Project Risk Manager

The Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) is currently seeking a Project Risk Manager to join the Submarine Disposal and Devonport Infrastructure (SDDI) team. The SDDI is responsible for the decommissioning, defueling, and dismantling of the UK's legacy nuclear submarines. Additionally, the team is involved in delivering major infrastructure upgrades in Devonport to support maintenance of the Astute-class submarines.

As a Project Risk Manager, you will utilise and develop your excellent leadership and communication skills and be proactive in explaining risk management processes. Working closely with project managers and the rest of project team, you will support and guide people with the pro-active identification and on-going management of risks, both threats and opportunities, to enable the successful delivery outcomes required. You will be given the opportunity to develop your risk management skills and knowledge within the nuclear submarine environment.

This is a dynamic and forward-thinking role as you engage with stakeholders at different levels within our organisation. You will broaden and share your experience within the Project Risk environment with the opportunity for personal development.

Working at Devonport, the largest naval base in Western Europe, you will be able to witness first-hand the output of your project. All whilst utilising and developing your knowledge and experience in line with business needs to support our armed forces. If you have the pride, passion and commitment, with the drive to develop your skills and experience of leadership and delivering successful outcomes, then you will find yourself in good company in the SDA.

At the SDA, we champion flexible ways of working. Regular in-person attendance of approximately 60% of your working week is required to promote the benefits of face-to-face collaboration alongside flexibility of hours to support work-life balance. Initially, you may be expected to attend more frequently to familiarise yourselves with the site, the team, and your role.

What you'll be doing

• Facilitating risk workshops on projects to identify and manage specific project / programme related threats opportunities and issues.
• Overseeing the risk tool project and / or programme activities to ensure quality and accuracy of data therein.
• Providing the project team with pro-active risk information to allow project team to understand current risk position, risk proximity and pro-active management actions.
• Communicating key project threat and opportunity management data to key members of the project, programme, and leadership team, and to be able to recommend key items for escalation within the business.
• Communicating and influencing leadership within the SDA projects and portfolios and supply chain within the risk technical field.

Person specification

To be successful with your application, you'll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Demonstrable stakeholder management skills, both internal & external at various levels in an organisation
• Experience of risk and assumptions management
• Experience of Risk (threats and opportunities) management in a project environment
• Experience of interpreting supplier risk & modelling data

In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competences and behaviours will be assessed at interview:

• Stakeholder Management
• Project Risk
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £42,600, Ministry of Defence contributes £11,502 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

• 25 days' annual leave +1 day a year up to 30 days, 8 bank holidays and a day off for the King's birthday
• Flexible and hybrid working options
• Market-leading average employer pension contribution of 27%
• Annual performance-based bonus and recognition awards
• Access to specialist training and funded qualifications
• Support for progression
• Huge range of discounts
• Volunteering days
• Enhanced parental leave schemes

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.