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# IT BCP & DR Lead

- **Company:** Buckinghamshire Council
- **Location:** Aylesbury, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £51,081.0 - £53,571.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cyber Security, Disaster Recovery, Backup and Restore, Information Technology, Cybercrime
- **Published:** November 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/apply/?jobId=QQPFK026203F3VBQBV7V779XA-344626&langCode=en_GB

## About the Role

As an 'any-desk' worker, you'll need a desk, screen a keyboard to get your job done. You'll need to be connected to our network to access digital folders and resources, but this can either be from home or an office location when required. You will be required to work from the office a couple of times a week, depending on your role and team requirements., We're looking for someone who combines technical expertise with strong communication and leadership skills. You'll be a proactive problem-solver who thrives in complex environments and can remain calm and focused when dealing with critical incidents. Equally comfortable discussing technical recovery requirements with IT specialists and presenting risks and recovery options to senior leaders, you'll be confident influencing decisions, building relationships, and driving continuous improvement.

You'll bring substantial experience in business continuity, disaster recovery, resilience, or a related IT discipline within a large and complex organisation. A strong understanding of recovery strategies, service prioritisation, resilience frameworks, and cyber recovery planning will be essential. You'll also have experience developing policies, procedures, and playbooks, alongside the ability to manage projects, coordinate testing programmes, and identify opportunities to strengthen resilience across services.

We're particularly interested in individuals who are collaborative, organised, resilient, and passionate about ensuring services remain available when they're needed most. Educated to degree level (or equivalent) and holding an ITIL Foundation qualification, you'll be motivated by the opportunity to make a genuine difference through your work.

## Description

We're looking for an experienced IT BCP & DR Lead to help ensure our technology services remain robust, responsive, and ready for whatever challenges come their way. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in protecting vital services, leading resilience planning, and shaping how the organisation responds to major incidents and cyber threats. If you're passionate about business continuity, disaster recovery, and making a real impact, we'd love to hear from you., As our IT BCP & DR Lead, you'll be at the heart of our approach to operational resilience, ensuring that critical technology services can continue, recover quickly, or safely adapt during periods of disruption. From major cyber incidents and infrastructure outages to supplier failures and disaster recovery exercises, you'll play a pivotal role in helping us prepare for and respond to a wide range of challenges.

This role offers a unique blend of strategic planning, operational delivery, and stakeholder engagement. You'll work closely with cyber security professionals, incident managers, technical teams, service owners, and business stakeholders to develop and continuously improve our resilience capabilities. Whether you're leading recovery exercises, developing playbooks, defining recovery objectives, or supporting major incident responses, your work will directly contribute to keeping critical services available and reliable for those who depend on them.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

 * Leading the development and maintenance of IT business continuity and disaster recovery strategies and plans.
 * Coordinating disaster recovery testing, cyber recovery exercises, and resilience assurance activities.
 * Managing and improving recovery playbooks, backup and restore strategies, and resilience procedures.
 * Working with stakeholders across the organisation to strengthen operational resilience and recovery readiness., This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of a highly visible and business-critical function, helping to strengthen organisational resilience while working alongside experienced professionals across technology, security, and business services. You'll have the chance to influence strategy, lead meaningful improvement initiatives, and play a key role in ensuring essential services remain resilient in an ever-evolving digital landscape.