RISK ASSISTANT recruitment
Reporting to the Risk Manager, the successful candidate will support the risk function, in the Legal Risk Department. In addition, they will also provide support to the Business Continuity Information Security Manager.
Core Responsibilities:
- Information Security Management System (ISMS):
- Assisting in developing, monitoring, maintaining and continually improving the ISMS.
- Assisting with the annual internal audit.
- Providing support with policy drafts and updates.
- Updating the Information Security site on intranet.
- Assisting with the facilitation of the Information Security training aids.
- Business Continuity:
- Assisting with the annual review and updating of the Business Continuity Plan (BCP).
- Providing support with co-ordinating and testing the BCP.
- Assisting with updating and distributing all Business Continuity /Disaster Recovery
materials.
- Risk:
- Contributing to the implementation of the Firm’s risk management strategy and policy.
- Supporting the department when actively considering, identifying and mitigating areas
of risk. - Maintaining the firm’s risk database.
- Acting as a key point of contact for day to day queries relating to risk matters.
- Assisting with project work as required.
- Assisting with reports and management information as required.
- Positively contributing to the team, creating a professional, effective and approachable risk
resource for the business.
- Travel between the firm’s offices as required.
- Adhere to the firm’s Information Security standards, policies and procedures.
Core Skills:
- Pragmatic and solutions driven.
- Flexible and adaptable.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Proven presentation and interpersonal skills.
- Able to take on responsibility and to quickly gain credibility.
- Able to use initiative and work individually and as part of a team.
- Able to take a proactive approach and present new ideas and ways of working, as required.
- Strong interest in Risk and Information Security.
Core Requirements:
- Degree qualified desired (preferably in the area of Risk Management), or with equivalent.
- Experience. And/or working towards a recognised legal or risk management qualification.
- Proven ability to deliver on projects and initiatives.
- Theoretical and practical understanding of implementing risk management.
- An awareness of business strategy
- An awareness of Risk and Information Security.
- Financial services background preferred but not essential.
Core-Asset Consulting offer specialist recruitment services to the Investment Banking, Financial Services, Secretarial Support, and Human Resources markets across Scotland.
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March 8, 2012
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