Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London is an established university in London's vibrant East End committed to high-quality teaching and research; offering both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
Opportunity ID: 1004
Faculty: Professional Services
Location: QM London
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Patterns: Full Time
Full Time Equivalent (FTE): 1.00
Salary Range: £53,449 - £59,495 per annum
Contact Details:
Ambrose Neville
Head of Information Security | IT Services
Email: a.neville@qmul.ac.uk
About the Role
The Governance, Risk and Compliance Manager is a senior role within the Information Security team, responsible for maintaining and improving governance and risk frameworks for IT Services. The postholder will define risk and governance processes, including how process owners are identified and the activities to ensure that the process is governed effectively, to ensure that IT systems and information assets are adequately protected. The postholder is responsible for identifying, evaluating and reporting on governance and compliance risks and issues in a manner that meets the University’s regulatory and legal requirements. The Governance, Risk and Compliance Manager works proactively with various departments, schools, faculties, business units, and other internal departments to implement practices that meet the University’s defined policies and standards for information risk management, governance, and compliance.
About You
You will have a significant level of specialist expertise in IT Governance, Risk and Compliance, with proven responsibility for, and experience of, executing a robust risk and governance process and frameworks in a complex environment. You will be successful at delivering high quality, robust, resilient, responsive, and secure enterprise-wide IT and Information Security governance, pursuing customer-focused approaches to achieve good governance within a risk-based approach.
You should ideally have a degree and/or professional qualification in an IT subject or in-depth experience in a relevant technical area. It is essential that you either hold a risk management qualification (e.g. CRISC) or can otherwise demonstrate significant management and operational experience using appropriate best practice information risk frameworks such as ISO 27001. It is desirable that you have project management qualifications e.g. Prince 2, MSP, PMP qualified or demonstrable experience of managing projects.
About the Department
IT Services are dedicated to enabling transformational change, improving and maintaining complex operations, and delivering change. They support excellence in research and teaching through comprehensive services such as high-performance computing, data storage, desktop support, and digital solutions design, ensuring seamless IT experiences for students and staff.
Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme, and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work-life balance and family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, campus facilities, and flexible working arrangements.
Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.
Valuing Diversity & Committed to Equality
Closing Date: 13/02/2025, 23:55
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