Job overview
Please note this organisation does not hold a sponsorship licence, we regret to inform you that we are unable to consider applications from individuals who require sponsorship.
We are seeking an experienced and knowledgeable Risk and Policy Manager to join the Governance Team. The postholder will report into the Director of Governance and will support the Executive team, risk owners and teams across the organisation with the implementation of the risk management framework.
The individual will need to be highly motivated, have a good understanding of and practical experience in risk management and be able to lead the risk management portfolio as the organisation looks to develop its risk management arrangements and broaden these to shared arrangements across our system.
For questions about the role, contact Helen Potton, Director of Governance at helen.potton2@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
The Risk and Policy Manager manages and champions the risk management processes across the Integrated Care Board, supporting colleagues at all levels of the organisation to embed the processes in practice.
This includes designing, advising on and implementing the risk management framework, maintaining the Board Assurance Framework, undertaking risk reviews, generating risk reports for the Executive and the Board of Directors and providing specialist training on risk. They will also have responsibility for our corporate policies.
This is a full-time post and hybrid working.
The postholder will actively promote a culture that encourages staff to take risk-based actions and to consider risk and its impact in all key decisions.
This individual will need to be able to proactively develop and implement effective risk management systems and processes and review them to ensure continuous improvement and responsiveness to organisational need.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the job description for further information in regard to the responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Emotional Effort
Essential
- Operates with empathy and emotional intelligence.
Working conditions
Essential
- Ability to work in a busy open plan office environment, in a changing environment.
- Ability to travel between office locations in Hampshire and Isle of Wight, and other locations as required.
Autonomy/ Freedom to Act
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and proactively organise own workload without supervision, guided by principles and organisational policies, working to tight and frequently changing timescales
- Flexible and adaptable, to ensure service needs are met, balancing operational and strategic needs
- Adhere to confidentiality requirements
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent qualification or equivalent experience.
- Governance qualification or experience
- Able to present information and reports in an accurate and confident manner to the Board of Directors, Executive team and all levels of the organization, deliver presentations and run workshops.
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages.
- Experience of operating in a complex organisation, leading on a portfolio area and building credible relationships across an organisation
Desirable
- Risk management qualification
- Training qualification or experience
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and the roles and responsibilities within it and the NHS generally
- Experience/knowledge of risk management software, particularly Datix
- Statistical analysis
- Experience of minute taking
Planning and Organisational Skills
Essential
- Effective organiser, planning ahead to meet deadlines and balance competing priorities
- Project management skills
- Professional, calm and efficient manner
- Attention to detail and accuracy
Communication and relationship skills
Essential
- Ability to motivate and enthuse others about risk management
- Excellent communication skills, to produce and present reports including the presentation of data
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This advert is for Risk and Policy Manager with NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB in Omega House. It is listed as a Manager and corporate role. The advertised salary is £57528.00 to £64750.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 31 Aug 2026.
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