Railway Assurance Lead in London, United Kingdom
Railway Assurance Lead
Purpose of the Job
To provide independent second line assurance of the delivery of the programme with focus on rail systems and operational readiness as a member of the Project and Programme Assurance (PPA) team within the three lines of defence assurance framework to provide confidence in the safe, timely and value for money delivery of the Elizabeth line.
Principal Accountabilities
Undertake analysis to include but not be limited to civils, structures, systems and operational elements required to support the readiness for stations, routeway, trial operations and passenger service, as part of the assurance framework and strategy for providing confidence to internal and external stakeholders in the delivery of the Elizabeth line.
Lead and develop the technical and operational aspects of the integrated audit and assurance plan (IAAP). Ensuring the IAAP is continuously relevant and accounts for all assurance activities within and outside all lines of defence to maximise value and minimise disruption; and effectively communicates assurance plans to external stakeholders so they can plan their activities.
Provide leadership and management of discreet assurance activities across the PPA function and a dispersed team to ensure the alignment of those activities to the objectives of the programme, and to make sure that actionable and valuable recommendations for improvement are produced.
Ensure that recommendations from assurance activities are understood by those implementing them and that progress against the implementation of recommendations is appropriately monitored and communicated to relevant internal and external stakeholders.
Lead on reporting of assurance (including progress against the IAAP, results of assurance activities and progress on the implementation of recommendations) to various forums including the Executive Group, Audit and Assurance Committee, and Board.
Nurture, develop and maintain strong stakeholder relationships across all levels internally and externally to ensure collaborative cooperation with assurance activities and organisational and individual buy in to the assurance framework strategy and the IAAP.
Maintain highly visible integrity and independence in the execution the role.
Take reasonable care of your own and others’ health and safety and of those who may be affected in the day-to-day delivery of this role by taking personal responsibility for working to the Target Zero principles
Co-operate in all matters relating to health and safety, including always following safe working procedures.
Act as a role model for vision and values, behaving in ways that are in alignment with Ways of Working. Encourage and support others to do so too.
Promote equality in the workplace and adopt appropriate behaviour when interacting with colleagues.
Take necessary care to properly protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of corporate information from unauthorised disclosure, modification or destruction. Never knowingly put information or information systems at risk.
Main challenges of the job
Acting with independence and authority among industry leaders while undertaking assurance activities at pace in intense delivery environments.
Developing, embedding and maintaining project and programme assurance as a new function that integrates seamlessly with the Third Line of Defence (provided by TfL Internal Audit).
Understanding the challenges and complexities of delivering the railway in the current and future environments to proactively ensure planned assurance is relevant and value adding.
Person Specification
Experience of a position providing assurance within complex project and programme delivery and handover, preferably within the rail industry.
Is a Chartered Engineer or hold relevant professional qualifications?
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, comfortable delivering difficult messages and maintaining relationships in contentious contexts.
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