Business Continuity Lead

Tektora Limited; Basingstoke; Hybrid; GBP 111,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Tektora Limited, supporting a leading Defence and National Security IT provider, seeks a DV-cleared Business Continuity Lead for an on-site contract in Hampshire.

You will lead continuity activities for the Authority's Joint Design Team, and produce site, data centre and service continuity plans while engaging stakeholders across design, service and operations.

Qualifications

• DV clearance and sole national status required.
• Experience leading business or service continuity across secure environments.
• Experience producing site, data centre and service continuity plans.
• Experience in defence/government or highly regulated settings.
• Strong stakeholder engagement with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to write clear, auditable continuity documentation.
• ISO 22301 or equivalent standard.
• BCI membership or CBCI certification.
• Disaster recovery design and testing experience.
• Experience in Joint Design Teams or MOD design authority.

Responsibilities

• Leading business continuity activities for the Authority's Joint Design Team
• Producing and maintaining site business continuity plans
• Producing and maintaining data centre continuity plans
• Producing and maintaining service continuity plans
• Assessing continuity risk across the estate and identifying single points of failure
• Working with design, service and operations teams to embed continuity into the solution
• Supporting continuity testing, exercising and lessons learned
• Engaging Authority and supplier stakeholders on continuity governance

Skills

DV Clearance

Business Continuity Leadership

Stakeholder Engagement

Data Centre Continuity

Regulated Environment

Education

ISO 22301 certification

BCI CBCI certification

Job description

Location: Hampshire – Basingstoke / Farnborough, on site
Working Pattern: On site, customer premises
Type: Contract, outside IR35
Rate: Open to discussion
Clearance: UK Sole National with active DV Clearance
Company: Tektora, supporting a leading Defence and National Security IT provider

Tektora are supporting a leading Defence and National Security IT provider who are looking to speak with DV Cleared Business Continuity Leads for a contract opportunity leading business continuity activity for the Authority's Joint Design Team.

This role would suit someone with a business continuity and service continuity background who has worked across secure sites and data centres and is looking to develop further across Defence programme resilience.

The Role

You will be involved in:

• Leading business continuity activities for the Authority's Joint Design Team
• Producing and maintaining site business continuity plans
• Producing and maintaining data centre continuity plans
• Producing and maintaining service continuity plans
• Assessing continuity risk across the estate and identifying single points of failure
• Working with design, service and operations teams to embed continuity into the solution
• Supporting continuity testing, exercising and lessons learned
• Engaging Authority and supplier stakeholders on continuity governance

Key Experience Required

• UK Sole National with active DV Clearance
• Demonstrable business continuity or service continuity leadership experience
• Experience producing site, data centre and service continuity plans
• Experience within defence, government or another highly regulated secure environment
• Strong stakeholder engagement across technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to write clear, concise and auditable continuity documentation
• ISO 22301 or equivalent business continuity standard
• BCI membership or CBCI certification
• Disaster recovery design and testing experience
• Prior work within a Joint Design Team or equivalent MOD design authority

Interested?

Tektora are looking to speak with DV Cleared Business Continuity Leads who are open to contract opportunities and keen to develop further across Defence programme resilience and continuity.