The Role: Risk and Governance Manager Contract Length: 12 Months
The Risk & Governance Manager position is a role 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 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 the organisation, ensuring best practice processes, standards and templates for governance are developed and implemented;
The overall process in relation to how we manage risk 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 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
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)
Word, Excel, MS Teams, PowerPoint & SharePoint;
Enthusiasm and an interest in business assurance