Lead Specialist, Enterprise Risk Management

3 weeks ago

Ottawa, Canada University of Ottawa Full time

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**Job Type**:
Employee

Duration in Months (for fixed-term jobs):
N/A

Job Family:
Governance

of Open Positions:
1

Faculty/Service - Department:
Enterprise Risk Management and Resilience

Campus:
Main Campus

Union Affiliation:
N/A

Date Posted:
March 04, 2024

Closing Date:
March 15, 2024

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above

Hours per week:
35

Salary Grade:
Non-Union Grade NM1

Salary Range:
$95,745.00 - $116,554.00

About the Office of the Chief Risk Officer:
The Office of the Chief Risk Officer offers a rewarding journey where your skills and passion for risk management will play a key role in shaping the future of the University of Ottawa. Our Office oversees Operational and Enterprise Risk Management, Insurance, Internal Audit, Protection Services, Emergency Management, and Health, Safety and Environmental Management. Our team is dedicated to ensuring the resilience and continuity of our operations. With a commitment to excellence, you'll have the opportunity to contribute significantly to promoting risk culture within our institution. We strive to be a valued partner and key player in advising and supporting University leadership, faculties, and staff, helping to foster a culture of informed decision-making. Join us in building a resilient future for the University of Ottawa and become part of our collaborative and forward-thinking team.

Position Purpose:
Reporting to the Director of Risk Management, the incumbent is responsible for the development, planning, organization, coordination, execution, and continuous improvement of the Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF) and all risk activities at the University. The Manager translates strategies into program plans and deliverables to support the achievement of program objectives while promoting service excellence. They ensure collaboration among key stakeholders, establish processes and procedures that optimize resources, and are responsible for the program's overall success.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

- Develop, implement, enhance, and maintain ERM processes (risk assessment, risk metrics, risk mitigation, monitoring, risk appetite, loss events, reporting, control testing, etc.) to strengthen the risk culture, improve efficiency, ensure risk-based decisions, and support compliance with legal, regulatory and governance requirements.
- Establish and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders (risk champions and senior management), faculties, and services to understand their strategic priorities and the specific risks to achieve those objectives.
- Plan, coordinate, and perform risk assessments for processes and projects.
- Identify and monitor actions to enhance the control environment and mitigate risks in accordance with the University's risk appetite.
- Plan and facilitate risk workshops to help the University identify and define its most significant risks, risk mitigation strategies, risk appetite, key risk indicators (KRIs), and emerging risks.

What you will bring:

- Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance, or any related discipline
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in risk management or any other relevant experience
- Experience in developing, implementing, and operating a risk management framework.
- Strong interpersonal, communication and leadership skills.
- Ability to identify and analyse potential risks to the organisation in the context of its business strategy and objectives, recognizing relationships between them as well as possible linkages to compliance/ insurance matters and to other risk events.
- Analyze risk information and identifies patterns or trends and their potential impact upon the risk profile. Considers materiality and context.
- Excellent ability to analyze and synthesize risk data.
- Ability to organize complex information in a clear, concise, and simple manner to facilitate understanding and decision-making, and write comprehensive and structured reports.
- Ability to use direct persuasion to influence senior management and key stakeholders, using risk information and data to inform discussions and solve complex problems.
- Autonomy, initiative, tact and diplomacy, as well as strong organizational, time management and multitasking skills with the ability to meet deadlines.
- Experience interpreting performance and risk metrics in support of evidence-based decision-making.
- Strong organizational skills to manage multiple elements of ongoing operations.
- Ability to simplify and explain rules and regulations.
- Ability to motivate and collaborate with multiple stakeholders.
- Proven commitment to client satisfaction.
- Bilingualism - French and English (spoken and written).

Key Competencies at uOttawa:
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