Risk Manager

Greater Manchester Mental Health; Prestwich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in the UK seeks a Risk Manager to promote a positive risk management culture and ensure compliance within the organization. The role involves managing the Corporate Risk Register, advising senior management, and conducting risk management training. Candidates must possess strong leadership abilities, experience in incident management, and the capacity to analyze complex data effectively. The trust values diversity and encourages applications from under-represented groups.

Qualifications

• Experience working with incident and risk management systems.
• Proven track record in data analysis and interpretation.
• Experience in designing and delivering training.
• Strong leadership skills with team management experience.
• Understanding of incident reporting processes.

Responsibilities

• Promote a positive risk management culture within the Trust.
• Maintain the Corporate Risk Register.
• Advise executives on risk management practices.
• Develop risk management training for staff.
• Monitor compliance with the Risk Management Framework.

Skills

Negotiation

Data Analysis

Leadership

Communication

Training and Presentation

Analytical skills

Education

Degree level education or equivalent relevant experience

Relevant risk management qualification

Post Graduate Diploma or working towards one

Tools

Incident management systems

Policy databases

Job description

Job overview

NOTE 1: PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

NOTE 2: INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD FACE TO FACE ONLY

NOTE 3: Applications completed using AI will be rejected.

This is a great opportunity to join the GMMH Risk Team. The postholder will bring their own expertise, learn quickly, and lead with kindness and compassion, demonstrating our values in all they do.

Reporting directly to the Director of Corporate Affairs, the postholder will day‑to‑day manage risk across the organisation, working with lead managers to ensure high quality arrangements and effective advice.

Main responsibilities

• Promote a positive risk management culture within the Trust, utilising communication and engagement techniques to raise awareness and encourage involvement.
• Ensure the maintenance of the Corporate Risk Register.
• Hold regular meetings with Executives, Senior Managers and Department Heads to provide advice on risk registers, assessment, categorisation of risks and controls to reduce risks.
• Ensure all divisions and directorates develop and implement local risk management practices compliant with the Risk Management Framework.
• Devise and provide risk management training to an agreed training needs analysis that includes members of divisional management teams and corporate functions, ensuring the system is understood and implemented effectively.
• Monitor compliance with the Risk Management Framework by devising a rolling audit programme and supporting any review by the Trust’s Internal Auditors.
• Support the development, implementation and maintenance of relevant policies and standard operating procedures in one's area, and actively propose policy or service changes that impact beyond that area, including participation in working groups on policy changes across the Trust.

Person specification

• Education / Qualifications
• Essential: Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Desirable: Relevant risk management qualification.
• Desirable: Post Graduate Diploma in relevant subject or working towards one.
• Experience
• Essential: Experience of working with incident and risk management system.
• Essential: Experience of analysing and interpreting data.
• Essential: Experience of designing and delivering training and presentations.
• Essential: Experience of working with staff at all levels of seniority.
• Essential: Experience in managing teams.
• Essential: Understanding of the incident reporting and reviewing process.
• Essential: Excellent leadership skills, with the ability to drive and motivate individual teams.
• Desirable: Experience of working in NHS healthcare.
• Desirable: Experience of writing reports.
• Desirable: Policy development and implementation.
• Knowledge
• Essential: Knowledge of good risk management practice, e.g. The Orange Book.
• Essential: Knowledge of incident and risk management systems.
• Skills and Abilities
• Essential: Ability to negotiate and influence others.
• Essential: Computer literate and familiar with incident and policy databases.
• Essential: Experience of producing and presenting high‑level reports.
• Essential: Good analytical and judgement skills & experience of making decisions under difficult circumstances.
• Essential: Ability to analyse, interpret and present complex quantitative and qualitative data to a range of audiences.
• Essential: Ability to work independently as well as in a team.
• Essential: Ability to work flexibly and in a changing environment.
• The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. This requires a fee of £16 per year and registration throughout employment with GMMH.
• Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.
• The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• We are committed to ensuring our workforce is representative of the diverse communities we serve, and we remove barriers for candidates from under‑represented groups, e.g. BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like informal support for the recruitment process, we welcome you to contact us.
• Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and examples used in the supporting statement.
• We are an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications requiring sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Not all roles are eligible for sponsorship; please review the eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government website.
• If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship and you are otherwise unable to evidence your right to work in the UK.
• The Home Office introduces new changes from 22 07 2025 that impact the health and care sector. Please familiarise with them.
• We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities. Experience outside the NHS will be considered for salary calculation on appointment.