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UKNNL is seeking to appoint two Non-Executive Directors

  • Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC)
  • Projects and Programmes

Both are senior and influential Board roles, further strengthening UKNNL’s leadership as the organisation continues to deliver on its mission of ensuring nuclear energy is part of the solution to the deep challenges of energy independence, national security and net zero.

Non-Executive Director – Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee (ARAC)

The role is central to the Board’s fiduciary responsibilities and to providing confidence—internally and externally—that UKNNL’s governance and control environment is robust, proportionate and fit for purpose.

As ARAC Chair, the appointee will play a pivotal role in ensuring the Board’s grip on finance, risk, assurance and control, and in maintaining confidence with government, regulators and other stakeholders.

The appointee will be a qualified account and responsible for leading the Board’s oversight of audit, risk management, internal control and assurance and bring:

  • A deep understanding of financial and wider control frameworks as well as expertise at developing and overseeing effective management information frameworks that drive organisational performance.
  • Significant experience in leading complex risk functions in large organisations ideally within a regulated industry or the industrial sector.
  • Prior experience as a member of (or of having worked very closely) with an audit and risk committee.
  • Excellent inter-personal skills and demonstrable capability to manage complex stakeholder relationships within a senior leadership context, including the ability to mentor senior executives as appropriate.

Candidate Brief

Click to view NED ARAC Candidate Brief: Candidate Pack

Non-Executive Director – Project and Programmes

This role will strengthen Board level oversight of delivery across the Lab’s most strategically important and complex programmes, principally the aforementioned infrastructure investment programmes.

The role will also support the Board’s enhanced focus on delivery management more generally, promoting the extension of best practice in a proportionate and appropriate manner across UKNNL’s technical delivery. It will provide, expert challenge, assurance and insight on whether UKNNL’s projects are being delivered safely, on time, to cost and to the required quality standards. This will potentially include chairing a Projects committee.

You will bring significant experience running relevant infrastructure programmes or major projects / and programmes (in the Nuclear, defence or similarly regulated industry).

Essential:
  • Senior experience leading complex projects and programmes, ideally within the nuclear or defence sector (or another highly regulated industry).
  • A focus on on-time, high-quality delivery for the customer.
  • Excellent inter-personal skills and demonstrable capability to manage complex stakeholder relationships within a senior leadership context, with the ability to challenge and advise constructively whilst holding executives’ leaders to account against delivery targets.

Candidate Brief

Click to view NED Projects and Programmes Candidate Brief: Candidate Pack

Additional information

Time commitment, remuneration, allowances, abatement, pension and redundancy:
  • Time commitment is 30 days pa
  • Remuneration for this role is £33,000 pa and will be treated as employment income, subject to tax and National Insurance contributions, both of which will be deducted at source under PAYE before you are paid. 
  • You can claim reimbursement for reasonable travel and subsistence costs which are properly and necessarily incurred on official business, in line with the travel and subsistence policy and rates for the organisation to which you are applying. 
  • This is an office holder appointment and does not attract any benefits under any Civil Service Pension Scheme.
  • You will not be eligible for redundancy pay as you are not an employee.
  • Security clearance - The successful candidate must hold or be able to secure SC level security clearance.

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