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This will underpin essential services, including\nTelecommunications, \nOnline banking, \nEmergency response, \nTransport networks, and \nWider digital and data-driven operations.\nTogether, these services form the backbone of modern society - and your leadership will help ensure they remain secure, reliable and robust even if global navigation satellite systems fail.\nAs our Risk Officer, you will own the programme's approach to risk, ensuring risks and issues are identified early, understood clearly, and managed with the right level of urgency. You will work closely with workstream leads and the Governance Lead to make sure risk is properly reflected in reporting and decision-making, and that mitigations are owned, tracked and followed through rather than left to sit on a log.\nKey Responsibilities:\nOwning and maintaining the programme risk and issue register, ensuring entries are current, well-evidenced and properly owned\nFacilitating risk identification and review workshops with workstream leads and the wider programme team\nAssessing and prioritising risks and issues, and challenging owners on the adequacy of proposed mitigations\nProducing risk reporting for programme boards and senior stakeholders, translating detail into a clear picture of exposure\nTracking mitigation actions to completion, escalating where progress stalls or exposure increases\nAdvising workstream leads on risk management best practice and embedding a consistent approach across the programme\nWorking with the Governance Lead to ensure risk is properly integrated into governance and reporting cycles\nSupporting audits, assurance reviews and external scrutiny of the programme's risk position\nPlease note, this role is known internally as ‘Project Manager’ or \"Risk Officer\"\nAbout You\nTo be successful in this role, you will have the following skills and experience:\nexperience of managing risk on complex projects or programmes, ideally within a government or major infrastructure setting. \nAbility to facilitate workshops and challenging risk owners constructively.\nAbility to turn a messy risk register into a clear, prioritised picture.\nCan communicate confidently with both delivery teams and senior stakeholders.\nWe actively recruit citizens of all backgrounds, but the nature of our work in specific departments means that nationality, residency and security requirements can be more tightly defined than others. You will be asked about this throughout the recruitment process. To work at NPL, you will need to obtain BPSS security clearance.\nHowever, to work in this role in the Time and Frequency department, you will need to have an SC clearance with no restrictions, or you must have the ability to obtain an SC clearance.\nPlease note: Applications will be reviewed, and interviews conducted throughout the duration of this advert therefore we may at any time bring the closing date forward. We encourage all interested applicants to apply as soon as practical.\nAbout Us\nThe National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is a\nworld-leading centre of excellence that provides cutting-edge measurement\nscience, engineering and technology to underpin prosperity and quality of life\nin the UK. Find out more about what it is like working here - The measure of us - Overview\nNPL and DSIT have strong commitments to diversity and equality of opportunity,\nand welcome applications from candidates irrespective of their background,\ngender, race, sexual orientation, religion, or age, providing they meet the required\ncriteria. Applications from women, disabled and black, Asian and minority\nethnic candidates in particular are encouraged. All disabled candidates (as\ndefined by the Equality Act 2010) who satisfy the minimum criteria for the role\nwill be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme.\nAt NPL, we believe our success is a result of the diversity and talent of our\npeople. We strive to nurture and respect individuals to ensure everyone\nfeels valued by treating everyone on the basis of their own individual merits\nand abilities regardless of their own or perceived identity, as part of our\ncommitment to diversity & inclusion, we ensure we’re creating an\nenvironment where all our colleagues feel supported and welcome. More about\nthis on our Diversity & Inclusion page.\nWe are committed to the health and well-being of our employees. Flexible\nworking and social activities are embedded in our culture to create a positive\nwork-life balance, along with a broad range of rewards,\nbenefits and recognition. Our values are\nat the heart of what we do, and they shape the way we interact, develop our\npeople and celebrate success. 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