Job Description
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £40,777 – £44,075 per annum (pro rata for part time) – pay award pending
Location: Nottingham City Council (Loxley House) NG2 3NG
About The Role
We’re looking for a proactive and analytical Risk Officer to join our Risk, Assurance, and Audit team. In this role, you will help protect public funds, improve services, and support sound decision‑making across Nottingham City Council. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping how the Council identifies and manages risk, supporting teams to work confidently and collaboratively while ensuring we deliver the very best for our citizens.
About You
- A solid understanding of risk management principles and techniques.
- Enjoys collaborating with others to find practical, creative solutions.
- Confident using data and digital tools (e.g., SharePoint) to analyse and communicate insights.
- Relevant experience working within a risk management environment (ideally in local government).
- Able to deliver clear, engaging presentations and facilitate discussions with senior leaders.
- Values equality, diversity, inclusion, and sustainability in everything you do.
- A relevant qualification in risk management or a related field would be an advantage.
Benefits
- Competitive salary as listed above.
- 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually.
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%.
- Smart Working – to support your work‑life balance.
- Health and wellbeing benefits, including access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping, and much more.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference. We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+), or are Disabled – these groups of people are under‑represented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
Contact
For informal enquiries please contact Debbie Bowring, Corporate Risk & Assurance Manager, by email at debbie.bowring@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.
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Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £40,777 – £44,075 per annum (pro rata for part time) – pay award pending
Location: Nottingham City Council (Loxley House) NG2 3NG
About The Role
We’re looking for a proactive and analytical Risk Officer to join our Risk, Assurance, and Audit team. In this role, you will help protect public funds, improve services, and support sound decision‑making across Nottingham City Council. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping how the Council identifies and manages risk, supporting teams to work confidently and collaboratively while ensuring we deliver the very best for our citizens.
About You
- A solid understanding of risk management principles and techniques.
- Enjoys collaborating with others to find practical, creative solutions.
- Confident using data and digital tools (e.g., SharePoint) to analyse and communicate insights.
- Relevant experience working within a risk management environment (ideally in local government).
- Able to deliver clear, engaging presentations and facilitate discussions with senior leaders.
- Values equality, diversity, inclusion, and sustainability in everything you do.
- A relevant qualification in risk management or a related field would be an advantage.
Benefits
- Competitive salary as listed above.
- 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually.
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%.
- Smart Working – to support your work‑life balance.
- Health and wellbeing benefits, including access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping, and much more.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference. We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+), or are Disabled – these groups of people are under‑represented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
Contact
For informal enquiries please contact Debbie Bowring, Corporate Risk & Assurance Manager, by email at debbie.bowring@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.
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