Governance & Assurance Officer

Job introduction

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Job Title: Governance & Assurance Officer

A bit about us:

Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic, and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We've got ambitious targets to meet by 2025 and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.

Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.

We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with its rich culture, as well as affordable housing, good schools, beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!

The Role:

Liverpool City Council is on a significant transformation journey and we’re looking for a Governance & Assurance Officer to join our Portfolio Management Office (PMO), a central team driving transformation across the Council, to ensure effective governance and compliance of our Transformation initiatives from inception to closure across a number of organisation wide programmes. 

The Transformation Portfolio touches on all areas of Council activity. Projects will improve our customer service, influence how we manage our roads, improve how our residents receive care, and much more. Our Governance and Assurance Officers make a big difference to those projects and therefore the people who live and work in Liverpool. 

You have the chance to contribute to a growing team, and deliver real, tangible improvements throughout the organisation. We are working at the heart of this transformation and there has never been a more exciting time to join our team. 

Why Join Our Team:

Our Governance & Assurance Officers make a real difference, delivering tangible improvements that affect the people who live and work in Liverpool. The work is high-profile, involving complex stakeholders and challenges, but it offers the opportunity to be part of a team driving real transformation across the city.

This is an exciting time to join our PMO team as a Governance & Assurance Officer, where you'll help implement changes that shape Liverpool’s future. You’ll collaborate closely with directorates and project/programme teams to ensure effective governance and compliance of our projects from inception to closure.

Key Responsibilities:

As part of the PMO team, you will play a key role in embedding Governance & Assurance practices across the Council’s transformation portfolios

• You will develop close relationships with programme/project leads and senior managers giving leadership, support, challenge and scrutiny to ensure and influence successful delivery of key programmes/projects  
• You will design, implement and embed ‘best-practice’ transformation tools and processes, communicating these to the people delivering transformation
• You will ensure that staff are using these tools and processes to deliver transformation by completing independent assurance and health checks on projects and programmes
• You will provide expert advice to staff on delivering transformation, providing coaching and mentoring as needed
• You will provide objective assurance of projects and programmes, across their lifecycle, up to senior management by creating and reviewing project, programme and portfolio level reports on performance

Our offer to you:

• At least 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays rising to 32 after 5 years’ service (pro rata if part time) - option to purchase further days
• Agile working (role dependent) - a “Flexibility First” approach to agile working, where flexibility is the norm rather than the exception
• Part of the Local Government Pension Scheme – option to join the AVC Scheme
• Progression - opportunities and training through a wide range of high quality learning
• Health and Wellbeing - offer including Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work and Travel Pass Schemes
• Drive Time – a salary sacrifice car lease scheme
• Family friendly policies with enhanced leave
• Discounted Gym Memberships
• Employee Volunteering Scheme
• Medicash

Next steps:
Closing date: midnight Monday 4th August 2025
Interview date: w/c Monday 18th August 2025
Interview type: Face to Face interview which will include a presentation

We reserve the right to close vacancies earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If interested, please complete an application as early as possible.

If you would like any further information or an informal discussion, please contact Angela Cottrell at Angela.Cottrell2@liverpool.gov.uk

Watch our recruitment video and see what life is like working at Liverpool City Council.

Liverpool City Council is committed to fostering a workforce representative of the communities we serve. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in appointing candidates based on their skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. To support this commitment, we guarantee an interview to candidates from under-represented groups who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

If you require any reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010, such as an application form in a different format or additional time to complete your application, please contact us at recruitment@liverpool.gov.uk.

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