Strategic Risk Manager – Manchester Digital Campus

Government Recruitment Service; Manchester; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer scheme

Job summary

Government Recruitment Service is seeking a Risk Manager in Manchester to lead risk, issue and opportunity management across the Manchester Digital Campus project. The role involves coordinating with the GPA, Cabinet Office and external partners, ensuring robust governance and value delivery for the Civil Service transformation programme.

The successful candidate will drive risk strategy, enable data-driven decision making, and collaborate with senior stakeholders across departments to maximise

Responsibilities

• Develop the risk culture, learning and uncertainty tolerance across the team.
• Regular cadence of risk, opportunity and issue reviews with each Line of Development and partners.
• Deep-dive analyses into risks and opportunities with the wider team.
• Collect and share data to support GPA, Cabinet Office and NISTA delivery.
• Scan for opportunity, change and risk; brief Governance Boards.
• Collaborate with SRO, Programme Directors and HMT for assurance and quantification.

Job description

Government Recruitment Service is seeking a Risk Manager in Manchester to lead risk, issue and opportunity management across the Manchester Digital Campus project. The role involves coordinating with the GPA, Cabinet Office and external partners, ensuring robust governance and value delivery for the Civil Service transformation programme.

The successful candidate will drive risk strategy, enable data-driven decision making, and collaborate with senior stakeholders across departments to maximise