Risk, Assurance and Governance Officer (EO)

Job summary

As a member of the Operational Excellence team, you will support the development and delivery of quality assurance, risk and governance processes across the division. You will provide effective support to the Assurance, Risk and Governance Leads, working closely with operational units and key stakeholders to ensure processes are well coordinated and delivered effectively.

The role also includes providing an efficient secretariat service across the division, including organising meetings, maintaining records and supporting a range of administrative systems. Excellent IT skills are essential, particularly experience in designing and maintaining spreadsheets and managing information across different systems.

This is a challenging and varied role that requires strong organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities. You will need excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the confidence to build effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels.

Part time working hours are available for this role. We can accept part time applicants who can commit to working a minimum of 30 hours per week.

Job description

The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) became an Arm's Length Body (ALB) of Ministry for Housing, Communities, and Local Government (MHCLG) on 1st June 2026.

The BSR is a Non-crown, Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB), and as such its employees are Public Servants, rather than Civil Servants.

All employees will have access to:

• The Civil Service Pension Scheme.
• Civil Service Jobs and the ability to apply for roles advertised Across Government.
• The entitlement to compensation being calculated in line with the Civil Service Compensation Scheme.

Existing Civil Servants transferring into BSR will have their continuity of Service recognised for the purposes of sick pay and annual leave entitlement. However, if they later move to another Civil Service department, continuity of service may not automatically be recognised by the receiving department.

This would be subject to that department’s own policies and arrangements.

Key Responsibilities:

You will work within the Operational Excellence Team supporting the work of the team and the wider BSD Operational Units to enable them to manage quality assurance, risk and governance successfully.

As a Risk, Assurance and Governance Officer, you will provide a range of support including:

• Providing complex administrative and secretariat support across a range of internal meetings.
• Management of shared inboxes and calendars.
• Deliver accurate and high-quality papers, briefings, and minutes within agreed deadlines, ensuring compliance with governance and organisational assurance requirements.
• Maintaining governance registers and logs, ensuring accuracy and reporting requirements are followed when required.
• Ensuring governance processes are followed, in compliance with statutory timeframes and internal policies.
• Proactively seek creative solutions to challenges and opportunities, in line with your role and responsibilities.

Person specification

Essential Skills and Criteria:

• Demonstrable awareness and understanding of quality assurance, risk management and/or governance processes and procedures.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with a high level of attention to detail.
• Ability to organise and manage workloads effectively, including planning, prioritising tasks and meeting deadlines.
• Demonstrable experience of handling sensitive and confidential information appropriately, exercising discretion and maintaining confidentiality.
• Experience of working effectively both independently and as part of a team, with confidence in engaging with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels of seniority.
• A flexible and responsive approach to organisational change and evolving business priorities.

Hybrid Working

At BSR, we are proud to be able to offer our people the opportunity to work in a hybrid way which combines working from home and the office. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement, and your allocated office will be your contractual place of work.

There will be a requirement to travel to the office for various activities, e.g., collaborative working, supporting and training colleagues. If hybrid working is suitable for you and your role, you will be expected to attend the office, or other business-related site, for 60% of your working week. The arrangements will be determined primarily by business need, but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account.

Therefore, we would encourage candidates to consider if the commute from home to the office is a feasible distance to travel before making an application. Please note that if you are successful, hybrid working will be discussed prior to taking up the post.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Managing a Quality Service

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £31,657, Building Safety Regulator contributes

£9,171 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

We invest in our people with;

• Competitive rates of pay
• Access to the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme to which we contribute 28.97% far more than in the private sector
• Family friendly policies and working hours to help balance your home life and career
• Carer friendly policies to help create a supportive working culture
• 185 hours annual holiday increasing to 222 hours after 5 years' qualifying service, plus public holidays
• Parental leave benefits
• As a member of BSR you will gain access to a wide range of fantastic benefits that you can take advantage of such as the Cycle to Work Scheme, E-Gift Cards, and Vouchers via our partner EdenRed.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Application Information

As part of your application, you will be invited to complete an anonymised CV which should include your career history, experience, and qualifications. Please be advised that the CV is for information purposes only and will not be scored.

You will also be asked to complete:

• An anonymised Personal Statement, of no more than 500 words which demonstrates how you meet the Essential Skills and Criteria of the job advert.
• A statement of up to 250 words on the Lead Behaviour ' Managing a Quality Service '.

• Application Guidance
• Please access the following link for guidance on how to apply and how to complete a Personal Statement How to apply
• Sift Information

The sift will take place from the week commencing Monday 5th of October where you will be scored on your Personal Statement and Lead Behaviour Statement on 'Managing a Quality Service'.

IMPORTANT : Please note, In the event of a high number of applications at sift, an initial sift will be conducted on your Lead Behaviour Statement. If you meet the benchmark for the Lead Behaviour element, you will be progressed to a full sift in which the Personal Statement will also be scored. If you do not meet the standard for the Lead Behaviour Statement, you will not receive a score for your Personal Statement.

Interview Information

Interviews will take place the week commencing Monday 2nd of November when you will be assessed against the Behaviours detailed within the job advert.

The Lead Behaviour 'Managing a Quality Service' will be used in the event of a tie-break.

Sponsorship

This role is not open to application from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and require sponsorship your application will be rejected, and any provisional offers of employment will be withdrawn.

Further Information

Please note that a Reserve List will be held for the period of up to 12 months. There is no guarantee you will be offered a role from our reserve lists, so if you see a vacancy on Civil Service Jobs that you are interested in, we recommend you apply.

BSR reserve the right to conduct additional checks, including Google and social media checks, when recruiting candidates into a role within BSR. These checks will be carried out in line with the Civil Service Commission Principles and, if used all candidates will be subject to these additional checks.

From 23rd June 2025, if you are successful at interview, as part of your pre-employment checks, HSE’s Recruitment Team are required to check your details against the Internal Fraud Hub (IFH), using your personal details – name, NINO, and date of birth. If you are included on the database, you will be refused employment . If you believe that there has been an error in the inclusion of your data and wish to make an appeal, please contact the CO email box internal.fraud@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.

Details of the types of internal fraud/dishonesty covered by this process are defined by the Cabinet Office and can be found here Internal Fraud Register privacy notice - GOV.UK

It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure they are aware of the terms and conditions they will adopt should they be successful in their application. For a summary of BSR terms and conditions, please see the attached BSR Terms and Conditions document.

Progression through pay ranges is subject to annual pay awards as permitted within annual pay remit guidance and negotiations with Trade Unions.

BSR is proud to be a part of the Disability Confidence Scheme (DCS). As a Disability Confident employer, we positively welcome applications from disabled people. We are committed to making workplace adjustments to ensure anyone can participate in the recruitment and selection process.

If, during the application or interview process, you require any assistance due to a disability or a medical condition, please contact us at the email address below to discuss how we can support you. For example, if you have a disability, and you need an application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please contact: hr.resourcing-team@hse.gov.uk o r

If successful in securing your role, BSR can provide suitable workplace adjustments to support you throughout your career with BSR.

Any move to BSR from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility here.

Please note, if you are a current civil servant and you are currently undergoing any of the following formal actions your application will not be progressed any further; Formal discipline action, any formal action regarding attendance, poor performance or any restriction of duties as a result of disciplinary action.

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