Senior Risk Manager - Birmingham, United Kingdom - West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA)

Description

Our recently formed Delivery Directorate is offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced and qualified Senior Risk Manager. In this role, you will spearhead the development and implementation of a comprehensive risk management plan for Transport for West Midlands. Managing a team of 3 Risk Managers, you will provide strategic direction and support whilst integrating rigorous, strategic risk management practices for both transport delivery.

Being the senior point of contact for the team, you will play an instrumental role in defining processes and controls tailored for use in multi-modal transport infrastructure programmes and projects across metro, rail and sustainable transport. You will champion the creation of a strengthened risk management team, ensuring transparency and enabling decision making at strategic levels.

This is a great opportunity for someone technically minded seeking a transformative role where they can develop a new team and build a best practice, intelligent risk management team. This role requires a strong leader who is thorough, proactive and can grasp the broader perspective of the organisation.

What you will be doing

·Define and establish best practice risk framework.

·Establish and maintain a risk management manual and processes.

·Oversee and understand quantitative and qualitative risk management practices.

·Monitor overall risk exposure and assess against strategic objectives.

·Contribute to continuous improvement and maturation of risk management across the Portfolio.

·Support the completion of delivery programmes and projects for major infrastructure Transport.

·Maintain risk management systems.

About you

·Experience leading and managing risk up to strategic level.

·Demonstrative experience creating risk management manuals and associated processes and systems.

·Experience implementing qualitative and quantitative risk assurance practices to programmes and projects.

·Facilitation of risk workshops and production of risk reporting up to strategic level.

·Line management experience

·Experience commissioning risk assurance and managing risk specialists in project and programmes.

·Knowledge of risk assurance processes (QCRA, QSRA in particular)

·Ability to influence and manage decision-making on risk up to strategic level.

·Ability to create accurate forecasting and actionable mitigation strategies for risk.

·Good collaboration and mentoring skills

·Ability to work well under pressure.

How to apply.

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Applicants will need to evidence that they have the legal right to work in the UK.If we make an offer of employment, we will need to check that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work.

Salary and benefits.

We advertise salary ranges for job roles, with new appointments typically starting at the lowest salary point. In exceptional cases, where higher skill levels or experience are applicable, the salary point may be adjusted to secure the best candidate. This approach allows for potential year-on-year salary increases, offering progression and appropriate rewards to employees.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes a Local Government Pension Scheme, 28 days of paid annual leave, Cycle to Work Scheme, and discounted shopping with over 2,000 big-name retailers. For more details, please visit the benefits page on our careers site.

Hybrid working, location and working pattern.

We believe hybrid working is the best way for our organisation to fulfil our commitment to a modern, agile workplace while continuing to provide a great service to our customers. Hybrid working means having flexibility between working in the office and at home on agreed days, where a role allows. This is agreed between an employee and their line manager, considering the business, team, and employee needs.

The location for this role is 16 Summer Lane. It is expected that you can split your time between the office and working remotely, with at least 2 days a week spent in the office.

Creating an inclusive workplace.

Our vision is to create a better connected, more prosperous, fairer, greener, and healthier region. We aim to achieve this vision by living our values, which include being a partnership organisation, valuing and respecting our people, fostering a can-do attitude, and encouraging innovation. We are dedicated to creating a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace that reflects the communities of the West Midlands region. WMCA holds diversity accreditations, such as "Leaders in Diversity," and has been recognised as one of the Inclusive Top 50 Employers and The Times Top 50 Employers for Women. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, committed to interviewing all applicants with disabilities who meet the essential role criteria. WMCA believes that building a team with varied backgrounds and experiences will benefit us as an employer and enhance our work.

We recognise that certain groups, such as women and people of colour, may be less likely to apply for roles if they feel they do not meet all the requirements. However, we encourage individuals who are passionate about the role and want to make a difference to still apply. We value potential and encourage applicants to highlight their skills, including transferable ones, even if they don't fit the traditional "perfect candidate" mould.

We gladly consider part-time, flexible, and job share arrangements, so please don't let these factors deter you from applying. If your values align with ours and you are dedicated to working towards a future that we can all be proud of, we would love to hear from you.