Why join Cambridgeshire Constabulary?
By joining us as Risk, Assurance & Planning Manager, you will receive a vast range of opportunities and benefits. Some of these include:
Starting pay of £48,309 rising with service up to £54,567
- Annual leave allowance of 28 days
- Local government pension scheme
- Opportunities for development and further study
- A great Employee Assistance Programme providing free and confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
- Long Service Awards
- Blue Light Card
- Force Lottery – purchase shares and win prizes
- Cycle 2 Work scheme
- Employee Welfare Fund
- Access to Unison
What does the Risk, Assurance and Planning manager role involve?
You will work across the organisation, bringing together evidence, providing professional advice and constructive challenge, and helping senior leaders understand significant risks, assurance gaps and future pressures.
You will:
- Lead the development and production of the Force Management Statement, bringing together evidence on demand, capacity, capability, performance, risk and future planning.
- Act as the Force’s professional lead for strategic risk, ensuring significant risks and emerging issues are identified, assessed, managed and reported effectively.
- Coordinate the internal audit and assurance programme, working with auditors and business areas to ensure findings result in effective action and organisational improvement.
- Provide professional advice and constructive challenge to senior leaders, risk owners and governance boards on significant risks, assurance gaps and required action.
- Develop and continuously improve the Force’s risk, assurance and organisational planning frameworks, policies and governance arrangements.
- Produce clear, evidence-based advice and recommendations to support organisational priorities, investment decisions and improvement activity.
- Represent the Force at relevant collaborative, regional and national forums, identifying emerging developments and bringing learning and good practice back into the organisation.
Are you the right person for the Risk, Assurance and Planning manager position?
We are looking for someone who can combine strong analytical skills with the confidence and credibility to influence at a senior level. You will be comfortable working with complex information, identifying what matters and turning evidence into clear advice, assurance and recommendations.
You must be able to:
- Analyse and bring together complex quantitative and qualitative information, identifying gaps, inconsistencies, risks and emerging issues.
- Produce clear, concise and well-evidenced reports, briefings and presentations for senior leaders and governance boards.
- Build effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and provide credible professional advice and constructive challenge where required.
- Lead or coordinate complex corporate activity involving contributions from different areas of an organisation, maintaining quality and meeting fixed deadlines.
- Work with a high degree of professional autonomy, exercising sound judgement and managing competing priorities effectively.
- Bring substantial experience of organisational risk management within a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.
- Hold a relevant degree or professional qualification in risk, audit, governance or business management, or be able to demonstrate equivalent professional experience.
Experience of supporting governance boards, audit committees or executive teams in the oversight of risk and assurance would be advantageous, as would an understanding of the governance, accountability, demand and financial environment within UK policing.
If you think this could be the role for you, we encourage you to apply today.
To reach the hiring manager contact Neil Stacey via: neil.stacey2@cambs.police.uk
Please note that successful candidates will need to be available for interview and an assessment exercise on 1st December 2026 in person at Cambridgeshire Constabulary`s Headquarters in Huntingdon.
Additional Advert Information
- Internal Applicants
To apply for this role, internal applicants must have successfully completed their probationary period.
If you qualify as an internal candidate within the advertising force, you may upload either your CV or the internal role summary form attached to this advert.
- Vetting Process
Please note that, as part of the vetting process, the BCH Vetting Unit may need to contact your current line manager for a Supervisor Appraisal. This requirement aligns with the 2025 National Guidelines for Vetting (APP 6.5.18).
Examples of when this may apply include:
- Transferring to another force
- Renewing vetting clearance
- Moving into a role requiring MV clearance (even if you currently hold MV clearance)
- Moving into or working in a role involving close contact with vulnerable individuals
If any of the above apply to you, please expect your line manager to be contacted when you submit your vetting application.
- Redeployment and Redundancy
This vacancy is open to employees at risk of redundancy and will remain available to redeployees until a final offer has been agreed and accepted.
Redeployees at risk of redundancy will take priority over all other applicants at any stage of the recruitment process. If successful, redeployees will remain on their home force’s terms and conditions.
- Role Profile
We recommend downloading and saving a copy of the role profile, as it will no longer be accessible once the advert closes.
- Commitment to Inclusion
As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and able to be themselves. We provide workplace adjustments wherever needed so that all colleagues can thrive.
If you have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the role, you will be guaranteed an interview under the Offer an Interview Scheme.
If you have any queries, you can contact the recruitment team via recruitment@bch.police.uk
