The Role

We have an exciting opportunity to join the risk team, as Business Continuity and Risk Coordinator.  Reporting to the Chief Risk officer, you will play a key role within the Risk team, working with risk representatives and stakeholders across the Company, assisting with reporting and assessments and helping progress the company’s risk program.  The role gives a breadth of exposure across all business areas and would suit an ambitious self-starter.

Main responsibilities

Reporting and Documentation:

• Schedule risk assessments, stakeholder meetings, prepare agendas and meeting materials
• Timely report preparation for relevant risk meetings: Departmental, Risk Management Steering Group, Audit Committee and Board
• Minutes from meetings led by the Risk Management team to be captured
• Maintain relevant processes, reports, on relevant platforms such as SharePoint
• Ensure risk information is accurately maintained, updated, and follow up actions scheduled as required
• Ensure documentation is accurate, consistent, and completed to a high standard.

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM):

• Working with risk owners to complete risk assessment, risk evaluation and risk reports
• Provide information to departments as required, e.g. Group Internal Audit
• Building risk awareness amongst staff e.g., by providing support with risk reporting help produce templates and guides for risk training within the company
• Ensuring the Group’s risk database is maintained with relevant risks across the business

Business Continuity (BCP):

• Working with business teams to ensure that business continuity and disaster recovery plans and procedures are updated and complete
• Ensuring BCM processes and related documentation are maintained and documented to a high standard
• Scheduling business continuity tests, writing post-test reports, and ensuring any test issues are actioned.

Required Skills  

• Strong administrative skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Effectively schedule, communicate, and meet deadlines
• Well organised and able to prioritise workload
• Problem solving attitude
• Diligent and collaborative
• Ability to work autonomously and within a team
• An in-depth understanding and experience of Risk Management would be preferred
• Computer literacy and able to adapt to new systems - e.g. Jira, Signavio (SAP)

Disposition

• Willingness to learn and develop within a small team
• Ability to develop relationships
• Pro-active, professional, and reliable in approach
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive matters

Desired skills

• Ideally experience of managing projects involving the interface of IT and business functions with multiple stakeholders
• Knowledge of ISO 27001
• Experience of creating and administering Business Impact Analysis’ and developing Business
• Continuity Plans in a technology led organisation would be beneficial
• Experience of IT Disaster Recovery plans and tests
• Experience developing incident response and crisis management plans

Benefits

• Great team culture within a supportive and inclusive brand
• This role is also eligible for hybrid working (50% of time in the office and 50% of time at home).