Job Description
What You'll Be Doing
* Leading risk management activity across the organisation, providing expert advice, guidance and challenge at all levels
* Reporting escalated risks to Executive Leadership and Non-Executive Directors (via ARAC)
* Maintaining and improving risk policies and processes, ensuring alignment to MOD standards
* Embedding a risk-aware culture through engagement, communication, training and mentoring of divisional risk focal points
* Driving governance development and compliance, attending and supporting key governance boards and committees
* Conducting assurance reviews and maintaining a compliance register
* Line managing a Risk Officer and holding budget responsibility
What We're Looking For
* IRM Enterprise Risk Management qualification — strong advantage
* Knowledge of MOD risk policy and process (JSP892) — strong advantage
* Proven experience managing risk in a complex organisation
* Confidence engaging with and influencing senior stakeholders, including at board and executive level
* Strong report writing and communication skills
* Civil Service behaviours at SEO/Grade 7 equivalent (Level 3): Seeing the Big Picture, Making Effective Decisions, Communicating & Influencing
* Good working knowledge of MS Office suite including Teams, SharePoint, PowerPoint and Excel