Can you provide clear, confident advice to senior stakeholders on risk‑related matters?
Have you worked with risk management frameworks, processes?
Are you an effective facilitator who builds strong relationships and enables collaboration? If so, we’d love to hear from you. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably.
We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles.
We’re working hard to: Make roads safer Improve services for our customers Make road transport greener and healthier Harness the potential of technology and data Grow and level up the economy.
Benefits
Employer pension contribution of
28.97% of your salary.
25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays, a privilege day for the King’s birthday. Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more about Civil Service Pensions here. 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Role Overview
The Business Partner for Risk is part of a well‑established Assurance team that supports the Head of Risk Management & Business Resilience to embed risk management processes across the agency.
The role holder will support the Head of Risk Management & Business Resilience to embed and improve the agency’s approach to risk management, to ensure there is a robust risk control framework that takes account of best practice, including wider Departmental and Government policies and procedures.
Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
Provide support to the Head of Risk Management & Business Resilience to ensure an effective risk management framework is in place for the agency that is compliant with the Orange Book framework.
Monitor, challenge & report on the quality and content of risk information.
Provide advice and guidance to Corporate Senior Leaders and other managers across DVSA on risk management processes and escalation points, ensuring adherence to DVSA, DfT and civil service frameworks.
Prepare the monthly risk reporting by collating and analysing directorate risk registers, providing briefing information to the Head of Risk Management & Business Resilience for presentation to the Executive Committee recommending areas of focus and mitigation.
Be the first point of contact for the risk champions in providing subject‑matter expert advice and guidance.
Monitor the effectiveness and ongoing needs of the risk champions and provide recommendations on future training needs to ensure that the risk champions are utilised in the most effective way.
Demonstrate leadership by providing guidance to colleagues to support the delivery of objectives.
Manage and engage with honesty and integrity, and uphold the reputation of the Agency, Department and Civil Service.
Additional Notes
For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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