Governance Officer (Newcastle, GB)

Salary: £35,116.00 - £45,413.00 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 27 April 2025

About us

Our IT Service exists to deliver an excellent service for its users, enabling world-class teaching, learning and research at our University.

We are committed to expanding our knowledge and expertise with a strong focus on the training and development needs of our people. You will shape the future of education and contribute to ground-breaking projects through IT innovation. To find out more about our dynamic customer-focussed teams, visit Working in our IT Service.

The Role

Within the Governance and Operations Team of the IT Service, the Governance Officer plays a key role in facilitating and overseeing governance activities. This role ensures robust planning and risk management to support NUIT operations effectively.

Proven expertise in curating and managing service-wide policies, procedures, and standards, along with a proactive approach to risk management, is essential to enabling the IT service to operate efficiently and securely.

About you

We are seeking an IT Governance professional with a broad understanding of IT services and technical environments. To succeed in this role, you should possess:

Experience in the curation and management of governance materials (policies, procedures and standards).

Practical experience of the management and application of governance processes in an IT context, e.g. COBIT, ITIL.

Outstanding influencing and communication skills.

Experience of best practice risk management approaches and methodologies.

If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply by submitting a 2-page CV and a 1-page covering letter. Your application should outline examples where your knowledge, skills, and experiences align with the person specification within job description, found