Report on the Carbon Landscapes Project (pdf) - Lake District ...

Lake District National Park Authority Agenda Item: 10
Authority: 23 February 2011 Page 4
8 RISK
8.1 We have identified the following risks of being the accountable body and the controls
we can implement to lower the risks:
Id Risk Consequence Controls required
R1 The project fails to meet
its objectives or breaks
funding rules leading to
withholding of funding
Burden of costs borne by
Authority
Appointment of
appropriately skilled
project manager and use
project management
R2
Additional burden of
project on finance team
9 LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
Finance team divert
resources from other
work increasing risk
elsewhere
methodology
Finance Team will give
appropriate training and
access to systems to the
Project Manager to
enable them to manage
project budget, make
grant claims and report
on finances.
9.1 Under the terms of the funding agreement the Authority will employ one full time
Project Manager. The Authority will be responsible for any costs arising from such
employment. This will carry additional risk in terms of potential claims arising from
such employment, including the termination of such contracts of employment.
9.2 As Accountable body the Authority will be legally liable if any part of the grant is
clawed back by the funder. This is referred to in risk table above.
10 HUMAN RESOURCES
10.1 The Carbon Landscapes Project would be employing one full-time Project Manager.
There will also be a low level of other staff input, mainly from the Environment and
Heritage Service, the Communications Team, the Volunteer Coordinator, the Learning
and Events Team and Corporate Services, which would need to be agreed in future
Service Plans.
10.2 The Authority would have liability for any redundancy costs from termination of
employment of the Project Manager if the employee has two year’s or more eligible
continuous service. These costs will be built in to the project budget.
11 DIVERSITY IMPLICATIONS
11.1
a) Is this issue/item you are presenting to the Committee, of high, medium or low
relevance to diversity issues? - Low
b) To which diversity issues is your issue/item especially relevant? (race,
disability, gender, age, religion and faith, sexual orientation or rural and social
deprivation). - None
c) Is there any evidence from the past, that this issue/item, may have had an adverse
impact/effect, on particular groups of people locally or nationally? - No
d) Does your paper/proposal address any impact identified? - Not applicable