Job Description
The salary for this role is £57,117 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance). Onsite working is expected for 3 days each week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working.
This role is based at the following site: Culham, Oxfordshire.
This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data.
The Role
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As a Risk Manager you will be accountable to the Corporate Risk Manager for executing risk management on programmes and projects to a high standard according to established risk, project, and technical management processes, leading to delivered solutions of an engineering integrity commensurate with nuclear operations.
You will also be providing specialist advice, support and training on the Enterprise Risk Management Process to Sponsors, PM’s, Risk Owners and other interested staff. and overseeing and advising on risk management activities within a risk-focused programme or project management environment. You will be supporting risk owners and others in the effective application of project risk management processes as well as reporting key risk information as part of governance arrangements to seniors and all levels.
Key Accountabilities:
* Ensuring active stakeholder management with all key stakeholders.
* Facilitating the identification, characterisation, analysis, evaluation and treatment of risks associated with Programmes, Projects and Work Packages, to aid programme management/leadership in decision making.
* Supporting and coordinating the Risk Review process ensuring that risk registers are kept up to date and that risk descriptors and mitigations are moderated and robustly challenged as appropriate
* Undertaking quantitative risk analysis through Schedule and Cost Quantitative Risk Analysis
* Developing and assisting Risk Strategy implementation and delivery at a Enterprise level.
* Supporting chosen risk management software tools and platforms. Acting as ‘Super User’ and focal point for support.
* Ensuring effective Risk Reporting takes place for all tactical/technical, strategic and Corporate risks and issues. .
Qualifications
Essential :
* Extensive experience of risk & issue management
* Comprehensive knowledge of risk management frameworks & methodologies
* Degree or equivalent knowledge and experience in a scientific/technical subject.
* Experience of business change implementation and risk governance.
* Experience of building effective stakeholder engagement.
Desirable:
* Quantitative risk analysis including contingency modelling experience.
* 'Demonstrable experience in quality management.
Qualifications & Professional Memberships (or equivalent)
* PRINCE2 Practitioner
* Management of Risk Practitioner
* APM Practitioner Qualification
* APM Registered Project Professional
* IRM Certified
Additional Information
A full list of our benefits can be found here
UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We are under-represented from some groups and so want to encourage applications in particular from women in STEM, people from Black British Caribbean and African backgrounds and from Pakistani and Bangladeshi British backgrounds. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.
UK Atomic Energy Authority is committed to being accessible. Please email talent@ukaea.uk if you have any questions or require help or adjustments to compete on a fair basis, for example, changes to the way we interview or share information.
Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.