Head of Risk and Resilience
Head of Risk and Resilience
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Job Description
Grade UE09: 62728 to 77386 per annum
Corporate Services Group/ Corporate Services / Corporate Office
Open Ended (permanent)
Fulltime: 35 hours per week
We are looking for an experienced Head of Risk and Resilience to provide strategic and operational leadership of the Universitys risk management and resilience services comprising risk business continuity and emergency management.
This is a critical role in the University forming part of the Corporate Services Group working in partnership with senior leaders across the breadth of the organisation establishing risk appetite risk management and risk mitigation strategy. This will contribute to delivering the Universitys 2030 Strategyleading to a positive risk culture being embedded across the University.
The Opportunity:
This is a highly visible leadership role with a broad remit that requires a proactive leadership style driving best practice and innovation in approach to risk and resilience services. The postholder will bring a high degree of initiative and thought leadership in the delivery of their remit. Active networking across the institution is important to the success of this role understanding the importance of relationships and wider engagement to positively influence stakeholders.
The role requires an experienced risk professional with a proven track record in identifying key strategic and operational risks and implementing successful mitigation plans. This role requires experience of coordinating activity across a large complex and devolved organisation and of working collaboratively with stakeholders at all levels. The postholder will be adept at prioritising their workload in alignment with institutional priorities.
This post is fulltime 35 hours per week).
The salary for this post is 62728 to 77386 per annum.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Strategic thinking
- Hands on and adaptive leadership skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Strong collaboration and influencing skills
- Effective workload prioritisation
Please refer to the full job description here for further details
Application Information:
Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:
- CV
- Cover letter
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary
- An exciting positive creative challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits such as a generous holiday entitlement competitive pension schemes staff discounts and familyfriendly initiatives. Check out the full list on ourstaff benefits page(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
Championing equality diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on ourright to work webpages(opens new browser tab).
On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note:
The closing date for applications is 25 April 2025.
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Interview dates will be confirmed in due course.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
