Risk Support - Bristol, United Kingdom - Defence Equipment and Support

Description

Job summary

The Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) is a part of the Ministry of Defence responsible for the procurement, in-service support, and disposal of the UK's nuclear submarines.

Our work is of unparalleled strategic importance nationally and internationally, ensuring the security of the UK's continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent, and delivering some of the most technically complex programmes in defence.

Here you'll find a community to belong to - whether that's alongside project teams with a shared vision or as part of an employee network of like-minded individuals.

We believe that, by celebrating different backgrounds and perspectives, together we'll achieve the extraordinary.

We offer 25+ days' holiday, flexible and hybrid working, enhanced parental leave schemes, shopping discounts, and an exceptional employer pension contribution of around 27%, to help work work for you.

For security reasons this role is open to sole UK nationals only.

A 'sole UK national' refers to an individual who holds citizenship solely in the UK, without dual citizenship or nationality from another country.

We're unable to offer visa sponsorship.

This role requires you to have lived in the UK for the last 5 years and obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance.

Clearance must be obtained without any caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role you have been recruited for.

If it isn't obtained, or is obtained but with caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role, any conditional offer made to you will be withdrawn.

Obtaining SC security clearance can be a lengthy process, and we reserve the right to withdraw any conditional offer made if the necessary security clearance isn't obtained within 12 months.

Job description

As Project Risk Support, you will be working closely with project managers and the rest of project team, you will support and guide people with the pro-active identification and on-going management of risks, both threats and opportunities, to enable the successful delivery outcomes required.

You will be given the opportunity to develop your risk skillset and knowledge. This is a dynamic and forward-thinking role as you engage with stakeholders at different levels within our organisation. You will broaden and share your experience within the project risk environment with the opportunity for personal development.

At the SDA, we champion flexible ways of working.

Regular in-person attendance is required to promote the benefits of face-to-face collaboration alongside flexibility of hours to support work-life balance.

Initially, you may be expected to attend more frequently to familiarise yourselves with the site, the team, and your role.

What you'll be doing

• Facilitate risk workshops on low complexity and low risk projects to identify and manage specific project related Threats, opportunities and issues
• Manage risk tool entries ensuring data is up to date in accordance with agreed trigger points and mitigation action plans
• Produce detailed project risk reports within the SDA reporting cycle
• Support the evaluation of programme cost and schedule uncertainty to determine risk; producing analysis reports to detail outputs
• Understanding and interpretation of supplier risk data for incorporation into SDA risk understanding and profile
• Write and maintain the Risk Management Plan for low complexity and low risk
• Own the risk reporting and monitoring tasks ensuring effective interface between engineers, project managers, planners, and cost estimators and cost finance
• Provides the project team with proactive risk information to allow project team to understand current risk position, risk proximity and proactive management actions

Person specification

• Risk specific knowledge and experience or APM qualification/APM Project Risk Management (PRM)/Single Subject Risk Certificate Level
• In addition to the responsibilities above, the following will be assessed at interview:

• Stakeholder Management

• Supervised Practitioner

• Project Risk
• Supervised Practitioner

• Working Together CSBC

• Delivering at Pace CSBC 3

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £34,800, Ministry of Defence contributes £9,396 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• 25 days' annual leave +1 day a year up to 30 days, 8 bank holidays and a day off for the King's birthday
• Flexible and hybrid working options
• Marketleading average employer pension contribution of 27%
• Annual performancebased bonus and recognition awards
• Access to specialist training and funded qualifications
• Support for progression
• Huge range of discounts
• Volunteering days
• Enhanced parental leave schemes

Further Information

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Selection process details

• Pre-sift - We will check that you meet any essential or eligibility criteria that are listed in th