Interim Deputy Head of Governance

On behalf of UKRI, we are looking for an Interim Deputy Head of Governance Inside IR35 for a 6 months contract based Hybrid with 2 days a week in Swindon and other occasional travel to London

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the national funding agency investing in science and research in the UK.

UKRI invests £8 billion of taxpayers' money each year into research and innovation and the people who make it happen. They work across a huge range of fields - from biodiversity conservation to quantum computing, and from space telescopes to innovative health care. They give everyone the opportunity to contribute and to benefit, bringing together people and organisations nationally and globally to create, develop and deploy new ideas and technologies.

Job Purpose:

To support the Deputy Director Governance and Head of Governance in developing and embedding effective governance, risk management and assurance arrangements including designing and advising on the implementation of new controls where appropriate.

As a Interim Deputy Head of Governance , your main responsibilities will be to:

• Lead the Governance team and working with work with key stakeholders throughout Innovate UK to develop and embed risk management, including development of a risk-based culture, working effectively with the central UKRI risk team
  
• Review existing governance and assurance arrangements and identify/advise on the implementation of new controls and delivering change on continuous improvement to those controls.
  
• Understand the key legal, policy and good practice frameworks within which Innovate UK works and to identify associated risk
  
• Work with the Deputy Director Governance and Assurance on establishing and maintaining an appropriate policy environment, implementing UKRI and IUK policies / local guidance to support IUK delivery within agreed policy and legislative requirements
  
• Carry out investigations to identify Innovate UK's level of compliance with legal, policy and good practice frameworks and to make recommendations for better compliance
  
• Work with Head of Governance and Deputy Director Governance and Assurance in identifying and implementing new legislative and other good practice guidance in the governance, risk and assurance areas. To ensure that the organisation is well informed through appropriate briefings
  
  Essential:
  
• Experience of working within Governance, Risk and Assurance within business as usual teams or within a programme setting in public sector
  
• Hands on experience of working within a fast-paced environment and meeting the needs of multiple stakeholders
  
• Supporting/delivering work for senior stakeholders including Senior Managers, Directors or Board members
  
• Identifying and advising on implementation of improvements in control and assurance frameworks
  
• Experience in grants management
  
  Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.
  
  Disability Confident
  
  As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, UKRI guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.
  
  Armed Forces Covenant
  
  UKRI guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.
  
  In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different