Governance & Assurance Manager

Anglian Water Services; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Governance & Assurance Manager to lead major infrastructure projects worth billions. This exciting role involves developing governance frameworks, conducting audits, and collaborating with stakeholders to enhance project delivery. With a commitment to professional development, the company offers a flexible working environment, competitive benefits, and the chance to make a significant impact in the water industry. Join a team dedicated to excellence and innovation in service delivery.

Benefits

Personal private health care

26 days annual leave

Flexible working

Competitive pension scheme

Bonus scheme

Flexible benefits for wellbeing

Qualifications

• Significant experience in major project governance and assurance.
• Experience in creating Integrated Assurance & Approvals Plans (IAAP).

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain governance frameworks for major projects.
• Lead assurance activities including audits and compliance reviews.
• Monitor governance performance and identify areas for improvement.

Skills

Governance frameworks development

Internal audits

Risk assessments

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder collaboration

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree level education

Membership of a relevant professional organisation

Job description

Circa £55k , salary dependant on skills and experience

Permanent

Home working and Peterborough office

Full time, 37 hours a week

Anglian Water offers a flexible approach, this role offers you the flexibility to work from home and from an Anglian Water office. Your based location would be World Wide House in Peterborough.

Exciting position to work within our Major Infrastructure Team, working on Multi-Billion pound projects!

The Anglian Water Strategic Asset Management Sponsorship team has been formed to champion the delivery of a Major Projects Portfolio of circa £1bn of capital investment in AMP8. Within the Sponsorship team, the Governance & Assurance function provides portfolio management, governance and assurance for these key major infrastructure projects.

The Governance & Assurance team are seeking an experienced Governance & Assurance Manager to lead and enhance the governance and assurance framework for our major projects and programmes. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and help deliver Anglian Water’s most ambitious capital delivery AMP on record.

The successful candidate will lead the strategic oversight over the major projects governance and assurance function, ensuring robust governance and assurance functions are in place. The role will involve collaboration with senior stakeholders, both internally in Anglian Water and externally.

What will you be doing?

Develop, implement and maintain governance frameworks;

• You will be responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of our governance frameworks across the Major projects portfolio.

• Securing approval and agreement to the frameworks that you develop

• It will be essential that you support the business integrity and compliance against these frameworks

Lead assurance activities, including internal audits, risk assessments, and regulatory compliance reviews;

• You will be an integral role in the assurance and audit cycle and will be expected to work with both internal and external parties

• You will be responsible for developing project Integrated Assurance and Approvals Plans (IAAPs) and responsible for ensuring that 2nd and 3rd Line of Defence reviews are undertaken and findings are implemented.

Monitor and report on governance and assurance performance, identifying areas for improvement;

• You will be responsible for not just the monitoring of project assurance, but how effective our IAAPs are. Where necessary, it will be expected that you will alter these to suit, if required.

• Collaborate with internal teams and external regulators to enhance governance standards

• Promote a culture of accountability and continuous improvement

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Personal private health care

• 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service

• Flexible working

• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%

• Bonus scheme

• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

What does it take to be the Assurance & Assurance Lead?

• Ideally educated to degree level with appropriate technical qualification or equivalent experience

• Membership of a relevant professional organisation (ICE, APM etc)

• Significant experience of major project governance and assurance

• Significant experience of providing right first time reporting

• Experience of creating and improving Integrated Assurance & Approvals Plans (IAAP)

• Audit experience of Major Projects (desirable)

• Experience of providing governance and integrated assurance advice, risk potential assessments, gateway reviews and services for a large and diverse portfolio of projects and programmes

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to establish positive working relationships and influence people at all levels within the organisation

Why Anglian Water?

Here at Anglian Water, we are one of the leading providers of water and water recycling services in the UK and our organisation is an industry benchmark for quality and customer service. But what makes us unique is our commitment to providing the development people need to make a real difference.

Our career opportunities provide on-going learning and professional development within a challenging work environment, which provides a vital service for our customers.

Closing date: 11 May 2025

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