Governance Risk and Compliance Graduate Programme

@ Arup

The Opportunity

The Graduate Role in Operations, Risk, Compliance and Resilience is designed for people interested in contributing to better outcomes for our clients' operational processes and digital systems. As a Graduate Operations Risk & Resilience Consultant at Arup, you will:

• Support the delivery of effective compliance and risk management programmes to identify, manage and mitigate business and digital related risk.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, legislative, and contractual requirements including ISO standards such as ISO 55001, EU Directives such as NIS2 and Data Privacy regulations such as GDPR.
• Support technical and operational resilience, including business continuity and disaster recovery planning.
• Participate in implementing governance programmes, including risk management and data security.
• Prepare reports, maintain registers and carry out risk and compliance assessments.
• Conduct research in areas such as information security and data protection.
• Support project delivery and work on projects to identify, review and mitigate operational, regulatory, and technological domains.

Candidate Profile

Arup is looking for graduates with a Level 8 or above qualification in Business, Management, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field. Key qualities include strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent attention to detail, strong communication and report-writing skills, and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment. A basic understanding of ISO standards, data privacy and digital regulatory requirements is essential. Candidates with operational and/or security-related certifications, time management skills, adaptability, and eagerness to learn will excel in this role.

Key skills/competency

• risk management
• compliance
• resilience
• operations
• governance
• ISO standards
• data privacy
• business continuity
• project support
• research