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Position: Head of Risk Mitigation and Management
Location: Brighton with hybrid working
Salary: 90-110k (neg DOE), car/allowance, bonus and excellent benefits package
Our Client: Is an integrated design and build solution provider operating in the water sector. They have over 1,000 staff working across eight regional centres, primarily supporting six long term water sector frameworks operating both on their own and increasingly in joint ventures and alliances.
The Role: Our client is looking to strengthen their Legal and Risk Team with a Risk Mitigation and Management Lead.
Key to success at both the framework and project level is effective risk management. This is the ideal time to review, refresh, upgrade and implement changes to the way our client manages risk. You will design, implement and maintain a risk management framework.
Responsibilities: Create a risk management strategy to be implemented at all levels of the organisation.
Develop and upkeep a corporate/framework risk register.
Produce and update project risk registers in PIM, the JV's risk management software, ensuring that users and stakeholders have full confidence in data in PIM.
Facilitate risk workshops to identify, evaluate and develop responses for the project and framework risk registers.
Develop timely, relevant and clear risk reports, including KRIs, for all members of the JV and Southern Water management.
Design and implement assurance activities to demonstrate effective management and mitigation of risk at the framework and project levels.
Key Objectives:
Framework risk register
Project risk registers
Monthly risk reports for all projects
Periodic, possibly quarterly, risk reports for JV's Senior Leadership Team.
Ongoing assurance to SLT that the risk management framework is operating as designed.
Experience: Essential:
Degree level qualified with proven experience of working in a complex risk management project environment.
Strong analytical skills and the ability to produce easy to read insight across a range of stakeholders.
Ability to write and present compelling documents.
Experience working in a regulatory environment and leading business improvement.
Track record of assessing potential disruptors to mitigate risk.
Experience of operating at senior leader level.
Strong leadership, communication and negotiation skills.
You will be results, outcome and process focused with the ability to look for ways of improving results and processes.
You must understand risk management principles such as frameworks, efficiency gain and protocols.
In-depth understanding of risk management (PACED), commercial assurance, engineering contract management, different contract forms and BCP regulatory compliance.
Ability to distinguish between risk appetite, tolerance and capacity is required, as is explaining how risk management supports agility and innovation.
Understand risk management standards including ISO 31000.
Beneficial:
Understanding of business plans, AMP8 delivery programme and sector trends.
Experience of using a Risk Management Information System (RMIS).
Track record of using NEC suite of contracts and multi-disciplinary experience.
Understanding the role of internal audit and assurance models such as the Three Lines of Defence model.
An understanding of control effectiveness techniques.
Package includes: A competitive salary
Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent)
Car/car allowance (Jobs needs dependent)
Bonus
25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
Contribution Pension scheme
Life Assurance, Health Insurance, Private Medical Insurance
And many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, Kids Pass etc
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Business Improvement
Contract Management
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NEC
Legal
Business Continuity Plan
BCP
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Construction
Water Industry
Water Sector
Water Treatment
Clean Water
Wastewater
Waste Water
Sewage
Utilities
Framework Delivery
JV
NEC3
NEC4
Power Generation
Power Sector
Power Industry
Energy Industry
Renewables
Energy from Waste
Nuclear
Infrastructure
Highways
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