BC & Resilience Lead - Incident Response

West Midlands Combined Authority; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local Government Pension Scheme

EV car benefit scheme

Healthcare plans

28 days annual leave

Discounted gym membership

Costco membership

Job summary

West Midlands Combined Authority is seeking a Business Continuity Officer to strengthen resilience across the organisation. The role involves developing, embedding, and maturing our approach to business continuity and incident management, with a chance to shape how the team operates and implement tools, systems and processes.

The post sits in a new function dedicated to resilience, offering a unique opportunity to influence practices, collaborate with SMEs, and drive improvements in BIAs,

Qualifications

• Experience in Event, Emergency or Business Continuity Planning.
• Experience with multiple stakeholders and interface management.
• Experience in continuous improvement and identifying efficiencies.
• Knowledge of corporate environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Business Continuity Management System and ensure auditable docs.
• Prepare and test business continuity plans with SMEs for peer review.
• Manage BIAs and update the resilience framework and related plans.
• Lead incident response coordination with WMCA leads and SMEs.
• Coordinate with directorates, risk and information security teams on potential incidents.
• Assist recovery efforts and coordinate responses for significant incidents.
• Lead training, exercise and validation plans to ensure preparedness.

Skills

BCP/BCM experience

Stakeholder management

Continuous improvement

BC/Resilience planning

Education

BC/EP qualification

Job description

West Midlands Combined Authority is seeking a Business Continuity Officer to strengthen resilience across the organisation. The role involves developing, embedding, and maturing our approach to business continuity and incident management, with a chance to shape how the team operates and implement tools, systems and processes.

The post sits in a new function dedicated to resilience, offering a unique opportunity to influence practices, collaborate with SMEs, and drive improvements in BIAs,