Risk Manager

Risk Manager

Home Based (with travel as and when required)

Full Time, Permanent (37.5 hours per week)

Competitive salary plus benefits

We are currently recruiting for a Risk Manager to join our team who will play a key role in the design and implementation of Serco’s risk framework and culture across the UK & Europe Division as well as measuring and reporting on its effectiveness and contributing to reducing risk and providing assurance of compliance.

As our Risk Manager, you will establish close relationships with other Divisional functions, including legal, commercial, health & safety, information security, and other functions within the Enterprise Risk Management team (business continuity, compliance assurance) to ensure an integrated and efficient approach to the management of risk.

Serco has committed to the development and implementation of an Enterprise Risk Management approach across the group – aligning risk, compliance assurance, business continuity, insurance activities and other key functions. This ERM commitment strives to ensure all risks are being managed in a robust, integrated, and holistic manner across the enterprise, business life cycle and across all risk categories.

Main responsibilities of the role include:

• Development and implementation of risk management best practice in line with Group set and Divisional objectives to ensure Divisional risk owners and sponsors, and Business Unit teams are appropriately engaged in risk reviews and mitigation.
• Completing the Divisional programme of 2nd line assurance reviews of Contract risk management.
• Developing and implementing the educational programme and training for risk management.
• Development and maintenance of excellence of top-down and bottom-up risk reporting across the Division to provide assurance to senior leaders and committees.
• Support the Head of ERM in owning the Divisional Risk Register and driving engagement in risk management within the Divisional Leadership Teams, ensuring ownership of Divisional risks, procedures and key controls remain fit for purpose and effectively manage Divisional risks.
• Assist with the implementation of risk policy, Risk Operation Model (ROM), standards, procedures, and key controls across the Division.
• Monitoring KPIs and risk indications for risk management across the Division, to challenge and hold Business Unit Risk Leads to those performance metrics.
• Implementation of Risk Policies including integration and embedding of risk management activities across the division and across the Three Lines model.

What you’ll need to do the role:

• A professional qualification in the domain of risk management (e.g., Diploma, Certification, Qualifications from IRM) is desirable.
• Strong background in Risk Management and understanding of the impact of risk in a business as well as being able to demonstrate an awareness of risk process theories/practices.
• Effective communication skills (both written and verbal) and ability to convey risk management procedures and objectives in a clear and concise manner.
• Ability to build professional relationships at all levels within the business.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Visio.
• Strong proficiency in MI production, creation of briefing packs and documentation in support of risk management.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills to manage multiple streams of work.
• An innovative mindset with the ability and confidence to challenge current ways of working.
• Ability to work independently, productively, and as part of a team.

What we offer:

• Competitive annual salary.
• Company car based on Business Need
• Up to 6% contributory pension scheme.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Annual Leave Purchase Scheme.
• Flexible working options.
• A range of benefits to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family such as Employee Assistance Programme, Life Assurance, Health Cash Plans, free flu jabs and more.
• Access to a huge range of discounts and exclusive deals which include cinema discounts, merlin attractions, online shopping, leisure and hospitality, and mobile phone discounts/
• Committed to professional and personal development with a wide range of training and coaching opportunities to expand your capabilities.
• A safe and supportive culture.
• A company passionate about diversity and inclusion.

About Serco

At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.

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Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Silver Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.

At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.