About the job

Job summary

We’re looking for an exceptional Corporate Risk Manager to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Corporate Risk Manager, we require you to be on site at our Exeter HQ at least once a week. There may be times when the role will require you to work from HQ more frequently, so some flexibility is required. You can choose to work more frequently in our state-of-the-art office if you'd prefer.  

Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week, but we would also consider applicants wishing to work a minimum of 32 hours per week.  Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.

The Met Office is accredited as a 'Great Place to Work UK 2023' and in addition has achieved a place on both the UK's 'Best Workplaces in Tech' and 'Best Workplaces for Women' lists.

We invest in our people to unlock their full potential. As our Corporate Risk Manager, we will support you to develop and thrive to be the best you can be.  We champion positive physical and mental health in the workplace and are committed to being an inclusive organisation, providing a working culture that actively values an equal and diverse workforce. 

As our Corporate Risk Manager, your starting salary will be £49149.00. New joiners to the Met Office will start on the salary band minimum. Our 2022-25 pay award means the salary will increase to £52799.00 from 1st April 2024, and you will be able to progress towards £56738.00 over time.

Your total reward package is potentially worth up to £67622.00 annually, which includes basic salary, potential corporate bonus and employer pension contributions.

Who we are:

We provide critical weather services and world-leading climate science to deliver extraordinary impact and benefit across the globe. Our work helps people make better decisions to stay safe and thrive.

Together:

• We’re a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
• We’re experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
• We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
• We’re better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
• We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

Find out more about our values - https://bit.ly/3fokaRD

Job description

Job Purpose:

The purpose of the role of Corporate Risk Manager is to lead the delivery of the risk management framework and develop organisational insight by maintaining strategic oversight of the organisational risk profile. Regular contact and consultancy services are provided to senior leaders across the organisation to support organisational improvement.

Specific accountabilities are:

• Lead on the development and regular review of the Met Office’s approach to Risk, Issues and Opportunity management, taking account of industry and government best practice and the outcome of audits, ensuring clear policies, procedures and guidance are regularly updated.
• Ensure that corporate level risks are identified, managed and mitigated through 1-1’s with Directors and their Senior Leadership Teams (SLT), ensuring these are set in the context of the overall risk appetite of the organisation and its strategy.
• Report progress on risk identification and mitigation at corporate and departmental level to the Met Office Board, Audit Committee, Executive, Directorate SLT and Committee meetings, challenging areas of weakness and suggesting corrective action, including the facilitation of risk deep dives to the Executive and senior management covering risk appetite, horizon scanning, and risk interdependencies.
• Work with the organisation’s P3M risk specialists to ensure Programme, Project and Corporate Investment Appraisal risks are reviewed, identified effectively with suitable mitigation actions, and are tracked and escalated appropriately.
• Liaise directly with Directorate risk coordinators to assist with risk identification within BaU and Operational teams and provide guidance on capturing, reporting and the escalating of risks when necessary.
• Provide corporate training, advice and mentoring to all areas of the organisation on risk, issues, and ensure appropriate communication channels, comms sites and risk management tools are in place to empower staff to deliver the risk management framework.
• Work with the OCEO management team to ensure the organisation’s assurance framework is robust, joined-up and fit for purpose and supportive of the corporate strategy and objectives.

Person specification

Essential Qualifications, Skills & Abilities:

1. Analytical skills and logical thinking to identify, appraise and propose mitigations to risks and opportunities across the business.
2. Personal drive, motivation and initiative to plan and manage own workload, meet deadlines and lead risk processes.
3. Strong report writing and verbal presentation skills for presenting to the Exec Board, Audit Committee and MO Board and to provide guidance and training across the business.
4. Strong relationship skills to liaise with risk owners, programme leads, directors and senior leadership around the organisation and promote risk culture.
5. Risk management experience, skills and training/qualifications and/or project management, business analysis and related experience.
6. IT skills to collate, present, and disseminate risk information.

Desirable Qualifications, Skills & Abilities:

1. Understanding of governance, controls and assurance frameworks.
2. Understanding of business cases, financial analysis and benefits management.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £49,149, Met Office contributes £13,319 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

How to apply:

If you share our values, we’d love to hear from you. Apply below using your CV and a Cover Letter/Supporting Statement which evidences how you meet each of the essential criteria - we recommend candidates use the CARL (Context, Action, Result and Learning) method for presenting evidence of skills.

Closing date 11/02/2024 at 23:59 with interviews commencing from 26/02/2024. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed.

If successful, please note we are unable to offer expenses for travel to your normal place of work. This post is contractually aligned to Exeter HQ, please ask at interview if you would like extra clarity on how often this requirement is likely to be.

How we can help:

If you are considering applying and need support to do so, please contact us via careers@metoffice.gov.uk . You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.

We understand that great minds don’t always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code.

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.