BCDR Manager

Smart DCC (Internal); Manchester, Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Pension

Private healthcare

Job summary

Smart DCC is seeking a BCDR Manager (Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery) for a hybrid role based in Manchester or London. You will lead testing, assurance activities, and embed resilience requirements across programmes while supporting incident response.

This high-profile position offers exposure to senior stakeholders and a chance to strengthen resilience across a complex supplier ecosystem supporting critical national infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery or Operational Resilience.
• Professional BCDR or resilience qualification (MBCI/AMBCI) preferred.
• Strong knowledge of continuity, disaster recovery and incident management.
• Able to plan and facilitate recovery testing and resilience activities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver DCC's annual BCDR testing programme across critical services and suppliers.
• Lead supplier resilience assurance activities to meet contractual, regulatory and business requirements.
• Embed continuity and resilience requirements within projects and change initiatives.
• Support incidents, recovery activities, exercises and resilience testing across DCC and suppliers.
• Produce resilience reporting and drive remediation to strengthen organizational resilience.

Skills

BCDR experience

Disaster Recovery

Incident management

Stakeholder management

Resilience principles

Education

Professional qualification in BCDR or Operational Resilience (e.g. MBCI/AMBCI)

Job description

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 is 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.