SFJ CC503
Promote an operational risk management culture
Overview
This unit is about promoting an organisational culture in which everyone is
aware of the importance of, and their roles and responsibilities in, managing
risks to the security of operations, projects or other law enforcement activities.
It covers contributing to the development of policy, procedures, tools and
techniques for managing operational risks, training and developing Operational
Risk Liaison Officers (ORLOs) and providing general advice and support on
operational risk management issues to senior management, colleagues and
peers in your own and other organisations.
There are three elements
1 Contribute to the development of policy, procedures, tools and
techniques for managing operational risks
2 Support individuals to champion risk management within operations,
projects and other law enforcement activities
3 Provide training, general advice and support for operational risk
management
Target Group
This unit is for those who provide independent expert advice and support on
how to manage the risks to operations, projects and other law enforcement
activities. They are sometimes known as Operational Risk Advisers (OpRAs)
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Performance
criteria
Contribute to the development of policy, procedures, tools and
techniques for managing operational risks
You must be able to:
P1
P2
P3
keep yourself up-to-date with best practice in operational risk
management within both your own and other organisations
recommend changes to organisational policy and procedures and
approved tools and techniques for operational risk management in line
with developments in best practice
revise and/or develop new policy, procedures, tools and techniques for
managing operational risks, as required, in consultation with senior
managers, peers and operational managers
Support individuals to champion risk management within operations
projects and other law enforcement activities
You must be able to:
P4
P5
P6
P7
work with peers and operational managers to define and develop the role
of individuals who champion risk management within operational teams
(Operational Risk Liaison Officers or ORLOs)
develop and deliver training programmes to introduce individuals to the
ORLO role and policy, procedures, tools and techniques for operational
risk management
provide ongoing training and briefing to continuously develop ORLOs'
knowledge, skills and competence in line with developing best practice in
operational risk management
make yourself available to respond to requests from ORLOs for advice
and support on operational risk management
Provide, training, general advice and support for operational risk
management
You must be able to:
P8
provide guidance to colleagues on their individual roles and
responsibilities in relation to operational risk management
P9 provide training, regular briefings and updates on operational risk
management issues to senior managers and colleagues within your
organisation
P10 make yourself available to provide general advice and support for
operational risk management to senior managers, operational managers
and peers, in line with organisational policy and security requirements
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Knowledge and
understanding
Legal and organisational requirements
You need to know and
understand:
K1
current legislation, policies, procedures, codes of practice and guidelines
relevant to identifying, assessing and managing operational risks and
responding to compromises
Management of operational risk
You need to know and
understand:
K2
best practice in operational risk management in your own and other
organisations and how to keep yourself up-to-date about this
K3 the model of operational risk management used by your organisation
K4 tools and techniques for managing operational risk approved by your
organisation
K5 how to revise and develop new policy, procedures, tools and techniques
for managing operational risk
K6 the importance of consulting with senior managers, peers and
operational managers when revising or developing policy, procedures,
tools and techniques for managing operational risk, and how to do so
effectively
K7 the role of ORLOs
K8 the importance of making yourself available to provide advice and
support on operational risk management issues to senior managers,
operational managers, ORLOs and peers , and how to do so
K9 the different roles and responsibilities of colleagues in relation to
operational risk management and how to provide advice and guidance
on their roles and responsibilities
K10 how to develop and provide regular briefings and updates on operational
risk management issues
Training and development
You need to know and
understand:
K11 how to develop programmes to train ORLOs effectively in their role in
operational risk management and your organisation's policy, procedures,
tools and techniques
K12 how to deliver training programmes effectively
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Additional Information
Scope/range
related to
performance
criteria
1.
peers
1.1
1.2
Links to other
NOS
CC502 Provide independent advice and support on managing risks to the
security of specific operations, projects and other law enforcement
activities
CC501 Champion operational risk management within an operation, project
or other law enforcement activity
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in your own organisation
in other organisations
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SFJ CC503
Promote an operational risk management culture
Developed by
Skills for Justice
Version number
1
Date approved
November 2008
Indicative review
date
November 2013
Validity
Current
Status
Original
Originating
organisation
Skills for Justice
Original URN
SFJ CC503
Relevant
occupations
Law and legal services; Protective Service Occupations
Suite
Policing and Law Enforcement
Key words
police, risk, management, OpRA
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