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Contract type: Permanent
Location: Hatfield (Hybrid working – 2/3 days in the office)
Working hours per week: Part-time 24 hours – flexible how many days
Level: Manager
Application Closing Date: Thursday, 9th October

About Us

Our mission is to deliver joy in every shop, through unbeatable choice, unrivalled service, and reassuringly good value. We’re Ocado Retail, a market-leading joint venture between Ocado Group and M&S, and the world’s largest dedicated online supermarket, ocado.com.

About The Team And The Role

The Legal, Risk, and Compliance team reports to the General Counsel and manages a breadth of regulatory responsibilities. This role sits within the Risk and Compliance division of the team and plays a crucial role in protecting ORL by implementing and delivering an effective and positive risk framework incorporating applicable processes, methodologies, and tools, as well as managing the existing business continuity programme.

What You’ll Do

• Ownership of the Risk Management Programme: Implement a bottom up and top down approach to risk management by engaging with the leadership team to identify their views of principal risks, and working bottom up with individual teams in key business areas to support them in the risk lifecycle.
• Awareness: Promote a proactive risk awareness culture within ORL to improve engagement and understanding, as well as continuous horizon scanning to identify emerging risks applicable to ORL.
• Stakeholder engagement: Develop qualitative and quantitative risk reports, using appropriate risk solutions, to present to the relevant committees on a timely basis.
• Collaboration: Engage and coordinate with other functions both internally and externally to ensure alignment with process and understanding of risk appetite and tolerance for projects, audits, and assurance plans.
• Business Continuity: Oversee and support the business continuity, disaster recovery, playbook, and crisis management plans by reviewing and updating relevant documentation, undertaking tests and training.
• Training: Support the development and delivery of training for risk and business continuity to colleagues, including annual refresher programmes and trainer-led sessions

Who You Are

• Experienced in a 2nd line of defense Risk function with the ability to create and implement policies, processes, frameworks, and reports
• Able to engage with senior management, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to balance the needs of the business with legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements.
• Organised and driven with the aptitude to protect the business and its information to ensure it is not compromised or exposed to unnecessary risk

What’s In It For You

By joining Ocado Retail, you’ll have the chance to experience life at the world’s largest online retailer, work with an amazing bunch of people who challenge what’s possible each day, and grow your skills and career in online retail.

Health & Wellbeing: Private medical insurance with option to add your family, Digital GP appointments, market-leading family policies, mental health support, discounted gym memberships, dental insurance, and more.

Spend & Save: Annual bonus scheme split between personal and business objectives, recognition with reward platform, up to 7% matched pension contributions, 15% Ocado discount, 20% M&S discount, free breakfast every day in the office, electric vehicle leasing scheme, and free shuttle bus from Hatfield station to the office.

Never miss the moments that matter: Hybrid working, 26 days holiday plus 8 flexible bank holidays, options to buy extra holiday, 2 weeks work from anywhere, and lifestyle break opportunities.

Our Hiring Process

Lucky for us, we receive a high volume of applications and genuinely appreciate the time and effort invested by every candidate. To ensure a fair and thorough process, every application is reviewed by a member of our team.

Your Application and AI

In the spirit of innovation, we welcome you to use AI tools in your application, just as we use them in our own business at Ocado Retail.

Everyone’s welcome

We’re an equal opportunity employer. That means that we make sure all potential colleagues are treated fairly and equally. If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know on the application form.