Corporate Risk Manager

Met Office; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service pension

Annual leave improvements

Security clearance required

Job summary

The Met Office is seeking an experienced Corporate Risk Manager on a 12-month fixed-term contract to help us drive resilient, informed decision‑making. This role strengthens governance and enables innovation across the enterprise.

You will lead improvement of the risk management framework, provide risk MI to the Board, and collaborate with internal audit. Hybrid working is available, with 37 hours per week to suit deliverables and teams.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in corporate or enterprise risk management in large/complex organisations.
• Governance and assurance reporting to Executive and Non-Executive Directors with data-driven MI.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills across all levels.
• Ability to translate complex risk into clear, actionable positions through collaboration.
• Positive, pragmatic and agile approach enabling innovation in delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead continuous improvement of the Enterprise Risk and Opportunity Management approach.
• Support ExCo to identify principal risks aligned with risk appetite and balanced risk taking.
• Liaise with Domain Central Office risk coordinators for monthly risk submissions.
• Provide Enterprise Risk MI and insights to the Board, Audit & Risk Assurance Committee, ExCo and Domain Boards.
• Build relationships with Sponsor Department and Civil Service risk community.
• Collaborate with Internal Audit on four lines assurance and year-end Orange Book reporting.

Skills

Corporate risk management

Governance & reporting

Stakeholder influence

Risk translation

Agile delivery mindset

Tools

PowerBI

IRM/GRC tools

AI Agents in risk mgmt

Job description

Shape confident decisions. Enable innovation. Strengthen resilience.

We're looking for an exceptional Corporate Risk Manager on a 12-month fixed-term contract to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Corporate Risk Manager, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work.

Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.

Whilst this is a temporary position for 12 months, there is potential for it to develop into a permanent position.

World changing work

From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are.

• We're a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
• We're experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
• We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
• We're better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
• We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

Your world of expertise

We are seeking an experienced Corporate Risk Manager to join The Met Office at an exciting point in our risk management improvement roadmap. We are looking for a forward-thinking professional who sees risk management not simply as a control function, but as a powerful enabler of innovation, transformation, and informed decision-making.

The Met Office vision is to deliver the most trusted weather and climate intelligence in a radically changing world . This is a unique opportunity to be part of a future focused and purpose driven Governance capability at the heart of the Met Office . You will build on significant progress already made in embedding a modern, enterprise‑wide approach to risk management and provide continuity as we embed new ways of working and further mature our approach to risk management across the organisation..

Your key duties

• To own and lead the continuous improvement of the Met Office's Enterprise Risk and Opportunity Management approach, ensuring compliance with the Met Office Governance Framework and alignment with Orange Book principles .
• Support our ExCo to identify and respond to principal risks that could impact strategy deliver, ensuring alignment with risk appetite and enabling balanced risk taking.
• Liaise directly with Domain Central Office risk coordinators to maintain monthly enterprise risk register submissions and support effective application of our Enterprise Risk Management Policy and Framework.
• Provide Enterprise Risk MI and insights to the Met Office Board, Audit & Risk Assurance Committee, ExCo and Domain Boards; challenging areas of weakness in risk control and response, including not taking enough risk, recommending actions and identifying emerging risk themes.
• Build positive relationships with key external stakeholders including our Sponsor Department (BIST) and the wider Civil Service risk community.
• Collaborate with Internal Audit on 4 lines assurance assessments and lead on year-end Orange Book compliance reporting. Ensure the risk management assurance map and maturity self-assessment is maintained, evidenced based and informs improvement plans.

Essential Criteria, skills and experience:

• Significant experience in corporate or enterprise risk management in a large and/or complex organisation.
• Demonstrable risk governance and assurance reporting expertise at an Executive and Non-Executive Director level, including use of data driven risk MI (Expert by Nature).
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with key internal stakeholders across all levels of the organisation (Better Together)
• The ability to translate complex risk scenarios into clear and actionable balanced risk positions through collaboration and engagement with experts.
• Be able to demonstrate a positive, pragmatic and agile approach to risk management that enables innovation in delivery (Keep Evolving).

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience using PowerBI dashboards, IRM or GRC tools
• Experience with using AI Agents in risk management to drive value for stakeholders.

Why join us

Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is Great Place to Work UK certified. We are also featured on their 'Best Workplaces in Tech' 2023, 2024 and 2025 lists, as well as their '54 Best Workplaces for Women' 2023 list.

As our Corporate Risk Manager, your total reward package will be up to £75,857 annually, which includes:

• £54,515 base pay
• An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) after 5 years and option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave

Using AI in your application

We welcome applications that use AI tools for support in drafting or refining, as long as they accurately reflect your own skills and experience. All hiring decisions at the Met Office are made by people, not AI. For more details, visit our approach to recruitment .

How we can help

If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us at [e-mail] .

If you're considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.

We understand that great minds don't always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code.

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible, 2 of these years must be immediately preceding the point of your application. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.

If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and wish to make a complaint, then in the first instance you should contact us at: [e-mail] If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at: [e-mail]