Senior Governance & Reporting Manager

First Recruitment Group; Helensburgh; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

First Recruitment Group is seeking a Governance & Reporting Manager to support a major infrastructure and capability programme. The role delivers governance, reporting and stakeholder engagement across the project lifecycle, ensuring timely decisions and strong controls.

You will facilitate governance forums, maintain SOPs and process maps, and manage RAIDO risk and issue management with on-site delivery expectations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3–5 years' governance-related experience.
• Strong governance, risk, scheduling and process management.
• Experience supporting project controls within infrastructure or major programmes.
• Experience engaging and managing stakeholders.
• Ability to analyse complex information and present concise recommendations.
• Strong organisational and leadership skills.
• Experience working within collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience using reporting and project management tools such as Power BI and Jira.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain governance documentation and SOPs.
• Manage governance, reporting and stakeholder engagement across the programme.
• Facilitate governance forums and ensure compliance with processes.
• Support RAIDO risk and issue management and reporting.
• Produce governance reports, updates and presentation materials.
• Coordinate governance approvals and decision submissions.
• Maintain oversight of risk, issues and changes across the programme.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Governance

Leadership

Communication

Decision making

Education

APM Chartered Project Professional (ChPP)

APMG Project Planning and Control Practitioner

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)

Tools

Power BI

Jira

Job description

This Governance & Reporting Manager role sits within a Capability Integration function and is responsible for supporting governance activities that enable effective programme management, control, assurance and decision-making.

The successful candidate will manage governance processes, reporting activities and stakeholder engagement across a major infrastructure and capability programme. The role requires the collection, analysis and reporting of programme information to support informed decision-making and delivery confidence.

The position involves facilitating governance forums, maintaining reporting structures and ensuring integration between multiple stakeholders through consistent processes, reporting standards and controls.

The environment is complex and fast-paced, with numerous programme interdependencies and operational constraints. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate strong programme and project management capability while delivering outcomes at pace.

This role requires regular onsite attendance to support workshops, governance meetings, stakeholder engagement and operational activities.

Key Responsibilities

Governance & Process Management

• Develop and maintain RACI matrices and programme ways of working.


• Develop and maintain process maps.


• Support the creation and maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and desk instructions.


• Ensure governance activities operate effectively and comply with agreed processes.

Stakeholder Management

• Develop stakeholder engagement plans using appropriate analysis and profiling techniques.


• Lead stakeholder analysis activities, identifying key stakeholder groups and engagement requirements.


• Ensure appropriate communication and engagement throughout the project lifecycle.

Change Control

• Analyse programme change requests and assess impacts.


• Ensure compliance with established change control processes.


• Escalate instances of non-compliance where necessary.


• Maintain programme change control records and logs.

Decision Support

• Ensure decision papers are supported by robust documentation and analysis.


• Coordinate governance approvals and decision submissions.


• Track decisions and ensure outcomes are communicated and recorded appropriately.

Knowledge & Information Management

• Implement and manage knowledge management processes.


• Ensure compliance with organisational information management standards.


• Support document governance and information-control activities.


• Lead lessons learned activities and maintain lessons learned registers.

Oversight Responsibilities

• Maintain oversight of risk and issue management activities.


• Ensure Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies and Opportunities (RAIDO) are accurately captured and reported.


• Support risk leads in communicating key risks to governance forums.


• Ensure governance boards provide appropriate focus on risk and issue management.

Planning & Scheduling

• Maintain oversight of programme planning and scheduling activity.


• Ensure schedule information is accurate, current and appropriately communicated.


• Support reporting against programme milestones and delivery objectives.


• Promote effective integration of planning activities within governance cycles.

Governance Reporting

• Review and analyse reporting data before governance meetings.


• Ensure reporting is accurate, consistent and delivered to agreed timelines.


• Produce governance reports, updates and presentation materials.


• Ensure decisions and actions are properly recorded and tracked.

Project Support

• Oversee programme support and secretariat activities.


• Support document control processes and reporting requirements.


• Monitor compliance with programme administration standards.


• Escalate issues affecting governance or reporting effectiveness.

Experience

• Minimum 3-5 years' experience in a governance-related role.


• Strong understanding of governance, risk, scheduling and process management.


• Experience supporting project controls within infrastructure or major programmes.


• Experience engaging and managing stakeholders.


• Ability to analyse complex information and present concise recommendations.


• Strong organisational and leadership skills.


• Experience working within collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams.


• Experience using reporting and project management tools such as Power BI and Jira.

Security & Eligibility

• Sole UK National.


• Able to obtain or hold SC Security Clearance.


• Willingness to undertake regular onsite working as required by programme needs.

Qualifications & Professional Memberships

Suitable candidates will ideally have experience within programme governance and major project delivery environments.

• APM Chartered Project Professional (ChPP)


• APMG Project Planning and Control Practitioner


• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)

As part of putting people first, we strive to be an equal opportunities employer and we are always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce, working closely with our clients to ensure everyone is included.