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We’re looking for a Business Continuity, Resilience, Response and Recovery Officer to help strengthen WMCA’s ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from disruption. In this role, you will play a key part in developing, maintaining and embedding our approach to business continuity and incident management across the organisation. This role sits within a newly established and evolving function, created to strengthen WMCA’s resilience capability.
Job Responsibility:
Lead the Business Continuity Management System, ensuring documentation is auditable and up to date
Prepare, maintain, and test WMCA’s business continuity plans with subject matter experts for peer review
Recommend improvements to WMCA’s BIAs and broader Business Continuity, resilience, response, and recovery plans and its supporting framework strategy
Manage and update Business Impact Assessments (BIAs) across WMCA to ensure accuracy and relevance
Adjust and update BIAs as needed when changes occur and create new BIAs for new areas or departments within WMCA
Lead incident response coordination with WMCA leads, offering subject matter expertise for detailed planning
Engage with SME operational plan owners across WMCA to ensure a coordinated and intelligence-led approach to BC planning
Conduct post-incident and operational plan reviews to implement improvements and update response strategies
Work with WMCA directorates, risk, and info security teams to proactively plan for potential risks and incidents
Collaborate with plan leads within WMCA to coordinate responses to incidents impacting the authority
Assist in recovery efforts and coordinate responses for significant incidents
Lead WMCA’s training and exercise and validation plan, ensuring preparedness and awareness of emergency response among colleagues
Requirements:
Experience in Event, Emergency or Business Continuity Planning
Experience of working with multiple stakeholders and managing that interface
Experience of continuous improvement and identifying where efficiencies can be made
Business Continuity, Resilience, Response and Recovery planning knowledge and practices
Sound working knowledge and good understanding of the corporate environment
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
BC/EP qualification or equivalent experience
What we offer:
Local Government Pension Scheme (one of the most generous pension schemes in the UK)
Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme where you can build an additional pot of money alongside your pension with contributions exempt from Income Tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs)
28 days paid annual leave (with an option to purchase more) + Statutory days
EV car benefit scheme
Healthcare plans
Discounted gym membership, will writing, and mortgage advice
An option to buy a bicycle, including e-bikes and adapted pedal cycles, at a discounted rate
3 days of paid leave each year to volunteer
Interest-free financing through SmartTech to buy the latest technology
Discounted shopping with over 2,000 big-name retailers, and more. You can now also obtain a Costco membership through the WMCA
Boundless unlocks unlimited entry to top-rated UK attractions and loads of extra benefits and discounts
Eye Care Scheme, offering a free eye test and a financial contribution towards your glasses