Risk Manager

Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for a Risk Manager on a permanent basis to be based in Cumbria. (Hybrid and flexible working will be supported)
My client is seeking people to join our organisation who have a positive outlook, are seeking development opportunities and have a strong foundation of risk management in their core area of activity.
You will have the opportunity to move between sectors, building their experience across a broad range of major projects and programmes.
We are looking for candidates with proven experience in a risk delivery role on projects/programmes. To support the implementation of an integrated risk management process across a Project Delivery environment. Applicants preferably should have experience within a Defence or Highly regulated setting (such as Nuclear), but not limited to.
Key deliverables:

• Facilitate identification, assessment and prioritisation of threats, opportunities and issues within the Project through workshops and directly supporting project teams.
• Maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling and retirement of threat/opportunity.
• Use risk data to inform planning.
• Assist with the identification and recording of appropriate management responses which are measurable and specific, along with assessing the post mitigated positions.
• Monitor or support overall risk exposure and assess against the remaining Risk budget.
• Work with contractors to assess contractor held risks and their views on client held risks that impact upon them.
• Produce risk reports as required, in a timely manner, to support the effective communication of threat & opportunity status.
• Support quantitative risk assessment (cost and schedule) to inform project contingency levels.
• A reasonable level of competence with tools such as PRA, @risk, Safran or Familiarity with web-based database tools - ARM, Predict or Power-BI

Qualifications

• Have a degree in a relevant technical or management field or suitable equivalent qualifications and relevant experience in a risk delivery role.
• Are a member of a relevant professional body e.g. Association for Project Management, Institute of Risk Managers or Project Management Institute.
• Understanding of Qualitative and quantitative assessment of risk
• Threat mitigation and opportunity exploitation
• A working understanding of an integrated risk management process (risk, cost and schedule) on a large programme
• Awareness of governance and policy guidance including IR<
• MoR/APM/IRM risk certified

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