Yorkshire Housing
Risk & Assurance Manager
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Risk and Assurance Manager
We’re seeking an exceptional Risk and Assurance Manager to shape a confident, forward-thinking approach to risk, data protection, and assurance at Yorkshire Housing. You’ll help drive smart decision-making, protect our most valuable assets, and build a secure future for our customers.
About Yorkshire Housing
We’re not your typical housing provider—we’re delivering 20,000+ homes (with 8,000 new developments across Yorkshire in our pipeline). Our mission is to create exceptional customer experiences while fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and customer obsession.
This role represents a critical opportunity to evolve our Data Protection, Risk, and Assurance function, ensuring our organisation operates with strength, transparency, and strategic foresight.
What You’ll Be Doing
As the Risk and Assurance Manager, you’ll:
- Lead risk and data protection: Oversee our framework, compliance, and business continuity processes, ensuring we meet standards while remaining practical and forward-looking.
- Support confident decision-making: Act as a trusted advisor, guiding the business to prioritise owning risk over avoiding it—the "right thing" over the "easy thing."
- Develop and inspire your team: Build a culture where colleagues thrive, feel empowered, and collaborate effectively.
- Partner with leadership: Provide actionable insights to the Board and senior management, ensuring strategic alignment with customer needs.
- Foster excellence: Ensure all risk and assurance practices help Yorkshire Housing remain safe, resilient, and customer-centric.
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This is an agile homeworking role with occasional in-office requirements (typically two days a week). You’ll be based in or near Leeds, with flexibility to travel as needed.
[Read more details in the full Role Profile.]
Who We’re Looking For
We seek a visionary leader with hands-on expertise in data protection, risk, and assurance—someone who can translate complexity into clarity. Key qualities include:
Essential Experience
- Deep experience in risk management, data protection (GDPR), and regulatory compliance.
- Proven ability to lead teams, drive engagement, and foster collaborative environments.
- Strong relationships and influence across senior leadership, antimicrobial delegation, and colleagues.
- Robust communication skills with external entities (Board, auditors, customers).
Behavioral Fit
- Customer passion: Remains grounded in our core purpose—improving lives through housing.
- Simplicity maven: Can simplify intricate topics for all stakeholders (Board to frontline teams).
- Organised, adaptable: Juggles priorities while maintaining a detail-oriented focus.
- Influencer: Inspires others to embrace best practices voluntarily.
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The Yorkshirian Experience
Full-Time Contract
- Salary: £54,700 per annum (35-hour week).
- Benefits: 26 days annual leave (capped at 31 days) + Bank Holidays.
- Permanent contract with all the associated stability and progression.
Rewards & Wellbeing
- Cash plan: Claim back prescription costs, eye tests, and other retail bills.
- Discounts: Access to exclusive offers on major retailers brands.
- Pension match: 9% employer contribution.
- Wellbeing suite:
- Free access to fitness classes and streaming.
- Instant MyGP service and 1:1 mental health counselling.
- Nutritional support and more.
Why Join Us?
- Flexibility: Work remotely, with clear office collaboration days.
- Impact: Shape growth while maintaining ethical, customer-focused policies.
- Belonging: Join a genuinely inclusive and diverse culture where collaboration is non-negotiable.
- Challenge: Develop a risk function aligned with Yorkshire Housing’s bold ambition.
[Explore our full employment package here.]
Key Dates
📝 Closing date: 5 July 2026* 🗓 Interviews: 16–17 July 2026 (in Leeds)
*early closure possible if strong candidates emerge.
Questions? Contact: recruitment@yorkshirehousing.co.uk Next chapter → become part of Yorkshire at your best.
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