Risk & Opportunity Manager Contract - 12 Months Specific Job Description The Risk & Opportunity Manager will provide Risk & Opportunity management support to either a single complex programme or across a number of projects within a business area. The Risk & Opportunity Manager will work directly with the project teams in the development & maintenance of Risk & Opportunity registers covering complex Design & Development, as well as support & production. In conjunction with the Master Planner/Scheduler the Risk and Opportunity manager will use the approved tool to develop a Monte Carlo analysis of the programme. The Risk and Opportunity manager will publish the results of the schedule & cost risk analysis in accordance with contract deliverable requirements.

Responsibilities:
Develop the programme Risk and Opportunity register complete with quantitative and qualitative impacts and mitigation plans. Perform ongoing Monte Carlo schedule & cost risk analysis. Facilitate risk and opportunity meetings with programme team members including governance of the Risk & Opportunity Management process. Assist in the development of cohesive and logical programme mitigation plans. Maintain current status of the Risk and Opportunity Register. Production of Project Risk and Opportunity Reporting. Required skills, qualifications and experience Excellent working knowledge of and experience in industry standard risk tools, such as ARM, Primavera Risk Analysis (Formally Pertmaster) and Predict. For this to be successful the applicant must have good communication skills and be proficient in a wide range of presentation techniques. Ability to apply sound logic when translating information into a logical sequence of events (planning), which require fully linked dependencies. A fast learner with good analytical skills. Enthusiastic, self-motivated and committed to ones duties and responsibilities. Ability to work in a team environment. Ability to analyse schedules for risk and opportunity and clearly communicate to programme manager and leads. Desired skills, qualifications and experience Experience of risk planning in MoD or Defence related programmes and be able to understand and work with a technical and skill-diverse team. Strong technical background to understand the issues associated with the technical development and integration of cutting edge systems Planning / scheduling experience in MoD or defence contracting work involving all hardware, software and integration activities from development to production. Experience with MS Project 2007. This vacancy is being advertised by Advanced Resource Managers. ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.