Lead Specialist, Enterprise Risk Management

Job title: Lead Specialist, Enterprise Risk Management

Company: University of Ottawa


Job description: Follow us onJob Type: EmployeeDuration in Months (for fixed-term jobs): N/AJob Family: Governance# of Open Positions: 1Faculty/Service – Department: Enterprise Risk Management and ResilienceCampus: Main CampusUnion Affiliation: N/ADate Posted: November 14, 2024Applications must be received BEFORE: December 02, 2024Hours per week: 35Salary Grade: Non-Union Grade NM1Salary Range: $102,322.00 – $126,992.00About 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:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact hrtalentmanagement@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click to find out more.If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 – Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.

Expected salary: $102322 – 126992 per year

Location: Canada

Job date: Sat, 16 Nov 2024 01:59:27 GMT

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