Head of RISCAuthority

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RISCAuthority is an annually funded research scheme administered by the FPA and supported by a significant group of UK insurers. It publishes extensive guidance and recommendations for risk management, predominantly in the areas of fire and security, and its core purpose is to raise resilience standards within the business community. RISCAuthority is managed by its members through the Executive Committee and Membership Forum. The Executive Committee is responsible for the high-level strategy, objectives and budget, whilst the Membership Forum approves the individual programmes of work. To focus on the different risks, RISCAuthority uses a working group structure formed with experts from the membership community and augmented by the FPA and externally commissioned consultants.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our RISCAuthority Team as Head of RISCAuthority. You will work closely with our insurer members, the Executive Committee, and industry experts to shape strategic direction, oversee the delivery of high-quality research programmes, and ensure that our guidance continues to set the benchmark for fire and security risk management. This is a pivotal role for someone who can unite technical insight with stakeholder engagement, driving forward our mission to raise resilience standards across the business community.

Office based - Pembroke House, Banbury

35 hours per week

Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 17:00

RISCAuthority Team

Technical Director

• Managing the RISCAuthority programme against the annual research budget
• Quarterly reporting to the RISCAuthority Executive Committee and Membership Forum including updates on the budget, working groups and current projects
• Managing the FPA's internal RISCAuthority Team comprising of working group conveyors, technical consultants, systems developers, and administrators
• Facilitating RISCAuthority working groups
• Arranging authorisation for RISCAuthority projects where appropriate
• Overseeing the maintenance of the RISCAuthority document library and digital toolkits
• Liaising with the Marketing Department on a regular basis regarding RISCAuthority publications and webinars
• Developing and maintaining effective relationships with key RISCAuthority members
• Time management and organisation skills
• Strategic thinking
• Budget management
• Leadership and team management
• Technical acumen
• Strong networking abilities and experience building partnerships within the industry
• Ability to collaborate with others both internally and externally
• Understanding of governance structures
• Continuously seeks ways to improve processes and outputs

• Experience working with or within insurance or loss prevention sectors
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams
• Experience in stakeholder engagement and relationship management
• Experience working with or being on working groups or technical committees
• Experience providing technical advice and consultancy
• Experience managing budgets
• 15 years' commercial property insurance experience - property underwriting, risk control or risk engineering
• Management of a small team of underwriters or risk control surveyors, risk engineers or risk management professionals
• Knowledge of testing and certification
• An interest in the long-term strategy for building sustainably against the challenge of keeping people safe in resilient buildings

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