Associate Director of Risk and Assurance

  • NCVO
  • Mar 25, 2026
Full time Executive

Job Description

The Key Information

  • Location: London based, requiring two days per week at Society Building, 8 All Saints Street, London N1.
  • Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week.
  • Salary: £85,000 per annum.
  • Contract: Permanent.
  • Interview process: Two stages totalling around 2 hours.
  • Reporting to: Chief Financial Officer.

About the Role

Driving success through good governance

We re looking for someone to lead our organisation s approach to risk, assurance and governance and allow us to make society-changing decisions with confidence.

As Associate Director of Risk and Assurance, you ll lead the development and delivery of our organisation s enterprise risk management and assurance framework ensuring strategic, operational and financial risks are understood, managed and aligned with organisational priorities.

Sitting within the senior leadership team and working closely with the Chief Financial Officer and C-suite executive team, you ll strengthen governance, transparency and accountability across the organisation.

Your leadership will ensure robust assurance, effective oversight and confident decision-making at Executive and Board level.

Why this role matters

Strong governance and intelligent risk management are essential to organisational sustainability and impact.

In this role, you ll:

  • shape and lead the organisation s enterprise risk and assurance framework
  • strengthen governance, transparency and accountability across the organisation
  • enable confident, evidence-based decision-making at Executive and Board level
  • build organisational resilience in a complex and evolving environment
  • provide trusted professional expertise within the senior leadership team.

This is a unique opportunity to combine strategic leadership with professional expertise, helping our organisation remain well-governed, resilient and able to deliver its mission with confidence.

Why Join Us?

With members at the heart of everything we do, we champion the charities and volunteers who make a daily difference to our communities across England. Join us and help us make communities stronger and support us making a bigger difference!

Some of NCVO s great benefits include:

  • 25 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time staff), increasing based on years of service
  • five days volunteering leave (pro rata for part-time staff)
  • enhanced pay for maternity/adoption leave
  • generous employer pension contribution of up to 8.5% of salary.

Find out more about the benefits of working at NCVO on our wbesite.