Risk & Assurance Manager - Housing Association

Job description

Risk & Assurance Manager | Lancashire | £55,000 | Permanent

Castlefield Recruitment are working with a leading Housing Association based in Lancashire who are seeking an experience Risk & Assurance Manager to ensure compliant risk management and safeguard assets.

Key Duties

• Oversee and maintain the Group Risk Management Framework, ensuring it remains aligned to regulatory requirements
• Identify, assess, manage, monitor and report strategic and operational risks.
• Ensure management is clearly understood
• Lead the embedding of risk appetite, tolerance levels and escalation thresholds
• Ensuring informed decision‑making and performance discussions.
• Support the development of an organisational culture where risks and opportunities are clearly understood
• Build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Oversee the design, mapping and monitoring of internal controls
• Validate assurance evidence
• Maintain the Group’s strategic risk register/s
• Oversee the outsourced internal audit programme

Person Specification

• Strong understanding of risk management frameworks
• Risk reporting
• Regulatory standards in the Public Sector
• Managing and maintain strategic risk processes
• Business continuity planning experience

For further information please contract Charlie Dixon, Principal Consultant charlie.dixon@castlefieldrecruitment.com

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Lancashire

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

04-03-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English