Group Business Continuity Manager

Permanent
Full time - flexible working may be considered
35 hours per week
£60,000 per annum
Hybrid - home based and Birmingham
Corporate Solutions is looking to recruit a Group Business Continuity Manager to oversee the development, embedding and testing of effective and efficient business continuity management systems, including a Group crisis management framework. Reporting to the Group Risk Manager, the post holder will ensure appropriate and proportionate business continuity and disaster recovery governance arrangements are in place at all times, and will develop and implement crisis management awareness and training plans. In addition, the Group Business Continuity Manager will be expected to deliver successful transfer of knowledge to key staff across the Group to ensure effective future crisis management. With strong communication and interpersonal skills, the post holder will oversee all resilience testing across the Group and key suppliers. This is an exciting oportunity to really make a difference in relation to processes and controls in a respected professional organisation.

Please note that there is one vacancy for the Group Business Continuity Manager role but the successful applicant may be based either in our Birmingham or London office and will travel between the two locations on a weekly basis. Please indicate your location preference by applying through the relevant advert.

To apply for this role please submit your CV and cover letter. Please ensure that both clearly demonstrate how you meet each of the the requirements listed below.

Essential

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and experience:

A relevant qualification and up to date knowledge of business continuity and project management methodologies

Proven track record as a practical solution provider, organised, disciplined and experienced in the delivery of complex programmes of work

Operational risk management experience, in particular, in the review and embedding of business continuity arrangements across a variety of business sectors

Delivering effective business continuity knowledge transfer and experience of business continuity management issues

Strong leadership skills and the ability to influence staff at all levels

Strong stakeholder relationship management skills

Strong communication and influencing skills at all levels

Strong analytical and report writing skills

Understanding and delivering business continuity solutions within the required standards, for example; ISO22301 and ISO27001

Experience of successfully managing business continuity testing, crises and disaster recovery issues

Desirable

Managing external contracts and successful performance management

Writing detailed reports and analysing complex data

Ongoing membership of a relevant professional organisation, for example the Business Continuity Institute or Institute of Risk Management

An associated information assurance qualification and/or experience

We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.

Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, including gym membership with a tax only cost, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation.
Vacancy closing date: 16/11/2014, 23:55

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do. We are actively committed to promoting and participating in good practice in the way that we attract, recruit and retain staff.

Everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work because we appreciate the value that a truly diverse workforce brings to the performance of our organisation. We celebrate difference, recognising the benefits this brings to our inclusive culture, including age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

We are a Stonewall Top 100 Employer, a member of ENEI, a disability confident employer and we are happy to talk flexible working.

This opportunity is closed to applicants.