Risk Management Specialist

Risk & Governance Manager (Contract | Inside IR35)

🧩 Overview

We’re supporting a major UK public sector organisation seeking a Risk & Governance Manager to lead enterprise-wide risk management and governance frameworks.

This is a high-impact role working directly with senior leadership, ensuring risk informs decision-making, governance is effective, and assurance processes drive real business outcomes.

🎯 The Role

You’ll take ownership of the end-to-end risk management function, acting as the central lead across the organisation.

Key focus areas:

• Lead and evolve enterprise risk management frameworks
• Ensure risks are identified, assessed, escalated and reported effectively
• Support Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and governance boards with risk insight
• Drive governance standards, compliance, and best practice
• Deliver risk reporting into senior forums (ELT / Audit committees)
• Improve organisational risk maturity and awareness
• Coach and support risk focal points across the business

📊 Responsibilities

Risk (Core Focus – ~60%)

• Own and drive enterprise risk processes and reporting
• Deliver risk insight to support strategic decision-making
• Run risk workshops, training, and stakeholder engagement
• Align risk with corporate planning + business strategy
• Ensure high-quality, actionable risk data

Governance & Assurance

• Develop and implement governance frameworks and controls
• Maintain compliance registers and assurance processes
• Support governance boards and committees
• Identify and resolve governance gaps

Leadership

• Line manage a Risk Officer
• Drive capability uplift across risk community