Summary

What you'll do

As the Risk and Assurance Manager, you will play a key role in embedding a strong risk management, assurance, and internal control culture across the organisation. Reporting to the Head of Risk and Assurance, you will provide independent oversight and constructive challenge to ensure risks are effectively identified, managed, and controlled in line with organisational appetite.

You'll lead the delivery of enterprise risk management activities, coordinate assurance and internal audit work, and provide insightful reporting to senior leaders and the Board. Acting as a key liaison across directorates, you will ensure alignment between risk management practices and the broader assurance framework, helping the organisation make informed, confident decisions.

How you'll do it

• Lead the implementation and ongoing embedding of the Enterprise Risk Management Framework across the organisation.
• Provide second-line oversight and challenge on risk exposures, controls, and compliance with risk policies.
• Maintain and enhance risk registers, ensuring they reflect material risks, control effectiveness, and emerging issues.
• Support the development and delivery of a risk-based assurance and internal audit plan aligned to strategic priorities.
• Lead and/or oversee assurance reviews, ensuring findings are clearly articulated with actionable recommendations.
• Track and report on management actions arising from assurance and audit activity.
• Analyse complex data to identify trends, interdependencies, and emerging risks.
• Develop high-quality risk reporting, dashboards, and briefings for Executive and Board-level audiences.
• Monitor key risk indicators (KRIs) and assess the effectiveness of mitigation strategies.
• Partner with directorates to embed risk and control practices into planning and decision-making processes.
• Provide training, advice, and guidance to promote consistent understanding of risk and assurance principles.
• Ensure alignment with regulatory requirements and continuously improve risk and assurance frameworks.

The ideal candidate

We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation.

Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.

Essential:

• Professional qualification (or working towards) in risk management, internal audit, or accounting (e.g. IRM, IIA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent).
• Proven experience in risk management, assurance, or internal audit within a complex or regulated environment.
• Strong understanding of enterprise risk management frameworks, internal controls, and assurance methodologies (including the three lines of defence).
• Experience of analysing complex data and translating insights into actionable recommendations.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Demonstrable experience of building strong internal and external relationships.
• Ability to manage, develop, and motivate a team to deliver high performance.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• High level of integrity and commitment to ethical standards.

Desirable:.

• Experience of delivering or overseeing internal audit or assurance reviews.
• Experience within housing, finance, or another regulated sector.

What's in it for you?

Once you join us, you'll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You'll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential.

Benefits include:

• Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
• Generous pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
• Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations.
• Health cash plan
• Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.
• Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Life Assurance x 4 annual salary

All about us

Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 65,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,800 employees.

For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit:https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/

We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments.

To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit: https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/diversity-is-our-strength/

Selection Process

Step 1: If you are interested, please send your application now! Closing date is Sunday 24 May 2026.  

Step 2: Successful candidates will be asked to do an assessment  

Step 3: Successful candidates will be invited to interview  

Please apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team via .  

NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.