Role: Risk Manager
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Location: Stansted( 3 days/week)
Duration: 12 months
Inside IR35: Umbrella
Job Description
The Risk Manager supports the delivery of effective risk management across the Stansted Transformation Programme (STN-TP). The role plays a key part in promoting a proactive risk culture, ensuring risk processes are applied consistently, and supporting qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, reporting, and governance activities across projects and the wider programme.
Working as part of the STN-TP Risk Team, the Risk Manager supports project teams, facilitates risk workshops, maintains programme risk data, and contributes to programme-level decision-making through high-quality risk reporting and analysis.
Key Responsibilities
* Support the delivery of risk management activities across the STN-TP.
* Promote a positive, proactive, and embedded risk management culture across the programme.
* Ensure risk management processes are followed consistently and professionally.
* Support the STN-TP Risk Team in day-to-day risk management, coordination, and assurance activities.
* Prepare and facilitate project and programme risk workshops, engaging effectively with project teams.
* Support implementation of risk mitigation actions to reduce exposure and uncertainty.
* Maintain and update the STN-TP risk database (riskHive), ensuring accuracy, quality, and currency of data.
* Support development and delivery of risk management onboarding and training materials.
* Prepare inputs for monthly project and programme risk reports.
* Assist with quantitative risk analysis (QCRA/QSRA) under supervision using tools such as riskHive, PRA, or Safran.
* Contribute to continuous improvement of risk management processes, templates, and tools.
Key Deliverables
* Support delivery of monthly project-level risk workshops.
* Prepare and coordinate monthly programme-level risk workshops.
* Support and contribute to ad-hoc risk reviews as required.
* Maintain riskHive records following workshops and project team inputs.
* Support the monthly QCRA process in riskHive.
* Assist with quarterly QSRA where required.
* Provide inputs to project-level monthly risk reports (CCDs).
* Provide inputs to the programme-level monthly risk report, including MPR slides and CCDs.
* Attend monthly Management Progress Reviews (MPRs) to support risk reporting and assurance.
* Support risk impact assessments related to STN-TP changes and contribute to weekly change panel discussions.
Skills, Knowledge, and Experience
* Relevant degree, diploma, or equivalent experience.
* Working toward or holding a foundational risk management qualification (desirable).
* Experience supporting risk management or project controls on infrastructure, transport, energy, or other complex major programmes.
Risk Management Knowledge
A working knowledge or developing expertise aligned with ISO 31000, APM, or IRM principles, including:
* Implementing and supporting risk management processes
* Preparing and coordinating risk workshops
* Conducting and supporting qualitative risk assessments
* Developing skills in quantitative risk analysis techniques
* Producing risk reports that support effective decision-making
* Awareness of (or willingness to learn) tools such as ARM, Xactium, PRA, Safran, @Risk, and riskHive
Additional Knowledge
* Awareness of Value Management principles (training can be provided). xxuwjjq
* Understanding of how risk integrates with cost, schedule, and project controls, or a willingness to develop this knowledge.
Personal Attributes
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
* Clear and confident verbal and written communication skills
* Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving ability
* Motivation and ability to work independently with appropriate guidance
* Strong organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities
* Effective teamwork and relationship-building skills
* Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines in a programme environment