Research Manager

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ORX is currently seeking a Research Manager for the Risk & Resilience Programme. The individual will lead and deliver important projects and activities within the ORX programme.

ORX is an equal opportunity employer. We create an environment where everyone has an equal chance to succeed, during our recruitment phase and through their career at ORX. We are committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where everyone can be a part of a community where you will belong and thrive.

Job Details:
Job Title:	Research Manager – Risk and Resilience Programme
Contract and hours:	Permanent 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri) Hybrid working – 10 office days per quarter (Bath, UK)
Department:	Research and Information
Reporting to:	Senior Research Manager
Responsible for:	Delivering risk and resilience initiatives, including risk landscape work
Application deadline:	3 March 2025
Location:	Bath United Kingdom

About ORX

ORX is the largest operational and non-financial risk association for financial services firms in the world, currently employing circa 70 dedicated professionals and growing. We work closely with over 130 organisations and thousands of risk professionals globally to advance and champion the discipline.

We were set up by a small group of banks over 20 years ago to enable them to anonymously share highly-confidential operational risk loss data. Since then, we’ve grown and expanded to offer more services to our members, subscribers and the wider financial services sector. Alongside loss data sharing, we now carry out research on key topics, provide a range of collaboration opportunities and develop standards and references to drive innovation and support our community in an increasingly digitalised financial services environment. Our activities span the banking, insurance and asset management sectors.

The role

This Research Manager role is a challenging and rewarding opportunity to work with some of the foremost operational risk figures in the global financial services industry. The individual will lead and deliver important projects and activities within the ORX programme.

In particular, the role holder will focus on both the enhancement of operational risk management and resilience practices, enabling organisations to learn from peers, benchmark their practice and collectively enhance their risk management capability.

An important focus for this role will be the risk and resilience community. This will bring together senior practitioners to agree common areas of priority, and discuss and develop practice (including actionable outputs). The Research Manager will also be responsible for delivering top and emerging risk products.

The Research Manager must be an effective communicator, delivery focused and a confident facilitator. The role would ideally suit an individual with a background in financial services, research and/or professional management consulting. It is an excellent opportunity to further their career in a challenging and dynamic environment.

Key duties and responsibilities will include:

Leading on components of the ORX Risk and Resilience community programme with member input, and considering wider ORX priorities
Working with members to develop credible, actionable materials from the community (collecting supporting information and data as required)
Leading on research projects, including risk landscape activities from data collection and analysis through to writing and presenting findings (e.g. speaking at roundtables or recording podcast materials)
Building strong relationships with members, canvassing opinion objectively and thoroughly to ensure the community and associated outputs are value-adding
Where required, lead and/or support projects on material risk, resilience or risk landscape topics. This includes scoping work, building of stakeholders as required and delivering value add outputs
Working with relevant ORX teams to ensure outputs are effectively communicated to members and the wider industry, including presenting at ORX forums and at other member and industry meetings
Managing ORX staff and support their development as required

More information is available in the job description below.

How to apply:

If you’re a good match for this exciting opportunity, please apply with a copy of your CV and cover letter to careers@orx.org by close of business on Monday 3 March 2025.

In your cover letter, please include the following information:

Salary expectations: Kindly state your expected salary range for the role
Right to Work in the UK: Confirm your legal right to work in the UK
Availability: Indicate your availability to start the role
Experience and Skills: Reflecting on your CV and past experiences, could you share what specifically attracted you to this position and motivated you to apply?

We’re not inviting third-party recruiters to work with us on this opportunity.

Find out more about the interview process:

1st stage of interview process will be a virtual call with hiring managers
2nd stage of the interview process will be a formal interview with the hiring managers in person in our central office in Bath. There will be a task at this stage

Please note that our interview process may include a final stage to ensure we find the best fit for our team. We will provide more details about this stage if it becomes necessary.

How can I be supported? Some examples of adjustments that can be made for candidates include, but are not limited to:

You can share any adjustments you need at any stage of the application process by emailing people@orx.org. If you have a disability, if you are neurodivergent, or if you have a health condition that may affect you during the application process, we encourage you to discuss adjustments with our people team. Some reasons why candidates may need support include but are not limited to; Physical disability, dyslexia, dyspraxia, hearing/visual impairment, stammer, stutter, anxiety, depression, menopause, and long-term health conditions.

Some examples of adjustments that can be made for candidates include, but are not limited to:

Additional time to complete online assessments or interviews
Providing information about assessments during a briefing call
Adjusted font size or contrast settings on online assessments, exercises, tasks, and presentations.
Completing assessments via video call rather than online

Workplace adjustments

The support we offer throughout the recruitment process doesn’t end after the application. We know that employees have varying needs in the application process and at work, which is why we want to help employees at ORX get the support they need to thrive. ORX is committed to providing employees with the tools and support they need, we can consider adjusting, removing, or reducing any barriers you might face if you have a disability, health concern, or mental health condition. Workplace adjustments (or accommodations) help us do this and can be considered for all our employees.

Some of the adjustments we’ve provided for our employees include but are not limited to:

Ordering specialist equipment (like assistive technology and ergonomic furniture)
Adjustments to objectives or targets
Changing working arrangements, using flexible working or regular breaks

Hybrid working:

We offer a hybrid working (mix of remote and office working) built around your role and your home life commitments wherever possible. During the first month of the probation, employees should be in the office a minimum of 2 days per week, thereafter days in the office are a minimum of 10 per quarter.

Benefits:

Competitive salary

Discretionary performance related bonus scheme

25 days holiday a year plus bank holidays and one day for each year of service to a maximum of 28 days

Workplace nursery scheme

8% company contribution to pension

Employee recognition scheme

Support for training and development

Life assurance

Cycle to Work

Health cash plan

Perks at work scheme

Gym discounts

Employee assistance programme

Holiday trading

Sabbaticals and long service awards

Summer and Xmas social events

Inclusive and supportive working environment

We have a great culture and we’re proud of our people and the high engagement demonstrated year after year in our employee survey. We recognise and reward hard work, whilst respecting work-life balance. Our hybrid working sees our team getting together when necessary. Days in the office are 10 per quarter, which enables our teams to establish a working pattern that suits us, and you. We recognise that family time, being there for the school run and enjoying life at home is as important as collaborating with others, socialising as a team and maximising the informal learning and innovation that happens when we’re together in the same place.