Senior Risk and Resilience Manager

House of Commons

The House of Commons a unique and exciting place to work right at the heart of the UK's thriving democratic system. 

Behind the scenes, the House of Commons Service is made up of more than 3,000 employees who support and facilitate the smooth day to day running of the House. They provide professional services to Members of Parliament, their staff, and the wider parliamentary community.

Staff Benefits

In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including:  

• 30 days’ annual leave (increasing to 35 days after first full leave year). 
• Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. 
• Access to training and development. 
• Flexible working. 
• Interest free season ticket loan and bicycle loan.

Introduction 

The Strategic Estates (SE) team in Parliament takes great pride in caring for and improving the buildings and services that Parliament relies upon. Strategic Estates is part of the House of Commons service; however, it provides services to the House of Lords as well. The team operates on a working World Heritage site which attracts visitors from all over the world, in a challenging stakeholder environment where conservation and the need to innovate and build for the future coincide.

This role sits within the Strategic Estate team but provides services to all 3 estate teams, Customer Services, Parliamentary Maintenance Service and Strategic Estates.  These teams manage the day-to-day care of the Estate. They work to deliver a comfortable, safe, and efficient environment for Members, their staff and staff of the House to work in; providing a welcoming and functional environment for all visitors.

The Role 

The Senior Risk and Resilience Manager will be a key advisor to the three Estates Boards of Strategic Estates, Maintenance and Customer Experience and Service Delivery, contributing to board discussions and decisions. You will role model the organisational values and contribute to the development and delivery of the Departmental Business Plans

You will lead the department’s relationship with the corporate risk and assurance teams in both Houses, always ensuring that teams are compliant with corporate processes and contributing to the continuous improvement of risk and assurance across both Houses.

You will provide organisational expertise in risk management and assurance, collaborating with teams across the wider organisation to assist in the understanding and management of risk.

Some of the responsibilities for this role include:

• Directly support the Managing Director of Strategic Estates in decision-making, providing insight, rigour, challenge and a solution-based approach.
• Lead the department’s relationship with the corporate governance, risk and assurance teams in both Houses.
• Enhance, embed, and continuously improve the department’s risk management processes, to anticipate key risks relating to the department’s strategic objectives and the corporate strategies of both Houses.
• Engage and influence colleagues to ensure effective risk management throughout the department.

Skills and Experience

Qualification

• Relevant professional qualification and membership of a professional body

To be successful in this role you will demonstrate:

• Experience in risk management, Resilience disciplines, assurance, external audit, internal audit or compliance roles within large, delivery-focused organisations, ideally within infrastructure, facilities management or similar.
• Knowledge of risk assessment methodology, tools, and techniques with strong analytical skills, able to quickly identify and present key issues concisely.
• Have the ability to work with and influence a range of stakeholders within the senior leadership teams to drive continuous improvement.
• Experience working across a large, complex organisation - interacting with all functional areas.
• A committed team player, who can also work autonomously to deliver high-quality work to tight deadlines in a challenging and complex environment.
• Explains, and presents, complex issues so that they are easy to understand. Developed written and verbal communication skills, able to make presentations to senior stakeholders.

Next Steps and Additional Information

• CV & Supporting Statement – If you would like to apply for this role, please submit your CV and supporting statement with a 500-word limit.

More information on the role and the full criteria can be found in the Job Description. 

Please note that most job offers will be made at the minimum of the salary range, other than in exceptional circumstances.

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