Governance Risk and Compliance Officer WCC622231

Job Details:

Salary range: £42,912 - £57,495 per annum. Salary negotiable depending upon experience
Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QP
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Permanent
Vetting requirements: Standard DBS Check
Closing date: 9 November 2025

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF 809 CONNECTED BUSINESSES

Digital and Innovation in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories, where creative and enterprising people put local residents and businesses first.

Today, Westminster is the most connected borough in London. But, when David joined us in the mid-2010s, small businesses were still struggling to get connected to fibre. Without gigabit-capable broadband, some companies even resorted to biking memory sticks around the city, simply to share files with clients.

Although still in a junior role, David took the initiative and successfully made the business case for £2.8 million of European funding to support connectivity for small businesses across Westminster. Feedback from businesses has been overwhelmingly positive as the project has enhanced their communications with clients. The new connectivity allows them to make video calls and work remotely. As the pandemic hit and many more people needed to work from home, it became clear just how vital this investment had been.

Fast-forward a few years. Westminster is leading the way for connectivity, as a result of the project businesses are thriving, and David is heading up a service of his own responsible for delivery of the Smart City strategy.

The Role:

As a Governance Risk and Compliance Officer in our Information Security Team, you can make your own powerful contribution to people across Westminster. Supporting work across the whole of our Digital and Innovation profile, your day-to-day will be varied and dynamic —including everything from product to cybersecurity. This role is an enabling one, and will require a relentless focus on delivery and a complete commitment to driving continuous improvement.

Taking responsibility for the Council’s cyber security strategy, you’ll put accessibility and security at the heart of everything you do. Working to embed effective cybersecurity across all of our products and services, you’ll recommend countermeasures to reduce the risk of incidents. When issues do arise, you’ll respond effectively and proactively.

Collaborating closely with stakeholders and colleagues, you’ll work to establish a culture of innovation, knowledge sharing and change across the Digital and Innovation portfolio, and the wider Council.

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About You:

An established professional with a public sector background, you’ll have good working knowledge of modern technology security practices and cross-government procurement processes. Having set service and development standards in a previous role, you’ll be confident balancing client, organisational and technical needs. Applying security policy in practice will be second nature, and you’ll take a detailed approach to mitigating risk and conducting compliance checks.

On a personal level, you’ll be a creative and innovative problem solver, with the ambition and drive to deliver impactful change. A true team player, you’ll be collaborative and proactive, acting as a source of advice and guidance to colleagues and stakeholders at all levels of the Council and beyond.

Most importantly, you’ll be passionate about driving positive service change. This is a fantastic opportunity to improve outcomes for Westminster residents, businesses and visitors, and to supercharge your career in the process.

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe. 


At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit 


As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.


The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.