Risk and Assurance Advisor

About the role:

Our client in Sunderland is recruiting for a Risk and Assurance Advisor to join their Health, Safety, Risk and Assurance Team.In this key role you will support the Risk and Continuity Manager and the Head of Safety, Risk and Assurance to ensure the Group has effective arrangements for risk, assurance, business continuity and incident management. This role will provide risk, assurance and business continuity advice to all colleagues in the group; support the development and implementation of their risk and assurance frameworks; and develop and implement arrangements for business continuity and major incident management.

What they are looking for:

1. An excellent understanding of risk management, assurance and business continuity methodologies, standards and approaches.2. Excellent literacy and report writing skills.3. Excellent IT skills including the knowledge of risk management.4. Ability to analyse, assess and communicate risk data in a way that the organisation can understand.5. Ability to engage and motivate others.6. Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation.7. Self-motivated with excellent attention to detail.

Qualifications and Training:

Essential:

• Institute of Risk Management Certificate in Risk Management

Desirable:

• Chartered Business Continuity Institute Certification.

• Hold a degree or equivalent qualification.

Skills and Knowledge

• Have an excellent understanding of risk management, assurance and business continuity methodologies, standards and approaches.

• Excellent literacy and report writing skills.

• Excellent IT skills including the knowledge of risk management.

• Ability to analyse, assess and communicate risk data in a way that the organisation can understand.

Attributes

• Ability to engage and motivate others.

• Be able to communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation.

• Self-motivated with excellent attention to detail.

Experience

• Demonstratable experience of working in a business risk management environment.

• Experience of working collaboratively across a diverse business to understand strategic and operational risks.

This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of Gem Partnership Ltd who are operating as an employment agency.

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