Head of Governance – Rail Jobs In Birmingham

Overview

Position Title: Head of Governance

Company: Network Rail

Location: Birmingham, UK

Job Description:

Responsibilities: 

• Direct and lead the corporate governance, assurance and improvement forums leading strategy and influencing decision making across the Region to guarantee the strategic objectives of the business are met.
• Lead the development and implementation of the regional governance framework and management system guaranteeing internal Network Rail policy and external regulatory
• requirements are adhered to maintaining risk to acceptable levels and delivering on commitments to all key internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead the delivery of the Network Rail strategic vision and direction for governance, risk, assurance to enable the Region to deliver on its commitments both internally and for external stakeholders through the determination process for each Control Period (CP).
• Lead the region enterprise risk portfolio focussed on the key threats and opportunities to the achievement of the regions strategic plan. Direct the reduction in region exposure with robust plans to keep threats within appetite thresholds and maximise the benefits of opportunities.
• Manage the development and delivery of the Region audit plan, including integration and support of the Network Rail business audit interventions, corporate Safety Functional Audit and corporate
• Internal Audit activity to maintain the three lines of defence required to protect business reputation and customer confidence.

Reqirements:

• Chartered Quality Professional or an equivalent in the fields of governance, risk and assurance
• Able to demonstrate significant governance, risk and assurance experience in a large and complex multidisciplinary organisation
• Recognised leadership capability, with the vision and ability to establish cross-functional relationships and drive cultural/organisational change
• Demonstrable excellent communication and presentation skills, numerate, analytical and articulate and ability to develop business-wide solutions
• Able to demonstrate expert knowledge and experience at a senior level in the successful delivery of governance, assurance, and improvement in a large and complex multidisciplinary organisation
• Proven exceptional interpersonal skills, possessing the ability to maintain credibility and influence people at all levels within a large complex organisation, up to and including executive level as well as diverse senior stakeholders