Risk & Assurance Business Partner
Salary: £45,272 per annum
Band: E
Hours: Full Time
Location: Polaris House, Swindon
Contract: Open Ended
Closing date: 19th January 2025
Job Overview
The Risk & Assurance Business Partners work as part of the Risk and Assurance team, supporting the Director of Risk, Assurance and Counter Fraud, and other UKRI senior leaders to ensure that UKRI operates best practice throughout its risk management and integrated assurance arrangements. The postholder may support work with stakeholders in government and other funders and partners on risk, assurance, and control framework approaches.
A critical element of the role is to support delivery of changes and new ways of working, increasing collaboration in how we manage risk across the organisation to create and protect value through risk and assurance management.
Key Skills:
* Excellent people skills, able to influence, build and maintain strong working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally.
* Enthusiastic, motivated, adaptable, and proactive with the ability to work flexibly in a changing environment and respond to shifting priorities.
* Ability to innovate and challenge established thinking in self and others, and to offer insights and ideas with practical application coupled with the ability to drive change.
* Insightful business awareness with the ability to understand and analyse changing business context and landscape to assess and manage risk, capitalise on emerging opportunities, make sound evidence-based judgements, promote the interests of UKRI and research and innovation.
* Ability to instil confidence within stakeholders at a range of levels, acting as a trusted advisor.
* Excellent communication skills including good experience of writing reports to a high standard.
* Strong understanding of risk, assurance, and audit activities.
* Excellent attention to detail and good system-based and general administration skills.
Essential Skills/Qualifications/Experience
(S) – Assessed at shortlisting
(I) – Assessed at interview
(S&I) – Assessed at both shortlisting and interview
Experience
* Strong risk management experience, including operating effective risk management strategies, policy, and frameworks in an organisation. (S & I)
* Experience of writing papers and delivering agenda items in relevant forums (S & I)
* Experience collaborating with teams at a range of levels and being a trusted advisor providing expert professional advice to management. (S & I)
* Ability to innovate and challenge established thinking in self and others, and to offer insights and ideas with practical application coupled with the ability to effectively support change. (S & I)
* Experience of working with internal and external Auditors (preferably National Audit Office) (S & I)
Qualifications
* Member of the Institute of Risk Management (S)
* Or
* Equivalent Risk & Assurance qualification (S)
Benefits
We recognise and value our employees as individuals and aim to provide a favourable pay and rewards package! We are committed to supporting employees’ development and promote a culture of continuous learning! A list of benefits below:
* An outstanding defined benefit pension scheme
* 30 days’ annual leave in addition to 10.5 public and privilege days (full time equivalent)
* Employee discounts and offers on retail and leisure activities
* Employee assistance programme, providing confidential help and advice
* Flexible working options
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How to Apply
Applicants are required to provide an up-to-date CV and a cover letter outlining their suitability for the role. Further information on how to apply is listed on our careers page.
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