Associate Consultant, Crisis and Risk Consulting (EMEA)

Control Risks Group Holdings Ltd; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading risk consultancy in the UK is seeking an experienced professional to oversee project delivery and client training. You will be responsible for managing project timelines and budgets, creating high-quality training content, and performing assessments. The ideal candidate has relevant experience in crisis management or risk, a bachelor’s degree, and strong communication skills. This role supports a hybrid work environment emphasizing in-person collaboration alongside flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package

Discretionary global bonus scheme

Support for hybrid working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience in crisis management, risk, security, or professional services.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to assimilate complex information quickly.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects on time and to the highest standards.
• Create training and assessment reports.
• Conduct on-site assessments and training.

Skills

Project management experience

Excellent written communication

Verbal communication skills

Organisational skills

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Master's degree in risk management or security

Tools

Microsoft D365

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Control Risks is a specialist risk consultancy that helps to create secure, compliant, and resilient organisations in an age of ever-changing risk. Working across disciplines, technologies and geographies, everything we do is based on our belief that taking risks is essential to our clients' success. We go beyond problem-solving and give our clients the insight and intelligence they need to realise opportunities and grow. From the boardroom to the remotest location, we have developed an unparalleled ability to bring order to chaos and reassurance to anxiety.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Day to day project delivery on time, on budget and to the highest standards.
• Creation of high-quality training and exercising content, and reports.
• Analysis and assessment of client frameworks and procedures.
• Delivery of on-site assessments, briefing, and training sessions to clients.
• Collaborate with other practices across Control Risks, including Digital Risks, Global Risk Analysis, and Business Intelligence.
• Providing ad hoc support to clients.
• Participation in business development activities.
• Maintaining business operational requirements including timesheets and commercials.
• Managing the hybrid work schedule – at least three days per week in the London office and regular travel to client sites and Control Risks offices across the EMEA region.

Qualifications

• Recent and relevant experience in a related field (e.g. crisis management, business continuity, risk, security, or professional services).
• Strong academic background, including a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Project management experience – strong organisational and time management skills, and a collaborative work approach.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – ranging from informal/collegial, client proposals and reports, to board-level presentations.
• Professional flexibility, tenacity and willingness to learn, including the ability to assimilate large quantities of specialist and complex information.
• High level of competency with the D365 suite, especially PowerPoint and Word.
• Full professional competency in English.
• Master’s degree or advanced diploma in risk management or security related field are preferred.
• Professional security, crisis management, or business continuity qualifications would be advantageous.
• Professional project management qualifications would be useful.
• Operational experience of crisis management, security operations, and risk management.

Benefits

• Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.
• We operate a discretionary global bonus scheme that incentivises and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.
• Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasise the value of in-person time together – in the office and with our clients – while continuing to support flexible and remote working.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.