Charity Compliance and Risk Officer Fixed Term Contract - Maternity Cover

To ensure the National Rifle Association operates in a legal and ethical manner while meeting our charitable objectives; and advise on various types of risks, identifying potential threats and create plans to prevent and mitigate problems.

Key Result Areas:

1. Compliance

· Maintain, draft and revise NRA policies

· Proactively audit processes, practices and documents to identify weaknesses

· Evaluate charitable activities to assess compliance risk

· Collaborate with external auditors and other professionals

· Set plans to manage a crisis or compliance violation

· Educate and train employees on regulations and policies

· Address trustee and employee concerns or questions on legal compliance

· Keep abreast of Charity Commission guidance and internal standards

· Collate subject access request data in relation to the NRA complaints policy

· Draft serious incident reports for Trustee approval

2. Risk

· Conduct assessments to define and analyse possible risks

· Evaluate the gravity of each risk by considering its consequences

· Audit processes and procedures

· Develop risk management controls and systems

· Design processes to eliminate or mitigate potential risks

· Create contingency plans to manage crises

· Evaluate existing policies and procedures to find weaknesses

· Prepare reports and present recommendations

· Help implement solutions and plans

· Evaluate employees' risk awareness and train them when necessary

3. Senior Management Team (SMT) member

· Contribute to the SMT in assisting in the achievement of charity's long term and short terms goals

· Attend SMT meetings and to work with colleagues in a constructive and co-operative manner

• Proven experience of compliance and risk management


• Knowledge of legal requirements and controls


• Familiarity with charity sector


• Excellent communication skills


• Integrity and professional ethics


• Knowledge of risk assessment and control


• Experience with auditing and reporting procedures


• Strong computer and research skills


• Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude


• Excellent communication and presentation skills


• BSc/BA in Law, Business, Finance or a related field, Bachelor's (preferred)
  
  Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract

Contract length: 12 months

Pay: £27,000.00-£30,000.00 per year

Expected hours: 24 per week

Benefits:

• Company events


• Company pension


• Employee discount


• Free flu jabs


• Free parking


• On-site parking


• Referral programme


• Sick pay


Schedule:

• 8 hour shift


• Day shift


• No weekends