Risk and Governance Manager - Business Assurance
Recruiter Hays PLC
Location Taunton, United Kingdom
* Job title: Risk & Governance Manager - Business Assurance
* Grade: B1 (SEO)
* Organisation: Government agency
* Contract type: Interim
* Employment type: Full-time
* Duration: 12 months
* Anticipated start: ASAP
* IR35: Inside
* Working Environment: Hybrid, typically 3 days in per week
* Clearance: BPSS from the outset, but candidates will undergo SC clearance (must have lived in the UK for the past 5 years)
Risk, Governance, Assurance
Job summary
* Job title: Risk & Governance Manager - Business Assurance
* Grade: B1 (SEO)
* Organisation: Government agency
* Contract type: Interim
* Employment type: Full-time
* Duration: 12 months
* Anticipated start: ASAP
* IR35: Inside
* Rate: up to £516.75/day Umbrella LTD
* Location: Taunton
* Working Environment: Hybrid, typically 3 days in per week
* Clearance: BPSS from the outset, but candidates will undergo SC clearance (must have lived in the UK for the past 5 years)
Overview
The UK's agency for providing hydrographic and marine geospatial data to mariners and maritime organisations across the world is looking to recruit a Risk and Governance Manager to:
* Oversee and optimise effective risk management to enable risks to be appropriately identified, managed, reported and escalated.
* Ensure risks inform decision-making, in relation to risk appetite and UKHO's corporate and business planning and other relevant business and change processes.
* Drive the development, implementation and support of governance, and ensure compliance and identify where governance is not functioning appropriately.
* Provide advice on the management and coordination of the governance functions across UKHO, ensuring best practice processes, standards and templates for governance are developed and implemented.
Responsible for
* The overall process in relation to how risk is managed within the organisation, including being the Risk Management Lead and liaising with stakeholders and senior managers (including the Executive Leadership Team - ELT) across the business.
* Reporting escalated risks to ELT and Audit Risk & Assurance Committee (ARAC).
* Overseeing and maintaining Risk Management Policies and Processes (POL111), to include its alignment to MOD and wider relevant policies, application and alignment to the audit schedules being risk based.
* Supporting the development of the Risk Focal points through frequent mentoring as required.
* Providing specialist advice on the management and coordination of the governance function, ensuring that all best practice processes, standards and templates for governance are developed and implemented.
* Drive the development, implementation and support of governance; to ensure compliance; identifying where governance is not functioning appropriately all to ensure effective and efficient operation of the organisation.
Skills and experience required
* IRM Enterprise risk management professional qualification is essential.
* Knowledge of risk policy/process (JSP892) an advantage.
* Excellent report writing skills.
* Ability to work with staff at all levels (including non-executive and executive level directors) and represent the UKHO professionally at meetings with external parties.
* Excellent organisational skills.
* Knowledge and skills of using technology e.g. Word, Excel, MS Teams, PowerPoint & SharePoint.
* Ability to produce accurate work with a high level of detail.
* Good communication and influencing skills.
What you need to do now
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