its services to those in need whilst meeting its legal, regulatory, and contractual obligations?

If s then we have an exciting opportunity for an Assurance Manager that may just be for you.

How you’ll make a difference…

This is a new position which will provide the successful candidate with a unique opportunity to shape the BRC’s assurance function. You’ll be responsible for the development and delivery of an effective Assurance Plan to both support the organisation’s continued compliance with its l egal, regulatory and key contractual obligations and drive continual learning and improvement.

What you will be doing…

Managing a small, newly established, team you’ll work with colleagues across the organisation to develop a clear understanding of the BRC’s obligations and the controls implemented to ensure they are complied with. Based on an assessment of residual risk you’ll design, and be responsible for the delivery of, an effective monitoring and testing programme. You’ll work in partnership with front-line services and other corporate functions to identify actions to address any areas of control weakness and non-compliance ensuring those actions are tracked to completion and deliver both tangible improvement and organisational learning. Working in conjunction with Compliance colleagues across the organisation, you’ll play an important role in developing best practice within the BRC.

What we are looki ng for…

– Experience of managing an assurance function – Experience of designing and delivering an Assurance Plan – An ability to interrogate and interpret regulation – Strong stakeholder management and excellent communication skills – Proven consultancy ability – analytical, problem solving, and influencing – Ideally, experience of setting up a new assurance team and knowledge and understanding of the charity sector.

About the team

The Assurance Manager will be part of a multi-functional team that brings together Compliance, Corporate Risk, Complaints Investigations, and Incident Management. The team sits within Professional Services; a part of the Internal Services Directorate, Professional Services is responsible for setting standards, providing advice and driving learning and improvement.

Closing date for applications is 23:59 on November 15t h with first stage interviews to follow the week after.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits, these include:

• 36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays) per annum • Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave • Up to 6% contributory pension • Flexible working policy

A little bit more about us…

The British Red Cross help anyone, anywhere in the UK; get the support they need if crisis strikes. From hiring a wheelchair or dealing with loneliness, to adjusting to life in a new country – we’re there when you need us.

Our organisation was born out of a desire to bring help without discrimination. Impartiality and neutrality have been central values for the Red Cross since we started.

At the British Red Cross, we are looking for the best people to help us provide support to millions of people affected by crisis in the UK. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardl ess of; age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Diversity is something we celebrate, and we want you to be able to bring your authentic-self to the Red Cross. We want you to feel that you are in an inclusive environment, and a great position to help us spread the power of kindness.

In the British Red Cross we will not tolerate any form of misconduct, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. We have a code of conduct in place and are committed to creating a culture of integrity in the organisation where misconduct is not tolerated, situations of abuse are quickly investigated, and perpetrators are dealt with effectively.

If you are appointed to a role within BRC you will be subject to the organisation’s Code of Conduct, a copy of which you can find on our website.

The British Red Cross, incorporated by R oyal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738).

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