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Risk Management Audit (RMA)
Part of a suite of Risk Management solutions designed specifically for Borough/District Councils

A detailed review exercise in as little as one month Uncommon Solutions Consulting Division - Knowledge and teamwork to achieve results

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Completion	Queries

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Introduction

Risk Management is an essential and inescapable part of life. Nowadays, there are all sorts of people who will judge and rate you on how well you are doing in theory and whether this matches the practice; on whether risk management is effectively embedded in the culture and operation of your organisation.

The Risk Management Audit (RMA) is a quick and effective way to ensure that your risk management arrangements

are all-embracing and are effectively structured

are known to and acted on by Officers and Members

add value, continuity and confidence to the organisation

will be recognised as such by CPA and other auditors.

The structure of the RMA involves the following:

Initiation phase

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Review of existing strategy and systems

Review of areas of service and key players

Agreement of objectives and timings for the exercise

Information Phase

Although a relatively simple project, in terms of ongoing input required from you, we still use the Uncommon Solutions system of project management, timetabling simply who needs to do what by when to keep the project on track and chasing up in advance anything getting close to a default.

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Meetings with selected Officers/Members

Questionnaires to wider selection of Officers & Members

Consider information & systems throughout the organisation; broaden perspective; assess embeddedness

Analysis Phase

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Review the effectiveness and completeness of existing strategy and systems

Compare and contrast with existing best practice, with reference to Comprehensive Performance Assessment and other authoritative sources

Receive, review and summarise questionnaires

Review and summarise discussions from meetings

Analyse the degree to which the theory and the practice match up – the degree of embeddedness

Consider areas of particular strength and weakness and specifically what is needed to advance in CPA terms

Prepare draft report and recommendations

Completion Phase

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Present draft report (including unattributed summaries of meetings and questionnaires) and discuss findings

Review recommendations made and consider their ability to make improvement and their practicality to implement

Develop ‘SMART’ action plans for implementation

Present final report, including ‘SMART’ action plans

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The overall timing of the exercise, as described above, will normally be four to six weeks. Your time commitment through all the stages will be kept to a minimum and will amount to –

1 - 2 meetings at the initiation stage

Co-ordination of questionnaires and meetings (perhaps 10) with key Officers/Members

1 meeting to discuss draft report and recommendations

Development of action plans to meet recommendations

Receiving final report and recommendations, with agreed action plans for subsequent implementation

Risk Management Audit

Order ~ confidence ~ optimisation

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The cost of this product, as detailed above, is £2,380 (plus VAT).

To place an order, please complete the online order form, e-mail us, write to us or simply pick up the phone.

This exercise will be useful for you at any time. Really it is a case of the sooner, the better – schedule the exercise now and begin progress to still more effective risk management. If this exercise is repeated after a year (which we do recommend), it may give useful evidence of progression and part of the very thing the CPA process requires to achieve and maintain the highest level.

For peace of mind and a first class result, place your order with uncommonsolutions

Uncommon Solutions Limited,
PO Box 169,
Petersfield,
Hampshire GU31 4WY
01730 268465
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