Risk and Compliance Manager
London, N1
Salary of circa £48,000 per annum
About Us
The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is a unique membership organisation made up of 15 of the UK’s leading humanitarian charities: Action Against Hunger, ActionAid UK, Age International, British Red Cross, CAFOD, CARE International UK, Christian Aid, Concern Worldwide (UK), International Rescue Committee, Islamic Relief Worldwide, Oxfam GB, Plan International UK, Save the Children UK, Tearfund, and World Vision UK.
When large-scale disasters strike countries that lack the resources to respond, we bring our member charities together to raise funds quickly and efficiently. In times of crisis, our mission is to save, protect, and rebuild lives through effective humanitarian action.
Working as one, we coordinate the UK public’s response to overseas disasters. Through our Rapid Response Network of media and corporate partners, we raise the alarm with the UK public and make donating as easy as possible, with most funds raised within the first two weeks of an appeal.
Since our launch in 1963, we have run 78 appeals and raised an astounding £2.4bn, helping save countless lives and rebuild communities.
We are now looking for a Risk and Compliance Manager to join us on a full-time, permanent basis.
Non-contractual Benefits
- Paid mobile phone allowance @ £15 per month
- HealthCare Cash Plan, providing an array of health services (£1,660 cash value per year)
- Gym Pass – discounted access to various health club providers
- Discount schemes via Reward Gateway and BHSN Extras (for various retailers and businesses)
- Discounted tickets for events
- Season ticket loan (post probation)
- Cycle-to-work scheme (post probation)
This is an influential opportunity for a detail-driven risk and compliance professional to join our passionate humanitarian organisation.
Your expertise will help shape risk management strategies to ensure we are compliant in managing contracts and relationships that enable the DEC to be efficient with our financial resources. You will guide and advise colleagues engaging with an array of people and organisations, to support various assignments and journeys with or on behalf of the DEC. The DEC is a collegiate culture that is respectful, where colleagues share a commitment to ethical governance.
The Role
As our Risk and Compliance Manager, you will oversee all aspects of risk management, compliance, and internal controls.
This role is critical in fostering a secure and ethical working environment while implementing risk management strategies both within and outside of appeal periods.
Ensuring we operate within legal and regulatory frameworks, you will identify and mitigate potential risks through risk assessments, internal audits, and the management of insurance policies.
You will oversee compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, including data protection, anti-money laundering, and safeguarding, while supporting governance through board-level reporting and fraud prevention measures.
Additionally, you will:
- Manage contract negotiations, supplier relationships, and procurement processes
- Oversee travel risk management and incident reporting to ensure staff safety
- Support the monitoring of fraud prevention within DEC and member agencies
- Implement environmental and social governance (ESG) initiatives
- Develop and enforce policies on gifts, hospitality, and whistleblowing
- Deliver risk management training and update key compliance policies
About You
To be considered as our Risk and Compliance Manager, you will need:
- Experience mitigating legal risks and liabilities and identifying contractual hazards to reduce or eliminate their financial impact
- Experience guiding employees to negotiate contractual matters in a legal and ethical manner
- Experience developing policies and compliance documentation
- In-depth legal knowledge of regulatory and statutory requirements affecting the UK non-profit sector
- A Level 6 qualification in Risk Management, Law, Finance, Business Administration, or related field
The closing date for this role is 9am, Monday 24th March 2025.
Other organisations may call this role Charity Compliance Manager, Governance Manager, Risk and Governance Manager, Governance and Compliance Manager, or Senior Compliance Advisor.
The DEC is committed to the safeguarding and protection of children and vulnerable adults and participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from successful applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.
Webrecruit and the DEC are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
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