Risk & Opportunity Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Transport for London

Transport for London

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Risk & Opportunity Assistant

042328

Organisation

Head of PMO

Job

Project Management

Position Type

Full Time

Salary:
Circa £35,000 plus excellent benefits

Location:
Hybrid (London offices and remote working)

Contract Type:
TfL

What we do

This is an opportunity to work as part of a team of 20+ risk professionals, right at the heart of the projects and programmes in TfL.

You will be part of a central PMO from where you may be deployed across multiple assignments across multiple projects at different lifecycle phases whilst fully supported by a team of senior risk managers.

You will be part of a single experienced team with a wealth of experience to draw upon and as a result you are supported both to deliver and grow in project, programme and portfolio risk management.

Whilst our focus is on key risk management interventions, we are also constantly working to improve our processes, culture and presence within the business which involves working on a pipeline of priority improvement initiatives.

The role you'll play

You will be responsible for risk interventions, business as usual activities and embedding a culture of best practice risk management.

As part of this:

You will assist the senior risk manager/ risk manager in ensuring risk compliance against processes.
You will facilitate risk reviews, ensuring robust risk assessments are carried out, encourage effective mitigation strategies and ensure timely reports are produced at various levels across the business.
Alongside this, you will work with key stakeholders and the senior risk manager/ risk manager to ensure that the right risks have been captured and analysed to inform credible quantitative risk analysis outputs.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Knowledge

Knowledge and understanding of capital projects and programmes with an emphasis on Risk Management and how this supports and integrates with a wider high functioning environment
Essential
Knowledge and understanding of risk & opportunity management frameworks, tools and techniques in a project and programme management setting.

Skills

Good influencing skills
Essential
Stakeholder Management experience
Essential
Project Management
Information Management and Reporting

Experience

Experience of monitoring and supporting risk management processes and implementing tools to support changes.
Experience of dealing with a range of stakeholders at all levels across the organisation influencing improving process to support project delivery
Essential
Ability to implement risk and opportunity management processes and develop appropriate risk mitigation strategies.

Application Process
Think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience in the advert and cover this in your CV.

Benefits
In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow.

Rewards vary according to the business area but mostly include:

Final salary pension scheme
Free travel for you on the TfL network
Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home
30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
Taxefficient cycletowork programme
Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
Discounted Eurostar travel