About the role
The role exists within the Eastern Routes Capital Programmes Portfolio Management Office as part of the Risk Value and Assurance Team. The role primarily supports project delivery areas, including Renewals, Enhancements, Northern Powerhouse, but also provides Enterprise Risk expertise/support to senior leadership team members.
In the Risk & Value Manager role, you will provide specialist Risk and Value Management (R&VM) assurance and support service to project and programme teams and Enterprise Risk Management to senior leaders. To drive and embed R&VM Culture across Eastern Routes Capital Programmes increase R&VM maturity.
The role will role model and embed Eastern Region's culture principles - Show We Care, Listen Learn Improve, Better Together and Keep It Simple - by:
- Creating an environment of psychological safety and accountability where people can challenge and improve working practices
- Driving collaboration across teams and partners to deliver whole-system outcomes
- Promoting continuous improvement and learning from performance output
- Ensuring clear, simple and focused governance and decision-making
Key Accountabilities:
- Provide leadership and guidance in the concept of R&VM, maintaining their appropriate and effective application to all stages of the project lifecycle.
- Deliver Level 1 Assurance activities as specified by the Principal R&V Manager.
- Manage &/or deliver specialist R&VM support services as dictated by the R&VM maturity of the project community.
- Actively promote R&VM culture and improve R&VM competency across the project and programme management community.
- Monitor the output of others who undertake such R&VM activities to monitor competence, consistency and compliance with Network Rail procedures and provide assurance.
- Manage the buying in of external R&VM support where necessary and that these are delivered to required quality standards.
- Maintain a robust view of required levels of R&VM services and assure that suitably qualified & experienced resource is available to meet these requirements.
- Drive the implementation of ER&VM framework across their area
Essential Criteria:
- Competent in all aspects of project and business risk management facilitation
- Able to build complicated cost, schedule and business risk models in a number of applications
- Be classed as a "Specialist" in the Leadership Competencies or be capable of attaining this level within a defined period.
Desirable Criteria:
- Membership of the Institute of Risk Management or Association for Project Management Risk Practitioner
- Experience in Network Rail's project management processes and procedures.
Please note: Applicants must provide proof of essential qualifications and/or competencies where required, or demonstrate active progress toward obtaining them, or evidence their applicable experience as a condition of employment.
External how to apply:
Network Rail welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, marital status (including civil partnerships), pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status, sex (or gender), employment status, trade union affiliation, or other irrelevant factor.
We are a Disability Confident Leader employer! We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.
We are here to support you through every step of the recruitment process and to enable you to perform to the best of your ability. If you require any adjustments or modifications please contact Mark Holt (Resourcing Business Partner) at mark.holt@networkrail.co.uk. You can also visit Evenbreak's Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you're unsure of the options available.
We positively embrace flexible working, recognising that employees may wish to balance work with their family and home life.
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Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do, safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail. You should be able to demonstrate your personal commitment to safety and awareness of our safety vision.
Network Rail can offer you a rewarding career with competitive pay and excellent benefits including a choice of contributory pension schemes, a generous annual leave package, a bonus scheme and an annual 75% subsidy on season tickets costing up to £3,333 (to a maximum amount of £2,500). You will also be entitled to 28 days annual leave
Salary: £55,596 to £67,813 per annum.
*Employees will be entitled to a 75% discount off leisure travel, this includes off peak and super off peak tickets*
***Some of our roles require face to face Drugs & Alcohol testing. Further details will be shared with you as part of your formal offer.****
Closing date: 16th October 2026. Late applications will not be accepted. We retain the right to close the advert before the listed closing date based on application volumes.
What's in it for you
Here are a few of the benefits we offer
- 28-day annual leave with the option to buy and sell days
- Choice of pension schemes
- 75% discount of leisure travel for you and your family
- Private Healthcare
- 5 days paid volunteer or carers leave
- Up to 75% subsidised Rail and Underground travel
- Gym Pass -access to gyms across UK
- My Benefits platform- giving national and local retail discount
Our aim is to ensure your candidate experience is as positive as possible. If you require reasonable adjustments at any point, simply let us know and we'll do our best to assist you.
Some of our roles require face to face Drugs & Alcohol testing. We will share further details with you as part of your formal offer.
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information