Risk management support
The risk management team helps support management and promotes good practice.
The key roles of this team are:
- To co-ordinate and maintain our strategic risk register, including identifying any emerging risks and issues.
- To develop and co-ordinate the implementation of the risk management strategy
- Provide guidance on risk management including relevant tools on how to identify risks and measurable controls
- To support members and senior managers to:
- help identify their and the council's risk appetite
- identify and manage risks and issues facing us
- Promote good risk management through training via e-learning, face to face and virtual events and publications
- Measuring and monitoring the successful implementation of the strategic risk management strategy priorities by demonstrating that we:
- have a culture which supports well thought through risk taking and innovation, with leadership who support, own and lead on risk management
- enable members, management and staff to make decisions that are in accordance with our risk appetite
- learns when things go wrong and have no major surprises that could adversely affect the trust and confidence of the people of Lincolnshire in the services we provide
Our risk management guidance sets our requirements. It gives people the tools to help them identify and mange risks effectively. We have developed simple guidance and tools on our risk management pages within the Risk Management Hub on Sharepoint.
There are also two courses on Lincs2Learn:
- managing risk with confidence: a practical guide for Lincolnshire County Council
- completing LCC’s risk register: a practical guide for staff
Contact the risk management team at Riskmanagement@lincolnshire.gov.uk for further assistance and guidance.