Assurance Specialist (we have office locations in Cambridge, Leeds and London)

We are hiring an Assurance Specialist to join us here at Genomics England.

This is a broad assurance role spanning cyber security data protection and operational resilience focused on assurance governance and compliance rather than hands-on technical delivery. The role supports the organisation in meeting relevant standards regulations and internal policies helping ensure risks across services are understood monitored and addressed.

You will work closely with assurance leads across the three pillars supporting risk assessments assurance activities reporting and awareness initiatives. You will help review and maintain policies track compliance evidence support audits and reviews and contribute to the continuous improvement of assurance frameworks.

This role suits an Assurance Specialist already working in an assurance risk governance or compliance environment who enjoys variety autonomy with clear guardrails and operating across a complex regulated organisation. Trust resilience and compliance are central to the role supporting services that deliver nationally important healthcare and research outcomes.

This is an excellent opportunity to further broaden and advance your assurance career on meaningful work and across multiple disciplines and regulated environments.
 

Key Responsibilities:

• Support assurance activities across cyber security data protection and operational resilience identifying risks and recommending mitigation actions.
• Review and contribute to policies procedures and governance materials to ensure compliance with relevant standards and regulations.
• Support audits assurance reviews penetration tests supplier assessments and incident-related activities tracking findings and ensuring timely follow-up.
• Prepare and analyse management information and assurance reporting turning evidence into clear actionable recommendations for stakeholders.
• Assist with business impact analyses business continuity and disaster recovery planning observing exercises documenting lessons learned and tracking remediation.
• Contribute to staff awareness initiatives embedding assurance compliance and risk awareness across the organisation.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Experience working in an assurance risk governance or compliance role.
• Ability to assess and articulate risk across technical and non-technical domains.
• Experience supporting audits assurance reviews or compliance activities.
• Strong analytical skills able to interpret evidence identify gaps and make proportionate recommendations.
• Clear and confident communicator able to engage a wide range of stakeholders.
• Proven organisational skills able to manage multiple assurance activities across complex environments.

Desirable Skills & Experience:

• Familiarity with standards such as ISO 22301 ISO 27001 or similar frameworks.
• Knowledge of data protection principles including GDPR and UK DPA 2018.
• Experience in business continuity disaster recovery or operational resilience assurance.
• Experience working within the NHS healthcare life sciences public sector or other heavily regulated environments.
• Experience contributing to assurance reporting management information or staff awareness initiatives.
• Experience with supplier audits third-party risk management or accreditation support.

This is a chance to step into a truly broad and impactful assurance role helping shape how Genomics England manages risk compliance and resilience across nationally important services.
 

Qualifications :

Formal qualifications are not essential. However certifications or training related to audit assurance risk data protection information security or operational resilience are welcome and considered beneficial.

Additional Information :

Salary From: 51000
Closing Date: Tuesday 3rd February at 23:00 (UK time)

Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself but in order to support our people were continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals as well as offering a benefits package including: 

• Generous Leave: 30 days holiday plus bank holidays additional leave for long service and the option to apply for up to 30 days of remote working abroad annually (approval required).
• Family-Friendly: Blended working arrangements flexible working enhanced maternity paternity and shared parental leave benefits.
• Pension & Financial: Defined contribution pension (Genomics England double-matches up to 10% however you can contribute more if you wish) Life Assurance (3x salary) and a Give As You Earn scheme.
• Learning & Development: Individual learning budgets support for training and certifications and reimbursement for one annual professional subscription (approval required).
• Recognition & Rewards: Employee recognition programme and referral scheme.
• Health & Wellbeing: Subsidised gym membership a free Headspace account and access to an Employee Assistance Programme eye tests flu jabs.

Equal opportunities and our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace 

Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability ethnicity gender gender identity religion sexual orientation or social background. 

Genomics Englands policies of non-discrimination and equity and will be applied fairly to all people regardless of age disability gender identity or reassignment marital or civil partnership status being pregnant or recently becoming a parent race religion or beliefs sex or sexual orientation length of service whether full or part-time or employed under a permanent or a fixed-term contract or any other relevant factor.  

Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination harassment victimisation or bullying at work. Such behaviour undermines our mission and core values and diminishes the dignity respect and integrity of all parties. Our People policies outline our commitment to inclusivity. 

We aim to remove barriers in our recruitment processes and to be flexible with our interview processes. Should you require any adjustments that may help you to fully participate in the recruitment process we encourage you to discuss this with us. 

Culture

We have four key behaviours that represent what we would like Genomics England to feel like and the culture we want to encourage in order for us to achieve our mission. These behaviours help us all work well together deliver on our outcomes celebrate our successes and share feedback with each other. You can read about these and other aspects of our culture here Culture Genomics England

Blended working model

Genomics England operates a blended working model as we know our people appreciate the flexibility that hybrid working can bring. We expect most people to come into the office a minimum of 2 times each month. However this will vary according to role and will be agreed with your team leader. There is no expectation that people will return to the office full time unless they want to however some of our roles require full time on site attendance e.g. lab teams reception team. 

Our teams and squads have and will continue to reflect on what works best for them to work together successfully and have the freedom to design working patterns to suit beyond the minimum. Our office locations are: Canary Wharf Cambridge and Leeds.

Onboarding background checks

As part of our recruitment process all successful candidates are subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.  We therefore require applicants to disclose any previous offences at point of application as some unspent convictions may mean we are unable to proceed with your application due to the nature of our work in healthcare. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time