Job description
Governance, Risk and Compliance Graduate - 2026 Graduate Programme
Job Details
- Locations:Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick
- Job Type:Graduates
- Ref:5543
Interested In This Role?
See it differently
You see the world through a unique lens and that’s exactly what we need. We embrace how you see things differently – it’s essential for creating a sustainable future.
Arup is a global consultancy with advisory and technical expertise across more than 150 disciplines. We guide, plan and design the future of the built environment. Globally, each year we recruit hundreds of graduates to help us see things differently and solve the most complex challenges facing our clients, climate and communities.
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.
- Work on projects to identify, review and mitigate operational, regulatory, and technological domains.
Does this role inspire you?
We're looking for graduates who is passionate about operations risk, compliance and resilience. We also value:
- We're looking for graduates with Level 8 or above qualification in Business, Management, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Strong communication and report-writing skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
- Basic understanding of ISO standards, Data Privacy and Digital regulatory requirements.
- Time management skills to meet project deadlines.
- Preferable to have an operational and/or security-related certification
- Adaptability and eagerness to learn and develop professionally.
- Ability to engage with clients and partners in developing project requirements.
What we offer you
Beyond a great salary and stimulating, technically challenging work, Arup offers a range of additional benefits to its people.
As a membership organisation, everyone shares in our success through a global profit share scheme. Our members also have access to a range of broader wellbeing benefits. You’ll have access to lots of learning and development opportunities. This includes a structured induction and ongoing training through Arup university.
Additionally, you'll have the opportunity to utilise your technical expertise to do meaningful work that strengthens the resilience of communities and places to improve lives through Arup's community engagement programme.
Next steps
Please click on the role that most interests you to find out further information and to apply. We then ask that you complete the application form, attaching any required documents. We will be reviewing applications for this position on a rolling basis. You are therefore strongly encouraged to apply in advance of the application deadline.
Different people, shared values
At Arup, we encourage individuality to thrive by respecting, sharing and connecting our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas so we can grow together.
At Arup we are an equal opportunity employer, and we accept people for who they are – we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds regardless of age, gender identity and expression, marital status, disability, neurodiversity and mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. Your difference belongs here. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.
Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture – from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender, LGBTQ+ and disability – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference - Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup.
At Arup, we are committed to making all stages of our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please contact UKEarlyCareersRecruitment@arup.com to let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application and we will do everything we possibly can to support you. As a Disability Confident Level 2 Employer in the UK, we will strive for one third of all our assessment places to be allocated to candidates who have disclosed they are disability confident and best meet the requirements of the role. Please refer to these requirements per each role advertised.
We appreciate that everyone’s circumstances are different and it’s not always easy to commit to standard working hours. Work Unbound is our innovative hybrid approach to working and gives all our members greater flexibility in deciding how and where they work.
