Capital Delivery Assurance & Governance Manager

Are you passionate about being part of building a team to deliver excellence in programmes and projects? Are you keen to be involved in a large and challenging construction portfolio? Do you have an eye for spotting what works well and an eagerness to understand why things can go wrong? Join us as we continue to improve risk, governance, and assurance in Thames Water’s Capital Delivery portfolio.

We seek a subject matter expert in governance and assurance within a delivery environment to play a vital role in safeguarding our performance and improving our key control environment. Your expertise will help build stakeholder confidence in our delivery and support the effective management of our key risks.

As part of the Capital Delivery Programme Management Office, you will be responsible for the improvement to, and operation of, our Assurance Strategy and associated plan to target the correct reviews at the right time. This is a key component of our 3-Lines of Defence approach. You’ll own the process for scoping and delivering assurance sprints across the Capital Delivery organisation and for ensuring the best insight is produced. This will require you to work closely with our risk experts and to build strong relationships across the management teams.
Your other principal role will be to manage Capital Delivery’s governance process. You will aim to assure the quality of Capital Delivery’s projects through funding approval. This will include managing the process and its many interfaces with key stakeholders across Thames Water. You will need to demonstrate an aptitude for continuous improvement to bring best value from our process whilst improving our key governance controls.

Join our team and make an impact at an exciting and ambitious period for project delivery in the water sector.

What you’ll be doing as a Capital Delivery Assurance & Governance Manager

• Manage and enhance the Capital Delivery Assurance Strategy.
• Manage our Risk and Assurance Plan for the 3-lines of the defence model, supported by the Capital Delivery risk process.
• Manage and deliver the assurance sprint programme to the Risk and Assurance Plan.
• Support the Head of Risk, Governance and Assurance in overseeing the effectiveness of the corporate governance framework for Capital Delivery and its portfolio of works to meet its objectives.
• Manage the annual compilation and approval of Capital Delivery’s Self-Certification to Thames Water’s Executive and Board through Internal Audit and monitor and report on the delivery of any improvement actions.
• Build strong relationships with major discipline areas and other assurance providers in the PMO and Delivery Offices to facilitate a good understanding of the layers of assurance, their interfaces, and their effectiveness.
• Support the leadership team and process owners to optimise assurance provision.
• Identify and implement appropriate Performance Indicators to drive a proactive approach to assurance provision.
• Provide support and cover in the administration, management, and development of our Business Management System.
• Lead the team, with support from subject matter experts, to review the fitness of programmes and projects to proceed to governance (capital approvals).
• Lead the Capital Delivery input to continuously improve business cases for programmes and projects (including quality management and workflow).

What you should bring to the role

• Strong background in governance and assurance.
• Comprehensive experience of undertaking formal reviews, such as audits, and leading a programme of assurance.
• Experience in continuous improvement methodologies and approaches.
• Knowledge of corporate governance.
• Knowledge of large construction projects.
• Knowledge of enterprise risk management processes and principles.
• Knowledge of programme and project management principles.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills.
• Data analytics and reporting within a top-tier reporting function, preferably a PMO.
• Proven knowledge of working cross-functionally through a series of diverse teams within a larger organisational structure.
• Strong communication (verbal & written), influencing, persuading, relationship management and presentation skills.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary from £54,000 to £65,000 per annum.
• This role will have a car allowance of £5800 per annum.
• 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service (Plus bank holidays).
• Annual Bonus.
• Private Medical Health Care.
• Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
• Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
• Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.

Who are we?
At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.

Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we’re committed to taking care of it for us all.

But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We need to keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?

Working at Thames Water
At Thames Water we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.

We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complimentary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, background, and differences that each individual brings.

Our over-arching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.