RP- Senior Risk Practitioner

Key Sectors:
Infrastructure, Nuclear & Aviation

We have a fantastic opportunity to join the team at optimise as a Senior Risk Practitioner in our Warrington office. optimise is an innovative and growing firm of Risk Management specialists with a proven track record of defining and implementing best practice risk management with significant national and international clients. We’re a small company that supports big projects. We attract talent with a modern approach to the problems of Risk Management and are motivated to act swiftly and strategically for the benefit of our clients and the discipline at large.

As a member of the team, you will be supported with full training and development through the optimise Academy, professional certifications, and qualifications as well as comprehensive coaching and mentoring supported by some of the most experienced and highly regarded risk professionals in the industry. The optimise Partners will be on hand to support you as you gain hands-on experience with some of our major clients.

This will help you to build confidence as your career develops; having the opportunity to ask questions which re-enforce and enhance your prior knowledge whilst putting it into practice. We have a clear career pathway which is designed to support you develop into a next generation risk professional.

You will join a firm with a focus on innovation, education of its workforce and pride in the value it creates to help mitigate some of the world’s most significant challenges. We have helped a major client develop their first Risk App which won an award at the CIR Risk Management Awards and a member of our team launched the riskologists podcast;

the first of its kind in the industry which has just completed its second season, presented by another member of the team. Another of our team has established a networking forum for risk professionals that are new to the industry that has collaborated with existing organisations to share best practice and support new risk professionals to develop in their careers.

We have lots of other examples like this where we’ve been able to deliver value to our clients and the industry through our innovative thinking and we’d love it if you were excited to help us grow through contributing further innovative ideas.

We’re devoted to providing a great work-life balance and compensation package. We regularly arrange team outings and other social events as we believe this is important to our success. We’re passionate about personal and professional development and we actively invest in the members of our team. One of the benefits of working for a smaller firm is that you have direct access to learn from all of the Partners and you will likely advance in your career much quicker than on a standard ‘career ladder’.

We’re a tight-knit, friendly team and we value the relationship we build with our team and clients. We don’t stretch ourselves thinly across a vast number of clients but instead dedicate ourselves to add exceptional value to our select customers.

Some of the perks, which we continue to build upon, include:

· flexible use of annual leave for Religious festivals, holy days and observances, and other days that have meaning to your culture, religion or lifestyle.

· Regular team building events.

· Paid day off for your birthday.

· Flexible working following probationary period (dependent upon client requirements).

· Discretionary bonus based on achievable objectives and overall company performance.

· Clear and achievable career pathway.

· Supported transition from training programme into client-facing role – we don’t just throw you in at the deep end!

As a Senior Risk Practitioner, you’ll be advancing in your understanding and application of Risk Management through a client-facing delivery role with reducing supervision. You may have small projects / scope of work which you lead. At this point, you’ll also be expected to behave as a role model to Trainees and Risk Coordinators; this could involve activities such as facilitating seminars for the Academy as well as participation at external events.

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