Resilient Specialist/IT Continuity Disaster Recovery Specialist

• Execution and monitoring of Resilience* strategies and processes, utilising KPIs to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of these and create a culture of continuous improvement.
• Subject Matter Specialist for the provision of advice to the functions leadership team to provide awareness and an ability to manage and respond to risks.
• Delivery of Resilience activities for the function including development, maintenance and continuous improvement of processes to manage Business Impact Analyses and Contingency Plans; to plan for the functions preparedness.
• Support in the creation and delivery of an Exercise Programme and delivery of assurance activities to the functions leadership teams, in order to provide confidence in the functions preparedness.
• Review and articulate internal, external, regulatory and legal requirements and relationships for resilience that the function must adhere to, providing assurance on the functions position.
• Engage with external stakeholders, acting as the functions Resilience Specialist, to influence resilience with interested parties including those from the wider rail industry, regulators and government.
• Facilitate the promotion of Resilience within the function through the influencing of key stakeholders and driving a change in behaviours such that Resilience becomes Embedded into business processes.
• Undertake detailed reviews of technical solutions and plans to ascertain their level of resilience and produce detailed reports, encompassing recommendations to the functions Leadership Team.
• Operational management of external suppliers to assess that their activities deliver against the needs of the organisation, identifying mitigation strategies for where critical activities are not protected.
• Resilience refers to Operational Resilience, Business Continuity and Crisis Management.

• Membership of a relevant professional institute (eg AMBCI)
• ISO22301 Lead Auditor qualified
• Proven experience in one or more resilience disciplines (eg Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Incident Management and Emergency Planning)
• Knowledge and experience in a range of technologies/tools for Continuity planning and execution.
• Demonstrable knowledge of resilience standards, legislation and best practice
• Able to set individual goals, objectives and priorities, and balance these with challenging deadlines in a fast moving environment that is dynamic, safety oriented and technology dependent
• A proven communicator with influential, persuasive and negotiation skills across all levels in the organisation, * Educated to Post-Graduate level or be able to demonstrate equivalent experience of competencies
• An interest or experience in the in the UK and international Rail or ICT sectors or comparable technology dependent sector
• Qualified in a relevant service framework (eg ITIL)
• Good understanding of Information Security principals and policies (eg ISO27001)
• Relevant OGC Qualification (MOR, MSP or Prince)

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.