UK Ministry of Defence
Risk & Assurance Adviser
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London, SW1A 2HB, although the MOD has adopted hybrid working, there is an expectation that the successful candidate will spend at least 2–3 days a week in London as required. There will be some travel to other MOD locations, with occasional overnight stays.
Job Summary
Work at the centre of Defence, helping to strengthen assurance, improve performance and support better decision-making.
This role sits within Defence Risk & Assurance (DRA), Defence's Risk Centre of Excellence. DRA supports the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) in strengthening risk management, assurance and governance across Defence and provides advice and insight to senior leaders.
As a Risk & Assurance Adviser, you will support Defence's assurance activity by tracking audit management actions, coordinating assurance information and working closely with the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) and stakeholders across Defence. You will analyse assurance data, identify themes and trends, and help produce reporting and insights for senior leaders.
This is a great opportunity for an organised, analytical and curious HEO to develop expertise in risk, assurance and governance while working on high-profile issues at the centre of Defence.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job Description
As a Risk & Assurance Adviser within Defence Risk & Assurance (DRA), you will help provide a clear picture of audit activity, assurance findings and improvement actions across Defence. You will work closely with the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA), colleagues across DRA and stakeholders throughout the Department to ensure audit management actions are effectively tracked, monitored and reported.
You will support assurance activity by coordinating information and evidence, monitoring progress against agreed actions, and identifying key themes and insights. Your work will help senior colleagues understand how effectively risks and controls are being managed and where further action or improvement may be needed.
A key part of the role is analysing information from a range of sources and turning it into clear, accessible insight. You will produce dashboards, reports and briefing material to support governance forums and senior decision-makers.
You will also help improve the tools, processes and reporting used to support assurance across Defence, contributing to better quality information, more effective oversight and a stronger assurance culture across the Department. As part of a small, collaborative team, you will have opportunities to contribute to a wider range of risk and assurance activities, developing your knowledge and experience across governance, assurance and risk management while supporting the wider work of DRA and Defence’s Risk Centre of Excellence.
Responsibilities
- Track and manage audit management actions (AMAs), ensuring timely delivery, clear ownership and accurate reporting.
- Support assurance activity by coordinating evidence, reviewing information and identifying insights into risk management and control effectiveness.
- Coordinate internal and external audit activity, working with stakeholders across Defence to support information requests, evidence gathering and follow-up of agreed actions.
- Maintain high-quality audit, risk and assurance information, ensuring data is accurate, consistent and accessible for reporting.
- Analyse data to identify trends, themes and areas of risk, control weakness or improvement, drawing on audit, assurance, risk, performance and governance information.
- Produce clear reports, dashboards and briefing material for senior leaders, boards and governance forums.
- Support the day-to-day management of the GIAA contract from a delivery and information perspective, including tracking audit activity and coordinating relevant information.
- Work with the Innovation & Improvement team to mature assurance reporting and management information, helping to develop more consistent, accessible and insightful reporting across Defence.
- Build effective relationships with stakeholders across Defence to improve understanding of assurance, governance and risk management and support continuous improvement.
- Support the wider work of Defence Risk & Assurance, with opportunities to develop broader experience across assurance, governance and risk management.
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Person Specification
When giving details in your employment history and personal statement, you should highlight your experience in line with the essential criteria. You do not need to be a risk or assurance specialist to apply; we are looking for someone who can organise information, build relationships, use data well and communicate clearly.
Essential Criteria
- Experience supporting corporate, governance, performance, risk or assurance-related activity, or transferable experience involving coordination, reporting, information management or stakeholder engagement.
- Ability to use data and management information to support decisions, reporting or performance tracking.
- Strong organisational skills, including managing competing priorities and deadlines.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including explaining information clearly to different audiences.
- Ability to work collaboratively with teams and stakeholders.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
Making Effective Decisions
Alongside your salary of £37,720, Ministry of Defence contributes £10,927 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and working from home as part of a non-contractual hybrid working arrangement. All office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to site capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD workplace, will also count towards this level of office attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this and other flexible working arrangements may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
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Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:
- Your CV should include your career history, full qualification details and skills and experience, and any key achievements in each role. It will also be assessed against the essential criteria.
- Candidates will be required to provide a Statement of Suitability (500 Words)
- Your Personal Statement should provide real-life examples of how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the role and how you would apply them in practice. It will be assessed against the essential criteria and used to supplement the evidence provided in your CV.
At sift, candidates will be assessed against their CV and Statement of suitability and the following:
- Making Effective Decisions
Applications will be sifted on all Success Profile elements, but in the event of a high number of applications, the sift will be conducted on your CV only.
At interview, you will be assessed on your Strengths and the following Behaviours:
- Delivering at Pace
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Making Effective Decisions
Further Information:
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.
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It
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