Head of Risk Management Candidate Information Pack
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Thank you for your interest in the role of Head of Risk Management. I do hope you will it some serious thought. This is a brand new post for the University, and so you will have a real chance to influence the design and future of role, the work area, and through it, the University. You will be a key member of the new Governance, Compliance and Risk team, located at the heart of the University and working with stakeholders right across it to build the risk management and business continuity function. It’s a really exciting time to join the University. We have just approved a new strategy and we are in the process of reorganising to ensure that we can deliver it. The Head of Risk Management will hold a vital role in ensuring we achieve our strategic goals. As we move forward, we will need your expertise, proactivity and influencing skills to ensure we are both mindful of risk and maximising opportunity. You will find the University and its staff open, creative and forward- thinking. We work in a dynamic and collaborative environment which encourages teamwork and recognises the significance of individual contribution. Welcome.
Working in a central environment with a network across the University, you will contribute to this culture as well as being part of it. You will also be a key part of a place with real positive impact on society. We are committed to providing exceptional education and a supportive environment for our diverse community of students. We value and nurture diversity and we are committed to sustainability, social responsibility and community engagement. Working here will contribute to the significant impact we have on the lives of students, staff and the wider community. That is something I personally value. My vision for the risk management function is to facilitate collaboratively the work of our colleagues, helping them to make smart decisions with future security in mind. If this appeals to you, I encourage you to explore this candidate pack and consider being a part of the University and the team. With best wishes, Miriam Lakin, Associate Director of Governance, Compliance and Risk
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About us.
The University of Northampton is one of the youngest universities in the UK, gaining full university status and research degree awaring powers in 2005. Whilst we may be a ‘new’ University, we have made our impact in the Higher Education sector. We are committed to doing things differently; for example, we were the first University in the UK to be named as a Changemaker Campus in 2012 and are dedicated to creating social impact in all that we do. Our overt focus on positive change was spearheaded by our relocation to Northampton town centre with the opening of our Waterside Campus for the 2018/2019 academic year. The impetus of this bold move was to create a learning experience based on how our students
want to learn, rather than how it is expected, whilst also securing the sustainable future of our University. Since 2018, we have embraced our purpose- built state-of-the-art campus, being witness to many day-to-day interactions/experiences of our University community within our new physical estate. Listening and learning from those experiences, has allowed us to identify further opportunities to evolve. Against a backdrop of sustained growth in student numbers, with 2022 marking our current record year, this is an exciting era for the University of Northampton. Our recent achievements can be viewed at northampton.ac.uk/about-us/our-achievements/
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Director of Marketing & Student Recruitment
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Academic Registrar
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Director of Global Engagement
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The role.
Job Title
Head of Risk Management
Principal duties & responsibilities • To lead and develop the University’s risk management strategy, including the development of an overarching integrated risk management framework for the organisation. • To oversee development and implementation of the health and safety strategy, and health and safety management system, providing leadership to a dedicated team responsible for ensuring these are consistent with and meet organisational and statutory requirements. • To ensure the university’s governance arrangements for risk management meet regulatory and best practice requirements and the approach integrates effectively with the university’s internal control framework. • To produce the university’s risk management policy and framework to support the faculties and departments in managing their risks, informing decision- making and the prioritisation of actions relative to the university’s strategic vision and objectives. • To lead the design, implementation and delivery of the institutional risk management framework and approach with university leadership and management teams across the organisation including supporting the identification, collation, and escalation of risks. • To be responsible for ensuring that the risk management arrangements are effective in enabling delivery of the strategic priorities, and advising on risks
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make recommendations as appropriate to the sponsoring management or committee. • To monitor and review the effectiveness of university risk transfer arrangements including but not limited to contract management and the insurance programme. • To lead the quarterly review of the university risk register with senior leadership and management teams across the university. • To support management and senior leadership in the escalation of critical risks, issues and incidents with the potential to expose the university to material risk or loss. • To lead on organisation-wide risk assessment activities addressing operational and strategic risks, including undertaking risk modelling, scenario planning and qualitative and quantitative focused analysis to support organisational understanding and insight. • To prepare reports, insights, and analysis on risk management topics for the attention of senior committees including but not limited to the University Leadership Team, the Internal Audit Committee, and the Board of Governors. • To lead on the production of the annual assessment of risk management maturity and to prepare an annual maturity assessment report covering risk culture and the use of risk appetite and tolerances and the integration of risk management into organisational decision-making. • To manage the annual review of the adequacy of the risk management framework as an integral part of operational compliance and the control environment.
relating to new initiatives and major strategic decisions. • To lead on the preparation of the Business Continuity Management Strategy and Annual Plan of Work ensuring it is consistent with and supportive of the agreed Risk Management Framework. • To lead the preparation and implementation of the institution’s emergency preparedness and response strategy and arrangements, including the provision of training, guidance and support to the leadership team and senior management. • To lead the development and implementation of the university’s Business Continuity Management approach including the identification and assessment of dependency risks, and the preparation of Business Continuity Plans to be owned and led by the responsible management teams. • To build risk management capabilities across the university by providing risk management tools and templates and delivering training, advice, guidance, and support to risk owners with the objective of enhancing internal control techniques. • To promote a risk managed culture across the university by the sharing of knowledge and information, the provision of training and the promotion of risk management and continuous improvement techniques to. • To manage the annual review of the university’s risk appetite and promoting its application to risk-based decision-making across the organisation. • To lead on investigations and reviews of specific risks and to prepare reports and
Responsible to
Associate Director of Governance, Compliance and Risk
Overall purpose The Head of Risk Management is an integral member of the Governance, Compliance and Risk Office, supporting the Associate Director of Governance, Compliance and Risk and the Chief Operating Officer in the development and delivery of the risk management strategy and integrated risk management framework. The role will have significant input to the University’s strategic and business planning processes, providing advice on all risk management aspects including risk appetite. The post holder will be an experienced, senior, highly qualified and competent professional with broad experience and a highly developed skill-set in risk management. The individual will proactively negotiate and influence at senior levels within the organisation, linking closely to the Board, the executive, senior management and staff in the provision of the University’s Risk management agenda.
Core people management duties and responsibilities • Providing strong strategic and inspirational leadership, management and coordination of service provision.
• Plan resources (human and capital) to ensure adequate coverage to meet the needs of the service whilst recognising employee wellbeing. • Manage performance and behaviour (including the PDR and the Probation period) of team on an ongoing basis. • Monitor leave and absence of the team on an ongoing basis. Approve annual leave requests, manage poor attendance and support staff with ongoing ill health issues. • Monitor and approve development opportunities to meet changing needs of the University and personal development.
• Communicate effectively at all levels, ensuring relevant information is cascaded to the team and allow for two way communication including team meetings and 1-2-1’s. • Foster wellbeing of team members ensuring maintenance of work life balance, adherence to Working Time Regulations and providing opportunities for staff to raise issues e.g. through regular 1-2-1 meetings. • Undertake all aspects of recruitment in accordance with University policy and procedure, for both within the team and supporting other departments and faculties across the University. • Undertake investigations and undertake role of hearing manager in cases of disciplinary and grievance for employees across the University in line with University Policy and procedures.
Generic duties and responsibilities
• The post holder will be expected to undertake other responsibilities and tasks as reasonably requested by the Associate Director of Governance, Compliance & Risk. • The post holder will be responsible and accountable for ensuring all em - ployment legislative requirements are adhered to including equality and diversity and health and safety issues. • To be a member of the business continuity team should a serious incident arise which could seriously impact on the day to day functioning and ser - vice delivery of the University. • The job description may be altered at any time in the future in line with the level of the post to meet changing institutional requirements, but only in full consultation with the post holder.
Person specification.
Qualifications Essential: • Degree or an equivalent qualification in risk management and/or level of experience • Chartered membership of Institute of Risk Management or working towards CMIRM Desirable: • Qualification in operational risk areas such as health and safety, emergency preparedness, business continuity management etc. Skills, knowledge and experience • Wide and varied knowledge and understand - ing of risk management across a range of disciplines with demonstrable experience of directing risk management and leadership in a large, complex organisation • Substantial experience of working as a risk manager, with a proven track record in iden - tifying key strategic risk issues and imple - menting successful value adding initiatives • Demonstrable experience of developing risk management strategy, risk management frameworks, plans of work and procedures in a large, complex organisation • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to establish rapport and influence a diverse range of stakeholders and building and main - taining close collaborative working relation - ships • Experience of leading significant change in an organisation whilst being willing and able to operate at all levels, providing leadership by example • Demonstrable experience of developing and delivering business continuity strategies and plans of work in a large, complex organisa - tion • Experience in both supporting and influenc- ing Board and senior management, and in developing successful networks and relation - ships at all levels • Demonstrable understanding of HR policies and procedures
Personal qualities Essential: • Strong interpersonal skills and able to apply tact in dealing with diverse groups at all organisational levels, and the self-confidence to influence and challenge at all levels • Strong personal integrity, helping peers and colleagues to develop skills and confidence • A clear commitment to the University’s purpose and values, including that of equality, diversity and inclusion, and to continuing professional and leadership development • Ability to make swift decisions following a dynamic assessment of a situation and delegate tasks appropriately • Strong written and verbal skillsets and ability to present and deliver timely and high-quality reports to senior leadership committees and management groups • Visible and passionate leader, with the ability to drive forwards the risk management agenda in a collaborative and progressive manner • Ability to plan, organise and deliver complex activities to time, quality and budget Desirable: • Appreciation and understanding of business operations and the strategic context within which the university operates
Community, bringing together teams from across the University to support, improve and promote the wellbeing and physical and mental health of those living, studying and working here. • We have trained over 130 Mental Health First Aiders to ensure we have a network of staff who have the knowledge and confidence to recognise the signs and symptoms of common mental health issues and can signpost you towards the right support • We have a number of staff networks to support you including New Parents, LGBT+, GEM (Global Ethnic Majority) and Women • Our Employee Assistance Programme which is provided by our Occupational Health partner includes advice and counselling services to offer support through times of difficulty. Work - life balance/smarter working We want you to be able to carry out your work in a way that best supports UON and our students, but also you as an individual. We understand what that looks like will vary between different areas of the University as well as from one person to another. With Smarter Working you can work with increased flexibility, if you would like to, to facilitate greater freedom, autonomy and to better support each of us as individuals. Should you have family/caring responsibilities, we also have a whole package of family-friendly policies that provide for flexible working, maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave, and leave for family emergencies. Environment We have reaffirmed our commitment to combating climate change and have pledged to become net zero carbon by 2030. We have also retained our green accreditation in Investors in the Environment.
Pension scheme The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is the main scheme for professional services staff and is worked out every scheme year and added to your pension account. The pension added to your account is equal to a 49th of your pay in that year. At the end of every scheme year the value of the pension in your account is adjusted to take into account the cost of living (as currently measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). After you retire your pension will also keep pace with cost of living increases. It also includes immediate life cover and a pension for your husband, wife, civil partner or nominated cohabiting partner and eligible children in the event of your death and, if you ever become seriously ill, and you've paid in for at least 2 years, you could receive immediate ill-health benefits. Health insurance Health insurance is provided for single, individual coverage. There is also the option to purchase cover for a partner and/ or family at your own cost. Career development Since education is part of our core business, we care deeply about career and personal development. You’ll benefit from: • a structured induction programme for new starters, to make you feel welcome and part of our team • an annual performance and development review, to help identify your career aspirations and structure your individual development plan • access to an extensive programme of courses, designed by our in-house Staff Development team, for all career stages • access to LinkedIn Learning – a library of high quality training videos that cover a wide range of subjects. Employee wellbeing At the University of Northampton, we believe in the importance of health and wellbeing and we aim to ensure it underpins the staff and student experience at all stages. With this in mind we have introduced the Waterside Wellbeing
Working at the University of Northampton. Our mission is to transform lives and inspire change. We aim to ensure you have a positive experience of working with us by providing a supportive and caring environment. We also have a unique commitment to social impact which means we support our staff and students to have a positive effect on the world and society.
Generous benefits package
Our job opportunities all include an excellent benefits package that includes many features that are hard to find in the private sector: • Generous annual leave allowance, including Christmas/New Year closure - 35 days plus bank holidays and University closed days • Pension scheme membership to provide benefits for you and your family • Generous sick pay • Employee Assistance Programme with advice line and counselling • Learning and development opportunities; • Cycle to Work Scheme • Long service awards • Staff discounts on a range of products and local services including the ability to purchase a TOTUM student discount card which gives you access to over 350 student discounts.
How to apply. For a confidential discussion to learn more about the role and opportunity, please contact the University of Northampton’s appointed recruitment partner Sian Gardiner of MRG University People: sian.gardiner@universitypeople.co.uk Applications should consist of a CV and covering letter and should be sent to northampton@universitypeople.co.uk Final Interviews will take place at our Waterside Campus on Friday 29th September 2023. The University of Northampton is committed to providing a vibrant, ethical and sustainable work, study and living environment that values equality, diversity and inclusion. This commitment, along with our legal and moral obligations, provides an inclusive environment for staff, students and the public who may be affected by our activities. Together @ UON confirms our commitment to equality and inclusion, underpinned by our belief in taking action. We are dedicated to creating an environment that celebrates equality and harnesses the power of diversity. Together @ UON demonstrates our pledge to our staff, students and partners to nurture and develop an environment where equality and inclusion can thrive whilst we Transform Lives and Inspire Change northampton.ac.uk
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