Senior Risk Manager
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 16 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Competitive |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 15 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Manchester, M1 3BG |
| Cwmni: | inploi |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 75716758 |
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Welcome to your next BIG opportunity in Greater Manchester! Are you ready to help us deliver and achieve our vision for the city? If yes, then look no further as your time is now - so let’s talk!
Join us on a journey that truly matters - Here at Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), we’re committed to transforming and improving how people move across our amazing region. Whilst we have already achieved so much - such as Bus Franchising bringing our local bus services back under local control as part of the Bee Network; there are many more exciting opportunities ahead.
Be part of something BIG! - Greater Manchester’s time is now with over £2.5 billion in committed investment to enhance and develop our infrastructure transport network over the next 5 years; as we continue our mission to deliver the UK’s first fully integrated, Zero Emission public transport system outside of London.
As we embark on the next stages of our exciting transformation journey; we are looking for some special people who want to be part of something great to come and join our award-winning teams over the next few months!!
Who we are?
Welcome to Projects Group, part of Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) - we are responsible for ensuring the organisation has firm foundations to successfully develop and deliver a large, complex and technically diverse portfolio of capital and revenue projects and programmes across Greater Manchester - on time, within budget and with the customer at the heart of what we do!!
Our extensive portfolio of projects and programmes covers a significant number of areas within the different modes of transport infrastructure throughout Greater Manchester including Bus infrastructure, Metrolink, Rail, Electrification, Interchanges, Zero Emissions, Clean Air, Active Travel and Business Change just to name a few!
About the role?
Over the next few months, we are looking for Senior Risk Managers to join our team the role will sit within our well-established Programme Management Office (PMO); which is the engine room of Projects Group and plays a pivotal role in ensuring and maintaining successful project and programme delivery.
Our Senior Risk Managers are experienced senior members of the team who will report to our Risk Management Lead and will have responsibility for managing designated Risk Analysts and/ or Risk Managers alongside managing their own portfolio of projects and programmes.
You will work effectively alongside our existing team of commercial, controls and project management teams to always develop and implement robust risk management strategies and processes; whilst ensuring methods of analysis with periodic reporting up to senior levels and make recommendations to the project and programme teams.In addition, you will also play a key role in contributing to the continued development and improvement of the Projects Group function - please see role profile.
This is hybrid role where you will be expected to work in the office for a minimum of 2 days per week.
What we need from you?
What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.
You will be an enthusiastic and ambitious individual who has a detailed understanding of Risk Management methodology and processes and have a good attention for detail. You will co-ordinate Risk Management services to the designated programmes and projects, to facilitate the delivery of projects to time, cost, and quality.
You will be a strong communicator and be able to develop and maintain professional relationships with stakeholders at varying levels. You will have the ability to problem solve and find resolutions to issues and be able to interpret data (both written and numerical) whilst working to agreed deadlines.
You will have proven construction industry knowledge and an in depth understanding and application of risk management process, as well as a broader appreciation of project controls. You will understand and be able to consistently apply our Risk Management Framework across all projects and programmes and be able to identify, assess, manage, monitor, and report all risks using appropriate tools (e.g., Primavera Risk Analyser, Predict controller and Risk analyser, @Risk).
Ideally you will hold a risk management qualification e.g., Institute of Risk Management or have equivalent relevant experience.
What we can offer you?
These are permanent roles with a salary range of £64,770-£72,024 per annum depending on skills and experience.
This is comprised of a base salary of £57,770-£65,024 plus a Market Factor Supplement (MFS) of £7000 per annum which is paid monthly and reviewed on an annual basis.
In addition, you will be entitled to several other amazing benefits whilst working for us including:
Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more.
Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel to and from work.
Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions.
Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
Discover more benefits including wellbeing support, Personal and Career Development, Flexible working, financial support and more on our website
What's next?
If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. To apply please submit your CV and also provide a covering letter providing clear examples of how your experience meets the requirements of the role, all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on either of these documents. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.
Internal candidates - check with your line manager before applying for a secondment, to make sure you can be released from your substantive role.
We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.
Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.
TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.
For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.
Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.
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