Risk Manager-Risk and Assurance
Overview of Responsibilities
Who are we looking for?
- Ability to assist stakeholders of all levels
- Ability to manage risk and make effective risk based resolutions
- Strong communication skills, confidence in demanding and good knowledge of risk
- Approachable person able to work in a team environment.
What will you be responsible for?
- Accountable to the Risk Assurance Lead 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
- Providing specialist advice, support and training on the Enterprise Risk Management Process to Sponsors, PM’s, Risk Owners and other interested staff
- Lead and advise on risk management activities within a risk-focused programme or project management environment
- Support 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.
The role will require work from both Culham and Yorkshire sites.
Qualifications
Essential skills, experience and competence required
- Extensive experience of risk & issue management
- Comprehensive knowledge of risk management frameworks & methodologies
- Degree or equivalent knowledge and experience in a scientific/technical subject
- Demonstrable experience in quality management, risk assurance and change control
- Experience of risk governance and business change implementation
- Experience of building effective stakeholder engagement
Desirable skills, experience and competence
- Quantitative risk analysis including contingency modelling experience
- PRINCE2 Practitioner
- APM Practitioner Qualification
- APM Registered Project Professional
Additional Information
What we offer
Our comprehensive benefits package includes a vibrant culture committed to being fully inclusive, an Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders, Flexible working options including family friendly policies, Emergency paid leave, Generous annual leave allowance (30.5 days) increased with length of service, wide range of career development opportunities, outstanding defined benefit pension scheme; Corporate bonus scheme (up to 7% for Levels 1 - 7, as well as 3rd and 4th year apprentices) and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).
We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly from individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, including nationality and citizenship, people with disabilities and women. The Executive team with support from our ‘Equality, Diversity and Inclusion’ (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, is actively promoting EDI and taking steps to increase the diversity of our people through reinforcing best practice in recruitment and selection, and revaluating approaches where it is clear we can remove barriers to success.
Please be advised that this vacancy is due to close on 22/06/2023 . We may close earlier than this date if large or sufficient numbers of applications are received.
Please note all employees working at the UK Atomic Energy Authority will be required to complete an online Disclosure Certificate application as part of their clearance – The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks will show the details of all current criminal convictions or will confirm that there are no such convictions.
Note for applicants who are applying for employment with UKAEA either from outside the United Kingdom or who have spent time outside the United Kingdom in the last five years. Please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants . If the country you are resident in or have resided in is not listed on this website or that the UK Government is not aware of how to obtain a criminal records check from that state then we are unable to process your application.
