Senior Risk & Assurance Lead (SC Cleared)

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd; Southampton, Basildon; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd seeks a Lead Risk Manager for a 6-month contract. Location is Southampton or Basildon, with pay up to £60 per hour inside IR35. Candidates must hold active SC security clearance.

You will lead risk identification and assurance workshops, develop risk management practices, review risk registers, and provide data-driven insights for decision-makers while engaging with stakeholders across multiple teams.

Qualifications

• Degree in a technical or business subject.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise and project risk management frameworks and standards.
• Significant experience in project or programme risk management.
• Highly numerate with experience of statistical and financial modelling (Monte Carlo).
• Sound understanding of contingency setting and management aligned to risk exposure.
• Experience translating complex risk information into clear, decision-focused insights.
• High competency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and able to influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate risk identification, review, and assurance workshops.
• Deliver training, coaching, and mentoring to embed risk practices.
• Review risk registers, assumptions, quantification, and mitigation plans.
• Support assurance activities and input to internal reviews or audits.
• Analyse processes for collecting and storing risk data to ensure data quality.
• Produce risk reports with timely, accurate, decision-focused insight.
• Advise on risk treatment and mitigation strategies.

Skills

Risk management

Project risk

Statistical modelling

Monte Carlo

Contingency planning

Stakeholder comms

Workshop facilitation

MS Office

Education

Degree in technical or business subject

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd seeks a Lead Risk Manager for a 6-month contract. Location is Southampton or Basildon, with pay up to £60 per hour inside IR35. Candidates must hold active SC security clearance.

You will lead risk identification and assurance workshops, develop risk management practices, review risk registers, and provide data-driven insights for decision-makers while engaging with stakeholders across multiple teams.