Risk Manager - SC Cleared

Risk Manager - SC Cleared/SC Clearance reporting to the PMO Manager and working closely with other members of the programme team, the role holder is responsible for the identification, capture, analysis and management of risks, issues and opportunities relating to delivery of the project. The Risk Manager will support the Transition Manager in ensuring our customer programme risks are controlled and reported upon both within our company and the customer's organisation. This will be achieved using Active Risk Manager (ARM) as the customer's preferred delivery tool.
The role holder must have developed communication and diplomacy skills with a strong ability to persuade and influence client and stakeholder relationships. The Risk Manager is specifically accountable for ensuring that risks are contained to an acceptable level, defining how the Risk Management procedure should be tailored and any supporting systems configured.

Key Responsibilities
*Ensure all team members are briefed on and familiar with how risks are to be managed;
*Ensure that stakeholders are engaged (identification of their risks) and kept informed;
*Ensure Risk Management is being effectively implemented on a day-to-day basis throughout the programme and any sub-domains or 3rd party organisations, liaising with 3rd party suppliers in order to do this;
*Notify sub-domain managers of any external risks and relevant business context;
*Provide feedback to Risk Owners on progress being made to resolve the risks that have been escalated to this level;
*Ensure that relevant domain risks are presented to the appropriate risk management meeting/board for review;
*Ensure that high impacting risks have detailed mitigation/contingency plans in place to manage them;
*Ensure that high impacting risks have been financially assessed and that budget is available to manage them;
*Ensure high impacting risks are linked to key delivery milestones/tasks on the relevant plans;
*Approve individual risk closures.

Skills and Experience
Experience with major service contracts, ideally in the Defence sector, but alternatively within other government areas.

Qualifications
PRINCE2
MS Project experienced user
ARM experienced user
ITIL v3 experience

Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks.

LA International Computer Consultants Ltd is an HMG Approved Consultancy and operates as an IT & Engineering Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency, depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, we welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International Computer Consultants Ltd (Recruiter Awards for Excellence - Best IT, Best Public Sector & Gold Awards) and the most prestigious award that any business can receive The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2015.