"Risk and Resilience Officer"

The Role

Newcastle University is looking to appoint an experienced Risk & Resilience Officer to join the Legal Services team and strengthen the University's approach to risk, resilience and business continuity.

Reporting to the Head of Risk & Compliance you will play a key role in ensuring that the University has effective mechanisms in place to identify and respond to emerging risks or interruptions to its operations. Working with a wide range of stakeholders you will strengthen the University's risk and business continuity arrangements and frameworks.

The ideal candidate will have worked in a risk or resilience role previously, preferably in the Higher Education Sector or another large complex organisation. You will be approachable and efficient, remaining calm under pressure, prioritising your own workload and at times working to tight deadlines. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential in order to successfully build relationships across the institution with a strategic and analytical approach you will be capable of driving continuous improvement, change and operational excellence, is essential.

This is an exciting role that cuts across the whole University, you will have the opportunity to work closely with senior leaders, ensuring that risk and resilience arrangements are robust and aligned with best practice across the Higher Education sector.

There will be a requirement to be on site in Newcastle for part of the week and there may be occasional work required outside of normal office hours.

For informal enquiries, please contact Kelly Oliver, Head of Risk and Compliance at Kelly.oliver2@newcastle.ac.uk. To apply, please upload an up-to-date CV and letter of application outlining specific examples around how you meet the requirements set out in the Job Description (available on the university's website, accessed by the 'Apply' button).

The post is full time, permanent.

Reporting to the Head of Risk and Compliance, you will take the operational lead in the implementation of the University's risk and resilience framework.

You will strengthen the University's risk and resilience arrangements, contributing towards a risk-informed organisation that is able to consider, assess, and respond to risk or business interruptions across all activities. Working with a wide range of stakeholders from across the University, you will facilitate high-quality and high-impact risk information, to support decision-making and ultimately the successful achievement of strategic objectives.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.

Desirable

• Membership of the Institute Risk Management/Business Continuity Institute or equivalent.