🔵 WE’RE HIRING | Risk Practitioners | Birchwood, Warrington (hybrid working)
🎯 Are you an ambitious risk professional ready to do meaningful work with a consultancy that genuinely invests in its people?
optimise is a specialist risk management consultancy based in Birchwood, Warrington. We’re growing — and we’re looking for two Risk Practitioners to join our expert team. 🚀
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THE ROLE
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You’ll work on live client engagements across multiple sectors, including infrastructure and major project portfolios. This is a hands-on, client-facing role with real responsibility from the outset.
Your day-to-day will include:
▸ Risk identification, assessment, and monitoring across project portfolios ▸ Maintaining risk registers and producing high-quality management information ▸ Facilitating risk workshops with project teams and stakeholders ▸ Contributing to quantitative risk modelling and analysis ▸ Preparing clear, accurate risk reports for client and internal audiences ▸ Collaborating with the wider team on complex, multi-workstream engagements
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WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
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- Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field (e.g., Risk Management, Business, Engineering, Project Management)
- Basic understanding of risk management principles and project lifecycles
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Confident user of Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel and PowerPoint
- Proactive, organised, and committed to developing your professional expertise
- Analytical and critical thinker
- Detail-oriented with excellent organisational skills
- Positive, proactive attitude with a desire to learn
- Team player with a collaborative approach
- Willingness to travel and adapt to client needs
It would be desirable for you to possess:
- Knowledge of risk management frameworks (e.g., ISO 9001 QMS, 31000 Managing risks, MoR)
- Familiarity with quantitative risk analysis tools (e.g. @Risk, ARM, Safran, AMP)
- Experience or interest in working in high-assurance environments
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WHAT YOU’LL RECEIVE
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We believe that if we look after our people, our people look after our clients. Here’s what that looks like in practice:
💰 Salary £37,782 per annum (depending on experience)
🎂 Your birthday off — because it should be yours
📚 Protected CPD: 174 hours per annum, ring-fenced and supported
🏅 Professional Development & Certifications
🏆 Annual Discretionary Performance-related bonus scheme
🎉 Organised team socials — we’re a team that actually enjoys spending time together
🏢 A pleasant, well-equipped office environment
🔀 Hybrid working
📈 Career progression pathway at your own pace — no arbitrary timelines, just your development driving your career forward
🤝Access to industry leaders and career mentors. Structured coaching and mentoring from day 1.
🎁 Employee Platform & High Street Retailer Discounts
🎬 💪 Cinema & Gym Discounts
🧠 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
💬 Access to Trained Counsellors
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WHY OPTIMISE? 🌟
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We’re small enough that your contribution is visible, and ambitious enough to keep you challenged. You won’t be a number here — you’ll be a practitioner, developing real expertise alongside people who take the craft seriously.
For those already working at practitioner level, you’ll find the environment stretching in the right ways, with access to some of the most experienced risk professionals in the sector. Our Partners have contributed to leading risk management academic texts — including the APM’s PRAM Guide — so the knowledge base you’ll be learning from is the real thing.
CPD isn’t an afterthought for us. 174 protected hours a year means your development is planned, prioritised, and protected — not squeezed into whatever’s left at the end of the week.
And the learning doesn’t stop at your desk. We run Riskollective 🤝 — our own organised risk networking events — connecting practitioners across the sector. We also produce Riskologists 🎙️, our podcast exploring risk management thinking, trends, and the people shaping the profession. Join us and you’ll be part of a community, not just a company.
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HOW TO APPLY 📩
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Click Apply or send your CV and a brief cover note to us via LinkedIn. We’d love to hear why risk management is your thing.
optimise is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds.
Please note: All applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
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