CQC - Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee Independent Member

Remuneration: £3500 per 8-10 days, £500 per additional day.

Location: The ARAC meets four times per year, with one per year in person.

Contract Hours: It is expected that 8-10 days per year will be required. This includes Committee attendance, preparation, and any advisory work to support governance of the organisation.

Contract Type: 3 years tenure from February 2025

Closing Date: Sunday 8th December 2024 at 11.59pm

Interview Date: Monday 13th January 2025 in CQC's London Office located at 2 Redman Place, London, E20 1JQ

About CQC
CQC is an independent regulator of health and social care in England. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and we encourage care services to improve. We monitor, inspect, and regulate services to ensure they meet fundamental standards of quality and safety, and we publish what we find to help people choose care. CQC is committed to and supports the values that underpin the very foundation of who we are:
. Excellence - Being a high-performing organisation
. Caring - Treating everyone with dignity and respect
. Integrity - Doing the right thing
. Teamwork - Learning from each other to be the best we can

We are seeking talented people to join our Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee as independent members to help us achieve our vision.

Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee (ARAC)
To deliver CQC’s strategy, our ARAC supports the board to ensure an effective framework of governance, risk management and control is in place. Independent Committee members must have the necessary skills and experience to undertake these important roles.

We are looking for candidates with an expertise in either, Cybersecurity (Cyber Risk Management), Data governance and control, IT Transformation or Public sector financial oversight.

To be successful in the role, in addition to at least one of the areas above, you’ll have;
. Board level [or equivalent] experience of ensuring effective financial stewardship and risk management.
. An understanding of assurance (Preferably the Three Lines of Defence Model) and its role in effective governance.
. Senior level business or operational experience - leading and operating within complex organisations with a history of delivering or overseeing organisational growth and change.
. An ability to analyse complex information, maintain a sense of perspective and to pick out critical issues.
. Effective communication and relationship building skills, including the ability to negotiate, influence, challenge and listen sensitively to the views of others.
. Commercially and politically aware with the ability to understand and translate the impact of external factors in the context of CQC.

In return, you’ll get the opportunity to make a real difference to people who receive care across England.

If you would like to arrange an informal discussion with Charmion Pears the ARAC Chair, please email Betty.Chiu@cqc.org.uk.

To apply, please review the candidate briefing pack and and upload your CV and covering letter via the CQC jobs page outlining how you meet the essential criteria for this role.

Candidate Pack ARAC Independent Member.pdf

Individual Adjustments
We are committed to being open and transparent around our processes and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. We seek to support candidates to identify potential challenges and work with them to identify and facilitate individual adjustments as appropriate. Should you require assistance and/or would like to request an adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the team via email: recruitment@cqc.org.uk.

Our Values

Excellence – Meeting our challenge to be a high-performing organisation
Caring – Treating everyone with dignity and respect
Integrity – Demonstrating our passion for ‘doing the right thing’
Teamwork – Enabling us to be the best we can