People Project Manager Governance

Job description:

What if your next role wasn't about working within an established assurance environment, but helping to build and strengthen one?

Sizewell C is one of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects. As our organisation develops, so too must the governance, controls and assurance surrounding how we operate.

We're looking for an experienced People Governance & Assurance Manager

to work across our People function, helping us ensure that the frameworks and controls we have in place don't simply exist on paper, but are understood, evidenced and operating effectively in practice.

This isn't a conventional HR role. And it isn't a conventional Project Manager position.

We're particularly interested in people who have operated within highly regulated, controlled or scrutinised environments and who understand what good governance, compliance, control and assurance really look like.

People Governance & Assurance Manager

Location:   London/ Ipswich/ Suffolk

Contract: Permanent, full-time.

Closing date: Tuesday 24th November 2026

What’s in It for You

• Salary: Circa £75,000 depending on experience

• Bonus: 5% annual incentive

• Pension: Up to 7.5% employee / 15% employer contribution
• Leave: 28 days holiday plus bank holidays

The opportunity

Working closely with colleagues across Governance, Compliance and the wider People function, you'll provide evidence-based assurance that our key controls and processes are robust and working as intended.

You'll conduct structured self-assessments ahead of more formal audit activity, examining processes against established frameworks, identifying what evidence should exist, testing that evidence and assessing whether controls are appropriately designed and operating effectively.

Where gaps exist, you won't simply report them. You'll help translate findings into practical improvements, establish remediation plans, monitor progress and work constructively with colleagues to ensure actions are delivered.

Alongside our ongoing assurance programme, you'll also take ownership of selected governance and control-related projects across the People function, such as business continuity and crisis management arrangements, and support the implementation of new processes where regulatory or compliance requirements demand them.

What you'll be doing

You'll have a broad remit, including:

• Designing and delivering a structured programme of self-assessment and assurance activity across key People processes.
• Assessing processes against established governance, compliance and control frameworks.
• Determining appropriate evidence requirements and testing whether controls are operating effectively in practice.
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