Risk Officer - Contract (Inside IR35)
Rate: 350- 450/day
Length: 12 months +
Location: Somerset (Hybrid) - typically 2-3 days/week on-site on business need (often around reporting cycles)

A MoD government agency with a strong focus on governance, risk and assurance.

You'll support a Business Assurance function to strengthen risk management and governance oversight-supporting senior leadership reporting, risk workshops, and continuous improvement of risk tools and processes.

• Maintain and update strategic/corporate risk registers (quarterly+)
• Plan and facilitate risk workshops; capture and assess emerging risks
• Draft monthly/quarterly updates for senior leadership and assurance committees (incl. deep dives)
• Improve risk reporting dashboards and maintain risk portals/SharePoint content
• Track mitigations/actions, drive updates with risk owners, and maintain schedules/plans
• Support updates to risk policy/process/templates aligned to government risk guidance
• Provide stakeholder support across directorates and mentor risk focal points
• General admin: meeting organisation, documentation upkeep, assurance mapping, audit/risk schedules

• IRMCert (or equivalent) and/or 3-5+ years' enterprise risk management experience
• Experience producing governance/risk reporting for senior stakeholders/boards/committees
• Strong communication and influencing skills
• Strong organisation skills; able to manage competing priorities
• Excellent MS Office skills (Excel/PowerPoint/Word), MS Teams, SharePoint
• Must be able to meet UK government security vetting requirements

Interested? Send CV and availability and we'll arrange a quick call.