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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in project risk management, including risk identification, assessment, and mitigation strategies. Proficient in facilitating risk reviews and communicating effectively with stakeholders while maintaining compliance with governance processes.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Project Risk ManagementRisk Register MaintenanceQuantitative Risk AnalysisMicrosoft Excel ProficiencyAPM Project Risk Management Certification
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Hard Skills
Risk IdentificationRisk AssessmentMitigation StrategiesQualitative Risk AssessmentCost Risk AnalysisSchedule Risk AnalysisRAID Log ManagementChange ControlCost ManagementScheduling
Soft Skills
Analytical SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsOrganizational SkillsAttention to DetailCommunication Skills
Tools & Technologies
Active Risk Manager (ARM)Microsoft OfficeAgile MethodologyWaterfall MethodologyHybrid Delivery Environments
Certifications & Qualifications
APM Project Risk Management Single Subject CertificateAPM PMQPRINCE2
Industry Keywords
DefenceDefence DigitalCentral GovernmentRegulated EnvironmentDigital Transformation
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Deliver agreed risk management activities across projects and programmes
- Identify, assess, manage and report risks within the agreed scope and autonomy
- Maintain accurate project and programme risk and opportunity registers
- Support identification, assessment and documentation of risks and opportunities
- Define mitigation actions for threats and actions to realise opportunities with relevant owners
- Facilitate regular risk reviews and workshops with project teams and stakeholders
- Monitor risk exposure and track mitigation actions, owners and completion dates
- Escalate significant or emerging risks through agreed governance routes
- Support risk owners in reviewing residual exposure
- Undertake qualitative risk assessments using agreed probability and impact criteria
- Support quantitative cost and schedule risk analysis by preparing and validating inputs, documenting assumptions and explaining results
- Work with Project Managers, Schedulers and Project Controls teams to assess impacts on cost, schedule and delivery
- Produce regular risk reports and management information for governance and decision-making
- Support management of RAID logs
- Ensure risk activity follows client governance, processes and controls
- Improve project risk management processes and templates
- Assist with project and programme governance activities and reporting
- Support a positive risk management culture across delivery teams
- Maintain risk documentation and audit trails
- Contribute to Squarcle’s project controls capability and knowledge sharing
- Support other project and programme activities as required
Requirements
What you’ll need- Previous experience within project risk management, project controls or project delivery
- Experience maintaining risk registers and supporting risk identification and assessment
- Understanding of risk probability, impact, exposure and mitigation
- Experience facilitating or contributing to project risk reviews
- Ability to prepare agendas, draw out stakeholder input, and capture agreed risks, owners and actions
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to interpret risk information and communicate key points clearly to project stakeholders
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Competent user of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel
- Ability to work collaboratively with Project Managers, Project Controls teams and wider delivery stakeholders
- Ability to meet security requirements associated with the role and client engagements
- Experience in Defence, Defence Digital, central government or another regulated environment is desirable
- Experience supporting digital, technology or transformation programmes is desirable
- Familiarity with Active Risk Manager (ARM) or similar tools is desirable
- Understanding of quantitative risk analysis, including schedule and/or cost risk, is desirable
- Knowledge of scheduling, change control and cost management is desirable
- Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery environments is desirable
- Relevant qualifications such as APM Project Risk Management Single Subject Certificate, APM PMQ or PRINCE2 are advantageous
- Must have lived in the UK for the last 5 years
- Must obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance without disqualifying caveats
- Visa sponsorship is not available
Benefits
Comp & perks- 26 days of annual leave (including your birthday!) plus UK bank holidays, increasing to 27 days after three years and 28 after seven years
- Five extra days for 5 and 10-year anniversaries
- Additional leave for members of the Reserve Forces and CFAV
- Private medical insurance after completion of probation
- £1,000 referral bonus for successful hires
- Performance-related awards
- Milestone and life-event hampers
- Annual training week abroad
- Funding for qualifications that benefit both you and the business
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted travel through funded railcards
- Pension contributions of 3% employer and 5% employee
- Working hours of 8:30 am–5:30 pm, Monday–Friday, with an hour for lunch