The Role: Risk and Governance Manager
Contract Length: 12 Months
Rate: £500
IR35: Inside
The Risk & Governance Manager Role:
* You will be overseeing and optimising effective risk management to enable risks to be appropriately identified, managed, reported and escalated;
* Ensursing risks inform decision making, in relation to risk appetite and corporate and business planning and other relevant business and change processes;
* Driving the development, implementation and support of governance, and ensure compliance and identify where governance is not functioning appropriately
* Providing advice on the management and coordination of the governance functions across the organisation, ensuring best practice processes, standards and templates for governance are developed and implemented;
The role holder is responsible for:
* You will be looking at 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)
* Reporting escalated risks to ELT and Audit Risk & Assurance Committee (ARAC);
* Overseeing and maintaining our Risk Management Policies and Processes (POL111)
* 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
Required Skills and Experience
* IRM Enterprise risk management professional qualification is desirable
* Knowledge of risk policy/process (JSP892)
* Excellent report writing skills
* Ability to work with staff at all levels across the business
Person Specification
* The ability to organise and prioritise work;
* Excellent numeracy and literacy skills in order to undertake a range of tasks;
* 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;
* Excellent communication skills
* The ability to adapt to and embrace change.
Application deadline Monday 19th May 2025 by 12pm