The Disclosure and Barring Service is now hiring for a Corporate Risk Manager.
* Directorate: Finance & Corporate Services
* Grade: SEO
* Reports to: Head of Assurance.
Location: Roles can be worked remotely but post holders will have a contracted location base of Liverpool or Darlington and will be required to attend in person as business needs dictate.
About the Department:
DBS operates in the complex world of safeguarding, protecting people’s health, wellbeing and human rights, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. We provide a service that enables organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors to make better informed, safer recruitment and other decisions.
Job Purpose:
* Support and provide assurance on organisational risk management, including continuously improving the risk management framework and policy across DBS.
* Advise key stakeholders across DBS (including Board and SLT) on risk to help them develop their plans and control environments, underpinned by your knowledge and experience of best practice within the risk management arena.
* Support the configuration and implementation of a new risk management system, including participation in the development and roll out of training activities, management of data migration, data cleansing and system access and accounts.
* Support the day to day management of risk across DBS.
* Support the development and implementation of multi-level risk management training.
The successful applicant will be effective in:
* Developing and maintaining the risk management framework for DBS covering strategic, corporate, operational and counter fraud risks which support well-informed decision making in the business.
* Maintaining the strategic and corporate risk registers, drafting and presenting monthly update reports to various layers of Governance.
* Embedding and maintaining the Risk Management framework and processes covering both corporate and programme related risks by delivering Risk management training and guiding all areas of the organisation in undertaking risk identification and articulation.
* Developing and maintaining of Counter Fraud Risk Policy.
* Managing and delivering the process for monitoring and reporting the overall compliance of the risk management framework and processes.
* Work with line manager to embed risk management within the assurance processes of the organisation; and working with Strategy, Performance and Change Directorate colleagues enabling the business to utilise risk management to develop, identify opportunities and improvements in services and inform Business Planning including horizon scanning activities.
* Supporting and developing activities to increase risk maturity at DBS including conducting risk maturity assessments and benchmarking.
* Maintaining strong relationships to enhance and support best practice with external partners including the Home Office Central Risk Team and Sponsorship Unit and GIAA.
* Provide support to the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Management Plan.
* Line management duties as and when required.
* Any other duties commensurate with the grade.
The closing date for applications is 10:00 am on Tuesday 1st April 2025.
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