Risk Governance Officer (18 months FTC)

As Risk Governance Officer, you’ll play an important role in helping Our Future Health embed effective and proportionate risk management across the organisation. Working closely with the Risk Governance Manager, you’ll coordinate day-to-day risk governance activities, support assurance and risk management processes, and partner with teams across the organisation to strengthen risk-informed decision making.

Despite big improvements in healthcare in our lifetimes, today millions of people in the UK still live in poor health as they get older. Diseases like cancer, dementia, diabetes, and heart disease affect the lives of many people in our communities. Our goal is to create a world-leading resource for health research, to improve our understanding and spot the patterns of how and why common diseases start, so treatments can begin sooner and be more effective.

Our Future Health is the UK’s largest ever health research programme, bringing people together to develop new ways to detect, prevent, and treat diseases. We are a charity, supported by the UK Government, in partnership with charities and industry. We work closely with the NHS and with public authorities across all nations and regions of the UK.

This is a Fixed Term contract position for 18 months.

What you’ll be doing:

In this role, you’ll work collaboratively with colleagues across Our Future Health to coordinate risk governance processes and help embed a positive and p