Risk Officer

The Health and Care Professions Council; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Enhanced employee assistance

30 days annual leave

Reward scheme

Job summary

The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is seeking a proactive Risk Officer to support the delivery and continuous improvement of our risk management framework, helping ensure risks are identified, assessed and effectively managed.

You will maintain risk registers, monitor risks and mitigations, prepare risk reports for senior leaders and governance committees, coordinate internal audit activity and promote a positive risk culture across HCPC.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting risk management, assurance, audit or compliance activities.
• Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to build effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
• Experience producing clear reports and presenting information to different audiences.
• Knowledge of risk management principles and governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining and reviewing operational and strategic risk registers.
• Monitoring risks and mitigating actions with colleagues across the organisation.
• Preparing risk reports and insights for senior leaders and governance committees.
• Coordinating internal audit activities and tracking audit findings and recommendations.
• Supporting assurance, compliance and risk management activities.
• Promoting a positive risk culture and risk awareness across the organisation.

Skills

Risk management

Assurance

Audit

Compliance

Analytical thinking

Organisational skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Report writing

Governance frameworks

Job description

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to contribute to an organisation that is committed to effective governance, continuous improvement and public protection. You will work with a supportive team, gain exposure to senior stakeholders and play an important role in strengthening organisational assurance and risk management.

In return, we offer a range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, development and work-life balance, including:

• A generous 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements with 20-40% of the week in the office
• Enhanced Employee Assistance and reward scheme

If you are looking to build your career in risk and assurance and want to make a meaningful contribution, we would love to hear from you.

Purpose and Main Duties

As Risk Officer, you will support the delivery and continuous improvement of the organisation's risk management framework, helping to ensure risks are identified, assessed and effectively managed.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting the maintenance and review of operational and strategic risk registers.
• Working with colleagues across the organisation to monitor risks and mitigating actions.
• Preparing risk reports and insights for senior leaders and governance committees.
• Coordinating internal audit activities and tracking audit findings and recommendations.
• Supporting assurance, compliance and risk management activities.
• Promoting a positive risk culture and risk awareness across the organisation.

What We’re Looking For

We're looking for a proactive and organised individual with an interest in risk management, governance and assurance. You will have:

• Experience supporting risk management, assurance, audit or compliance activities.
• Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to build effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
• Experience producing clear reports and presenting information to different audiences.
• Knowledge of risk management principles and governance frameworks.

Further information on this role is detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification.

• Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.
• We conduct original document checks, as part of pre-employment screening.
• Candidates require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) criminal record check.
• We are unable to provide feedback at application stage.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

HCPC’s vision is to be recognised as an actively anti-discriminatory organisation that upholds and promotes best practice in equality, diversity and inclusion and an active ally for change. We are a Disability Confident employer and aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the HCPC. We will make reasonable adjustments and adaptations to ensure the recruitment process is inclusive and barrier-free and will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role. If you would like to have a confidential discussion on how we can support you, please contact [e-mail] .

Our values underpin what we do and how we do it, to help us operate to high standards and effectively as a regulator and employer. In addition to the core competencies for this role, we will also assess you against our values during the selection process: Please refer to the HCPC Values and Behavioural Framework.