Governance & Assurance Officer

Job Title: Governance & Assurance Officer

Location: Preston. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £35,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Assist with the engagement and coordination of materials (e.g., reports, action updates, status reports) from individuals across the wider Enterprise IT team
• Maintain a timetable of regular activities and deliverables (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually), tracking progress and providing a monthly summary report
• Aid in day-to-day activities, such as scheduling meetings, taking notes of actions and updates, and subsequently following up with action owners
• Maintain the team SharePoint site
• Manage SharePoint and Shared Network Drive Permissions Models where needed
• Facilitate Business Management System audits and follow through on actions, ensuring processes and diagrams are maintained

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Previous analysis and/or project administration experience
• Good organisational, proactive, and motivational skills
• Effective time management with the ability to handle tasks across multiple projects

Desirable:

• Knowledge of Audit practices
• Familiarity with Operational Excellence (Lean methodology)
• Awareness of Quality Management Systems, Operational Framework, and Operational Assurance process

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The EIT Governance & Performance team:

A key member of the EIT Governance & Performance team within EIT Shared Services with responsibility for ensuring appropriate control environments are in place across the business, demonstrated through operational assurance and governance, risk management processes and internal audit.

As a Governance and Assurance officer, you will be co-ordinating and supporting the management of the governance and compliance activities for BAE Systems Enterprise IT, focusing on ensuring the IT applications and services meet various governance and compliance requirements.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 12th February 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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