Risk and Best Practice Assistant

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 6 May 2026
LOCATION
Bristol
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Associate
CATEGORY
Legal
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SKILLS

Prioritisation Attention to Detail Written Communication Verbal Communication Process Improvement Microsoft Office Suite Meeting Scheduling Self-Motivation

FULL DESCRIPTION

Risk and Best Practice Assistant

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is seeking a Risk and Best Practice Assistant to join their Risk & Best Practice department in Bristol or Leeds. This is a hybrid working, full-time role. The ideal candidate will have strong prioritization, attention to detail, communication skills, and a proactive attitude.

Key Responsibilities

  • Monitoring & responding to emails to the R&BP mailbox
  • Logging Risk incidents to include data breaches, claims and complaints and ethical issues
  • Providing administrative support for the R&BP team, including the creation and formatting of risk reports, letters and spreadsheets in Word, PowerPoint and Excel
  • Assisting in the scheduling of internal and external meetings (including audits)
  • Updating R&BP team policies and guidance and updating relevant links on the intranet
  • Preparing and publishing intranet news items for the R&BP team
  • Assisting with the setting up and administration of information barriers
  • Setting up training sessions for the firm as needed on Risk issues, to include new starters and existing staff, and monitoring & reporting on completion statistics
  • Compiling the biannual compliance statements, and monitoring & reporting on completion statistics
  • Managing and tracking expenditure on the R&BP team's online log
  • Providing support to the rest of the R&BP team in case of absence as needed and dealing with miscellaneous risk-related queries
  • Working on projects, developing skills and expanding responsibilities further over time

What We Are Looking For

  • Ability to prioritise tasks in order of importance and balance competing demands
  • Ability to work in a careful, methodological way with excellent attention to detail
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • The ability to identify improvements to working practices within the R&BP team so as to maximise efficiency
  • Ability to take ownership of tasks and projects and manage own workload to meet deadlines
  • Ability to deliver work of a high quality, whilst ensuring that time allocated to particular tasks is proportionate
  • Proactive, self-motivated and flexible approach

Benefits and Working at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

Hybrid working model; core hours 9am-5:15pm with flexibility. Learning & Development support, wellbeing services, and benefits including:

  • A minimum of 25 days holiday (option to buy up to 5 additional days)
  • Discretionary bonus scheme
  • Generous pension scheme
  • Private medical insurance through Vitality
  • Biennial private health assessment through Nuffield Health
  • Life assurance
  • Access to Employee Assistance Programme
  • Cycle to work scheme

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. If you need adjustments, contact [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal].

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