Risk Consultant

About the Job Position Type: Full time, Permanent Role Level: Mid  Working Hours: Monday - Friday (37.5 flexible working hours) Package: £40,000 - £60,000 depending on experience + benefits  Location: UK Hybrid - 2d WFH and up to 3d client site. All client travel expenses fully reimbursed.    Kaleido exists to empower decisions that enhance project outcomes. We support major projects in nuclear, defence and critical infrastructure sectors through three core services: strategic advisory, integrated modelling and digital PMO.  By making risk management a central component, we help leaders to anticipate, evaluate, and respond to uncertainty with confidence. Our team has a proven track record of building and assuring robust cost, schedule, and risk models that make major investments delivery ready. We're looking for a Risk Consultant to join our team who can combine strong risk management fundamentals with curiosity, judgement and analytical thinking. Someone who wants to better understand capital project delivery, and support clients, project teams and senior decision-makers to make informed decisions on our nations critical infrastructure and security.   The Role You will join a growing start up consultancy working across some of the UK's most complex projects and programmes, supporting stakeholders to understand risk and what it means for delivery.  The role sits within our professional services team, reporting directly to our Head of Strategic Advisory.  Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with key stakeholders across multidisciplinary teams to identify, assess and monitor risks and opportunities.
• Support the monthly risk cycle on client projects and/or work packages by ensuring the risk and opportunity register is regularly updated.
• Proactively schedule reviews with risk register owners to ensure that mitigation plans are implemented.
• Facilitate workshops that challenge thinking and capture the assumptions, dependencies and conditions that matter most.
• Undertake and/or assure Quantitative Cost and Schedule Risk Analysis using leading tools and methods, and contribute to the continuous improvement of them.
• Prepare risk reports and dashboards which include, but are not limited to, details on number and types of risks present, contingency drawdown positions, efficiency and effectiveness of mitigating actions, and changes over time.
• Leverage client risk governance processes and approaches, in alignment with corporate guidelines. Your Profile Required:
• Experience working as a risk consultant, risk manager or risk analyst for capital projects for 2-5 years, or demonstrated risk expertise through a related discipline such as planning and scheduling, or project controls.
• A bachelor's or masters degree in a technical or relevant field, or equivalent experience in risk management on complex projects or programmes.
• Good understanding of qualitative and quantitative risk management, and ability to independently undertake or lead either QCRA or QSRA.
• Awareness of cost and schedule concepts, as well as the wider project data and information that informs a risk model.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret complex data and translate it into clear, actionable insight.
• Comfortable engaging with different types of stakeholders, tailoring communication to suit seniority and technical background.
• Familiarity with risk tools such as Safran Risk, Primavera Risk Analysis, @RISK, ModelRisk, ARM or equivalent is advantageous.
• Enjoy working in a small consultancy where you'll have visibility, responsibility and room to shape what comes next.
• Must be a UK resident and have the legal right to work in the UK. Desirable:
• Experience working within nuclear, defence, rail or other major-infrastructure sectors.
• Qualifications from industry bodies and institutes such as APM, IRM, AACE, PMI or similar are welcomed. 
• Passionate about supporting Kaleido's industry research, product development pipeline, software training and client demonstrations.
• Established networks within the industry, with the ability to support new business opportunities.
• Experience working within a startup and/or ambition to drive growth would be highly valued.
• Proficiency in Power BI or similar visualisation software.
• Eligible for appropriate UK security clearance for working across highly regulated sectors. What we offer 
• Exposure to complex, nationally significant projects and programmes
• Flexible working hours
• 28 days annual leave  plus  public holidays
• Private medical cover
• Generous employer-matched pension contributions up to 10%
• Funded support for memberships and accreditations (e.g. APM, CaSA, IRM, AACE)
• Yearly bonus based on company performance
• Employee referral scheme
• A home setup allowance to support your working environment
• Training and access to multiple AI accounts and risk software licenses
• Opportunity to speak at global conferences and contribute to research
• Access to a broad network of experienced practitioners and senior clients
• Be part of a sector movement shaping the future of controls in a new and evolving digital era Interested? Apply via LinkedIn, or directly on our website. For any other questions, please write to us via careers@kaleidoprojects.co.uk.