IT Continuity Disaster Recovery Specialist/Business Continuity Planner

INDOTRONIX AVANI UK, LTD

Milton Keynes, UK

7 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Temporary contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.careerboard.com

Tech stack

Cyber Security Disaster Recovery PRINCE2

Job description

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 function’s 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 function’s preparedness.
Support in the creation and delivery of an Exercise Programme and delivery of assurance activities to the function’s leadership teams, to provide confidence in the function’s preparedness.
Review and articulate internal, external, regulatory and legal requirements and relationships for resilience that the function must adhere to, assuring the function’s position.
Engage with external stakeholders, acting as the function’s 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.
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Requirements

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 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 principles and policies (eg ISO27001)
Relevant OGC Qualification (MOR, MSP or PRINCE)