BCDR Manager

Smart DCC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Private healthcare

Flexible benefits

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

Smart DCC Ltd is seeking a BCDR Manager to lead supplier resilience testing and embed resilience requirements across projects and programmes. The role is hybrid with locations in London or Manchester and offers exposure to senior stakeholders within a critical national infrastructure environment.

You will coordinate testing programmes, support incident response, and produce resilience reporting. A professional BCDR qualification and at least three years of experience are required.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years' experience in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Operational Resilience or related disciplines.
• Professional qualification in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery or Operational Resilience (e.g. MBCI or AMBCI).
• Strong knowledge of Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Incident Management and Operational Resilience principles.
• Experience planning and facilitating disaster recovery testing, business continuity exercises and resilience assurance activities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence internal teams, suppliers and senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver DCC's annual Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery testing programme across critical services and suppliers.
• Lead supplier resilience assurance activities, ensuring recovery capabilities meet contractual, regulatory and business requirements.
• Embed business continuity, disaster recovery and resilience requirements within projects, programmes and operational change initiatives.
• Support business continuity and disaster recovery incidents, recovery activities, exercises and resilience testing across DCC and its supplier landscape.
• Produce resilience reporting, identify improvement opportunities and drive remediation activities to strengthen organisational resilience.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership

Education

MBCl/AMBCI or equivalent

Job description

Together we're building a greener tomorrow

Connecting every home and business to a single, secure smart meter network is a huge undertaking. So you can imagine the scale – and variety – and opportunities for the people who'll help us do it.

The role

BCDR Manager (Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery) / Hybrid

Location: Manchester or London

Closing date: 13th Nov at 12:30pm

Join our award-winning Business Resilience team and play a key role in safeguarding Britain's smart energy network. As a BCDR Manager, you'll lead supplier resilience testing and assurance activities, embed resilience requirements across projects and programmes, and support business continuity and disaster recovery response activities. This is a high-profile role offering exposure to senior stakeholders and the opportunity to help strengthen resilience across a complex supplier ecosystem supporting critical national infrastructure.

About the DCC

We're powering Britain's smarter, greener future. Today. Tomorrow. Together.

Today, we're deeply invested in building a resilient, sustainable smart energy network that drives transformation. Our success is driven by curiosity, ambition, and tenacity.

Tomorrow, we see vast opportunities for growth and development, contributing to decarbonisation and the Net Zero mission. We'll continually develop Smart DCC, to fulfil our obligations to consumers, and achieve even more with our customers, partners, and each other. Join us and development opportunities range from talent programmes, academies and always on learning to exposure to senior stakeholders and industry experts, contributing to complex projects and constant support to drive your own development.

Together, we embrace change, unite in our shared passions and support each other. Working as one team and across our industry, we rise to the challenge to shape Smart DCC, and the future.

A career at Smart DCC means being part of something bigger – a dynamic organisation that's not just helping transform energy but also shaping the future. We offer a unique, fulfilling environment where you can thrive today, develop for tomorrow, and achieve together.

How you will contribute to transforming the smart energy network and shaping the future.

• Coordinate and deliver DCC's annual Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery testing programme across critical services and suppliers.
• Lead supplier resilience assurance activities, ensuring recovery capabilities meet contractual, regulatory and business requirements.
• Embed business continuity, disaster recovery and resilience requirements within projects, programmes and operational change initiatives.
• Support business continuity and disaster recovery incidents, recovery activities, exercises and resilience testing across DCC and its supplier landscape.
• Produce resilience reporting, identify improvement opportunities and drive remediation activities to strengthen organisational resilience.

What you need to bring:

• Minimum three years' experience in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Operational Resilience or related resilience disciplines.
• Professional qualification in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery or Operational Resilience (e.g. MBCI or AMBCI).
• Strong knowledge of Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Incident Management and Operational Resilience principles.
• Experience planning and facilitating disaster recovery testing, business continuity exercises and resilience assurance activities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence internal teams, suppliers and senior stakeholders.

Benefits:

While our mission is ambitious, we also prioritise balance offering flexibility and support to help you thrive both personally and professionally. At DCC we reward fairly and recognise fully because our continued success depends on our people.

We also offer a competitive 8 days per month hybrid work policy for most roles as well as competitive salaries with regular benchmarking, bonuses tied to personal and company performance. Our core benefits include pension, generous leave allowance, private healthcare and range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to you.

As a Disability Confident member, DCC is committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments, need a copy of this job advert in an alternative format, or have any other questions you'd like to ask before applying, please contact: [e-mail]

Join Smart DCC, a dynamic organisation where every day brings a chance to make a difference.

We believe in our purpose. Together, we work as one team, always looking for ways to improve and support DCC’s role in a low-carbon future.

Act with integrity

We treat everyone with kindness, consideration and respect. We keep our promises to our customers. And if something doesn’t feel right, we speak up.

Be accountable

You can depend on our word. We’re clear about our roles and we take the initiative, while respecting the processes we have in place.

Personal Development

Our training and development opportunities help you be your best self – from regular 1-2-1s all the way up to professional qualifications.

Group income protection

Provides a continuous income if you're unable to work due to illness or injury for more than 26 weeks.

Pension Plans

We’ll match the contributions you make to your pension, up to 5%, depending on your plan and how long you’ve been with us.

Flexible Holidays

Need more time off? Increase your standard 25 days of leave by buying extra to rest, spend time with family or satisfy your wanderlust.

Cycle to Work Scheme

We’re big on keeping things green. If you want to cycle to work, we'll loan you the gear through salary sacrifice to make it tax-efficient.

As we all transition to a new normal, we can help you find the hybrid working pattern that suits you and your team best.

Location

Location:London

Job type

Job type:Permanent