Audit & Risk Committee Non-Executive; Cyber Security

Audit & Risk Committee Non-Executive (Cyber Security) Key Information

Salary:
Unremunerated (voluntary post)

Term of appointment: 4 years.

Time commitment : The role will require regular attendance at Audit & Risk Committee meetings and preparation time for meetings. The Committee usually meets four times a year for a half-day meeting either virtually or at ICR’s offices in Chelsea or Sutton.

Closing Date : 29th March 2026

Summary of Role

The ICR is seeking an exceptional non-executive who is a Cyber Security Expert to join its Audit and Risk Committee which provides assurance to the Board of Trustees on the adequacy and effectiveness of the ICR’s:

• Risk management, control environment and governance
• External Financial Audit and internal audit
• Value for Money
• The management and quality assurance of data

Key Requirements

The Audit & Risk Committee are looking for a non-executive:

• To assure the Board of Trustees about the adequacy and effectiveness of the ICR’s governance, risk management and control environment, including financial, operational, cyber, digital and data-related risks.
• Promote a culture where cyber resilience is understood as part of the charity’s overall governance and risk management
• Oversight of management’s cyber maturity roadmap and investment in cyber resilience and digital controls.
• Oversight of cyber and digital risks arising from third-party suppliers, research partners, and NHS interfaces.
• Assurance over the protection of sensitive research data, patient-related data and intellectual property.
• Assurance over technology, cyber and data controls through internal audit reviews, independent assessments or external benchmarking where appropriate.
• Ensure the organisation regularly identifies, assesses, and prioritises cyber risks and has adequate policies, controls, and frameworks in place
• Ensure the organisation has an up-to-date incident response plan, business continuity plan, and disaster recovery arrangements

Department/Directorate Information

Audit & Risk Committee is sub-Committee of the ICR's Board of Trustees, which is the ICR's governing body. The Board is responsible for ensuring the ICR pursues its charitable objects, complies with its constitution and relevant legislation and regulations, applies its resources exclusively to its objects, and enacts cancer research of the highest international standard. Further information on our Board can be found here .

The Instituteof Cancer Research ,London,isoneoftheworld'smostinfluentialcancerresearchinstitutes, withanoutstandingrecordofachievementdatingbackmorethan
100years.

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ICRcanbefound here .