Risk and Resilience Officer

Salary: £35,608 to £37,694 with progression to £46,049 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 10 March 2026

Newcastle University is looking to appoint an experienced Risk & Resilience Officer to join the Legal Services team and strengthen the University’s approach to risk, resilience and business continuity.

Reporting to the Head of Risk & Compliance you will play a key role in ensuring that the University has effective mechanisms in place to identify and respond to emerging risks or interruptions to its operations. Working with a wide range of stakeholders you will strengthen the University’s risk and business continuity arrangements and frameworks.

The ideal candidate will have worked in a risk or resilience role previously, preferably in the Higher Education Sector or another large complex organisation. You will be approachable and efficient, remaining calm under pressure, prioritising your own workload and at times working to tight deadlines. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential in order to successfully build relationships across the institution.

With a strategic and analytical approach you will be capable of driving continuous improvement, change and operational excellence.

This is an exciting role that cuts across the whole University, you will have the opportunity to work closely with senior leaders, ensuring that risk and resilience arrangements are robust and aligned with best practice across the Higher Education sector.

There will be a requirement to be on site in Newcastle for part of the week and there may be occasional work required outside of normal office hours.

For informal enquiries, please contact Kelly Oliver, Head of Risk and Compliance at K To apply, please upload an up-to-date CV and letter of application outlining specific examples around how you meet the requirements set out in the Job Description.

The post is full time, permanent.

Reporting to the Head of Risk and Compliance, you will take the operational lead in the implementation of the University’s risk and resilience framework.

You will strengthen the University’s risk and resilience arrangements, contributing towards a risk-informed organisation that is able to consider, assess, and respond to risk or business interruptions across all activities. Working with a wide range of stakeholders from across the University, you will facilitate high-quality and high-impact risk information, to support decision-making and ultimately the successful achievement of strategic objectives.

• Support the Head of Risk and Compliance with the facilitation and coordination of risk management across the organisation providing professional advice when required
• Champion a positive risk culture by ensuring that risk registers and key aspects of the risk management framework (risk policy and risk appetite statement) are regularly reviewed and maintained
• Ensure that the University has effective mechanisms to identify emerging risks to its strategy and operations. Take responsibility for the coordination of activity to review, develop and maintain top level risk registers and risk reporting to support the delivery of the University Strategic Plan
• Contribute to the facilitation and coordination of business continuity activity across the University
• Ensure key aspects of our business continuity management framework (business continuity policy, resilience plans, and incident management plans) are regularly reviewed and maintained
• Lead continuous improvement of the University’s risk, resilience and business continuity activities, ensuring that systems and processes are fit for purpose
• Liaise with colleagues across the University to ensure risk and resilience arrangements are effectively aligned and embedded within key processes
• Take the lead in ensuring that business continuity and local incident plans are up to date, tested, and exercised. Work closely with colleagues to ensure critical…