Quality & Risk Manager

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Your role as the Quality & Risk Manager:

You will set-up and lead Quality and Risk assurance activities within the Blueprint Delivery team and Business Support Group and provide continuous improvement to assure the Blueprint Delivery programme and the Business Support Groups programme.

Key Responsibilities:

- Establishing a quality assurance framework and risk management framework across the department

- Lead to a continuous improvement culture with the Programme Delivery function

- Coach Project Managers within the team

- Taking line management responsibility for a Risk Analyst

- Working across the business, liaising with senior managers and directors

- Provide support to other Programme Delivery team activities

As such, we are looking for a dynamic and self-motivating team member who has the ability to work both independently and within the wider team.

What skills are we looking for in the Quality & Risk Manager?

- Excellent collaborative & team working skills

- The ability to maintain close working relationships internally and externally

- Confidence in your conflict and risk solution skills

- Excellent project management skills & practical application of the quality and risk process

- Degree educated or equivalent

- Project management / programme management qualifications (MSP, Prince2, APM)

- Experience as a Line Manager & Matrix Management

- Experienced in the use of Project Management tools & techniques

- Fantastic communication skills at all levels both written and verbal

- An organised, efficient and proactive outlook to your workload

A full EU driving licence is required.

What do you get in return?

Career enhancement and development, colleague well-being and a genuinely positive work experience for all are key priorities. We are continuously evolving and improving our ways of working and you will support us in achieving our vision of 'taking responsibility for the water environment for good'. You will also receive benefits such as:

- Company pension

- Company car

- 25 days annual leave

- A quarterly performance related bonus

The Company

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire we make sure that all 5.2 million people living in the region have clean safe drinking water on tap and their waste water taken away. But for us it's so much more than this. We care passionately about the environments and communities in which we work; we always look for new innovative ways to do things that deliver great value for our business and deliver the service our customers want and expect. Our customers are at the heart of what we do and how we do things. We work best as a company to deliver this when we work together team work, creativity, enthusiasm and passion are inherent within our 3000 people who work 24/7 365 days a year to keep Yorkshire's water flowing.

We are a business that has its eye on the future, planning ahead to look after Yorkshire's water, today, tomorrow and always.

Closing Date: 5th June 2016

Interview Date: On-going

If you wish to be considered for this superb opportunity click ‘apply’. You must be eligible to work in the UK.