Risk Management | Grade 6

Summary

Role Summary:

At this grade the job holder holds delegated responsibility for delivery of the risk management framework. This role maintains oversight of the risk team delivery, develops organisational insight by maintaining strategic oversight of the organisational risk profile, and developing and providing strategic direction to the risk team. Regular contact and consultancy services are provided to senior leaders across the organisation to support organisational improvement.

Typical Role Responsibilities

• Develop risk management strategies and policies, and oversee their implementation
• Drive and direct continuous improvement activity to optimise risk management practices and associated changes
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to build organisational capacity and capability

Entry Route

G7 roles as Head of Risk Management, Senior Risk Lead or similar

Typical Qualifications

Essential, achieved or working towards:

• IRM Certificate/ Diploma in Enterprise Risk Management (or equivalent)
• Relevant professional qualification (such as qualified with CCAB, CIMA or equivalent)

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Delivering a positive impact on improving risk management, delivery of plans, value for money, securing good external relationships and enhancing organisational capability.

• Deputising for the Chief Risk Officer as required.

• Driving the integration of risk management activity with other governance mechanisms, including assurance, planning and performance, strategy and policy development, planning, change delivery, performance and other relevant functions to build robust governance systems.

• Ensuring policies, procedures and guidance reflect new ideas and best practice, and supported by team activities to drive continuous improvement.

• Ownership of risk reporting, which provides strong insight to drive strategic decisions / discussions.

• Providing expert advice, guidance and support to Executive teams and business groups on all aspects of risk management.

• Responsible for the implementation and regular review of the risk management frameworks and delivery of focused improvement plans which improve risk maturity.

• Setting the communication and upskilling strategy to enable staff to engage with the risk management framework.

• Support the Board when it is setting the overall risk appetite, strategy and architecture of the risk management framework.

Expectations

Behaviours

For details of Behaviours read the Success Profiles guidance on GOV.UK.

• Seeing the big picture

• Making effective decisions

• Working together

• Communicating and influencing

• Leadership

• Changing and Improving

• Developing Self and Others

Interpersonal Skills

• Ability to build strong stakeholder relationships, often with senior people, based on openness and trust.

• Ability to constructively provide challenge to teams, senior leaders and governance mechanisms to ensure risk is considered in all key decision making.

• Ability to think strategically and demonstrate and implement a clear and compelling vison for the organisation that creates join-up, promotes efficiency, and motivates and enthuses others.

• Ability to work independently and flexibly with a focus on delivering strategic and priority outcomes.

• Adaptable, maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes or challenges in the operating environment. Able to adjust effectively to work within new structures, processes, requirements or cultures, and support the team in new ways of working.

• Articulate communicator with excellent written, verbal and presentation skills at all levels.

• Builds and maintain effective relationships and, where appropriate, working through others to deliver objectives.

• Strong leadership skills empower team and stakeholders, build organisational capability through influencing stakeholders and driving development within the team.

• Sound judgement, supporting colleagues to develop and deliver effective risk management plans, exercising discretion when exposed to sensitive information.

Professional Skills

Key for Levels of Professional Skills

A = Awareness

W = Working

P = Practitioner

E = Expert

Qualifications

Essential, achieved or working towards:

• IRM Certificate/ Diploma in Enterprise Risk Management (or equivalent)

• Relevant professional qualification (such as qualified with CCAB, CIMA or equivalent)

• Accelerated qualification is available for G6s and SCS1 with the relevant experience.

Entry and Progression Routes

Entry Routes

Within Finance

Suitable for an individual who has held a G7 risk management role such as Senior Risk Manager, Senior Risk Lead, Head of Risk, Deputy Head of Risk or similar.

From Outside Finance

Suitable for an individual with proven experience in a strategic setting, who has gained experience and insight from regular engagement with the risk profession and is experienced at presenting and engaging at Executive Committee level. An understanding of the Orange Book is essential.

Progression Routes

G6s seeking career progression to SCS1 would benefit from exposure to the Heads of Risk Network, leading on the development of best practice with risk professionals across the civil service risk community, setting and directing improvements with demonstrable business improvements to the risk framework, presenting reporting to key governance mechanisms, lead on engagement with executive agencies and ALBs, to ensure alignment of risk frameworks delivery of organisational communication, and engagement with governance mechanisms to optimise integrated risk reporting.