Grade 6 Risk, Governance and Assurance Personal Statement Examples

Risk, Governance and Assurance criteria vary between vacancies. A strong example should follow the wording in the advert and show Grade 6 accountability rather than relying on a generic statement about being experienced or strategic.

The best evidence uses one clear example for each criterion. It names the role and setting, explains the applicant’s personal responsibility, gives specific actions and ends with a result that proves the criterion.

What Grade 6 risk, governance and assurance criteria can look like

• Experience of establishing effective governance for complex delivery
• Ability to identify and manage strategic and operational risk
• Experience of using assurance to improve delivery

Use the exact wording from your vacancy as the heading where possible. The examples on this page show common types of requirement, not a universal list used for every Grade 6 role.

What your risk, governance and assurance example needs to show

• the material risk or governance weakness
• how controls and ownership were designed
• how challenge and escalation worked
• the delivery or assurance outcome

Why a strong risk, governance and assurance answer works

A strong answer gives the sifter evidence of creating proportionate controls and decision routes that expose risk early, support delivery and give leaders confidence in the evidence. It identifies the applicant’s personal judgement and makes the wider consequence visible. A weak answer usually labels the applicant as experienced, strategic or influential without showing the decision, scale or result.