Risk and Issue Specialist

We are looking for a Risk and Issue Specialist for a variety of projects.

What is the Agile Talent Community?The Agile Talent Community is a network of contract professionals given the opportunity to work with our clients on a project-by-project basis and provided with strong support and development opportunities offered by Grant Thornton. You’ll get the freedom and advice to work in a way that suits you, that is compliant, and be able to choose the projects you take on, allowing you the independence to manage your time more effectively. The Agile Talent Community reflects the same values that sit at the heart of Grant Thornton: a commitment to diversity and inclusion, a client centric, quality driven ethos and a fundamental care for our people and doing what’s right, ahead of what’s easy.

Everyday inclusion

Our ambition is that we are fully inclusive every day. This means that our working environment is one where everyone’s experience is important. Where people are treated fairly, and everyone has equal access to opportunities and where everyone feels safe to be themselves. We want to create a culture where it’s okay to ask questions and to understand more about different perspectives, so that we continuously educate and inform each other.

More about Advisory

We help and support clients achieve their strategic goals by guiding them through new legislation changes and helping to navigate accounting, regulatory, technology and operating model change. The world around us is changing and our teams help clients remain agile and adapt to these changes and stay ahead of the competition.

Skills we’re looking for

We are looking for a Risk and Issue Specialist who has significant knowledge and experience of Risk and Issue management within a complex organisation. The Risk and Issue Specialist is responsible for advising and supporting Senior Responsible Officers, Heads of Service, Programme and Project Managers on identifying, reporting and managing risks and Issues in line with the Risk Management Framework.

The Risk and Issue Specialist will train, coach and mentor colleagues involved in programme/project management,
you will have significant knowledge of programme/project methodology, leading activities to support the delivery of the Portfolio Change Plan and providing specialised analysis to Project Boards, Programme Review Boards and Senior leadership.

• Extensive knowledge of best practice in risk management
• Knowledge of a range of risk tools and techniques
• Knowledge of assurance and control frameworks
• Able to use a range of IT equipment and software to analyse information and produce intelligent and engaging reports.
• Able to present complex and sensitive information to internal and external stakeholders, persuading and building buy-in at senior levels
• Experience of working as the organisational subject matter expert on risk management, in an enterprise risk management environment, and with senior managers to gain buy-in
• Significant experience of facilitating multidisciplinary risk workshops and quality assuring/reviewing risk registers/documentation
• Significant experience of facilitating multidisciplinary risk workshops and quality assuring/reviewing risk registers/documentation
• Significant experience of working within a Project Management Office environment, with understanding of key project outputs and processes e.g. project governance, business cases
• Exercising judgement and independently managing work
• Provision of effective and efficient advice on risks and Issues to Programme/Project Managers and senior leaders
• Experience of senior stakeholder management, influencing collaborating and appropriately challenging leadership
• Point of professional knowledge and expertise on Risk and Issue management across the organisation.
  Desirable criteria
• Degree in relevant subject or significant equivalent experience in risk management and working within a formal project delivery environment
• Risk management qualification (or willingness to work towards) e.g. International Certificate in Enterprise Risk Management, Management of Risk Practitioner
• Portfolio management and/or project management qualification e.g. PRINCE2, APM Project Management Qualification, P3O

Development: We believe our success is intrinsically linked to yours and will provide necessary training and support whether you’re on a project or not. From helping you navigate incoming regulation for freelancers to providing dedicated points of contact and offering training, we will always be there to support, advise and help you develop.

Independence: A project focus lets you take on work as and when you want. The projects themselves will generally be full time, but this control allows you to create room around them for other priorities. We know you will need scope to pursue other interests whether personal or professional. The Agile Talent Community provides you that space without restriction.

How to join:

You’ll first apply by sending your CV to us. If your skills match with what we are looking for, one of our recruiters will get in touch and walk you through the recruitment and onboarding process. If there’s interest to continue, we’ll invite you to an interview with some of our key business leads. If successful, the final step will be to complete the contracting process and background checks. Once your background checks are complete and documentation is signed, you’ll be ready to start working with our team to find the right opportunity! You’ll have a dedicated Relationship Manager, who will be able to match you with the right projects based off your availability and skill sets and making sure you are aware of the training and networking opportunities available