Overview The Head of Governance & Risk provides senior leadership for governance, assurance, risk management, and performance reporting across the Estates and Facilities Directorates at The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust and Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust. The role is responsible for developing and maintaining robust governance frameworks that ensure statutory and NHS compliance, effective risk oversight, and high‑quality management information to support executive decision‑making. Key Responsibilities

Provide senior leadership for governance, assurance and risk management across Estates and Facilities. Develop and maintain governance frameworks ensuring statutory, regulatory and NHS compliance. Lead estates‑focused risk management, including risk registers, escalation processes and assurance actions. Produce and present high‑quality performance, risk and compliance reports to senior leadership and Trust committees. Translate estates performance and risk data into actionable insights to drive service improvement and safety. Act as the senior business assurance lead, working closely with internal teams, regulators and audit bodies. Support financial performance, efficiency initiatives and continuous improvement across the Directorate.

Multi‑site Working The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing "better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond". The Head of Governance & Risk may be expected to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs. Flexibility and Wellbeing We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on‑boarding process. We are committed to supporting employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and will consider requests to work flexibly in line with service needs. Environmental Commitment Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices, supporting the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and driving positive changes in the department through our Green Impact programme. #J-18808-Ljbffr