Business Continuity Manager

East Midlands Combined County Authority; Chesterfield; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

East Midlands Combined County Authority is seeking a Business Continuity Manager in Chesterfield with hybrid working. You will lead the organisation’s continuity, emergency planning and resilience efforts, guiding senior teams and partner organisations to ensure robust plans and preparedness.

You will embed governance, risk management and service resilience, ensuring compliance with legislation and best practice, while strengthening preparedness across the region.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in business continuity or resilience programmes.
• Strong knowledge of resilience legislation and UK guidance.
• Experience embedding continuity strategies within complex organisations.
• Excellent communication and report-writing with senior stakeholders.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills for sensitive situations.
• Experience planning emergency response exercises and simulations.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a changing environment.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and improvement of the continuity and resilience framework.
• Advise teams on creation and testing of continuity plans.
• Conduct Business Impact Analyses to identify critical services.
• Deliver training, exercises, and simulations to boost preparedness.
• Provide expert guidance on continuity, planning and resilience matters.
• Build relationships with stakeholders, emergency services and partners.
• Monitor resilience performance and drive continuous improvement.
• Act as tactical adviser during incidents and on-call arrangements.

Skills

Business continuity

Organisational resilience

Emergency planning

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Training and exercises

Incident response

Legislation compliance

Job description

Reports to: Head of Operations and Customer Service

Location: Chesterfield (with hybrid working)

Directorate: Resources

The successful candidate will normally be appointed at the minimum point of the salary band, unless exceptional circumstances apply.

About EMCCA

East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) brings partners together to help make the East Midlands more prosperous, sustainable and fairer. We are an evolving organisation, moving our focus towards delivery against our Corporate Plan and building the people, systems and capability needed to turn our ambitions into results.

This makes it an exciting time to join us. You will have the opportunity to contribute to a developing organisation, shape how we work and help deliver meaningful outcomes for our region.

About the role

As Business Continuity Manager, you will lead the development and implementation of EMCCA’s business continuity, emergency planning and organisational resilience arrangements. You will provide expert advice and guidance across the organisation, ensuring robust plans, frameworks and processes are in place to enable EMCCA to respond effectively to disruptions, emergencies and emerging risks.

You will work closely with senior leaders, managers, partner organisations and emergency services to embed resilience into governance, risk management and service delivery, ensuring the organisation remains prepared, responsive and compliant with relevant legislation and best practice.

This is an excellent opportunity to shape a developing resilience function within a growing organisation. You will play a key role in strengthening organisational preparedness, influencing strategic decision-making and helping to protect critical services that support communities across the East Midlands.

What you'll be doing

• Leading the development, implementation and continuous improvement of EMCCA’s business continuity and emergency resilience framework.
• Advising and supporting teams in the creation, review and testing of business continuity plans and emergency response arrangements.
• Conducting and supporting Business Impact Analyses to identify critical services and prioritise recovery activities.
• Developing and delivering training, exercises and simulations to improve organisational preparedness and resilience.
• Providing expert guidance on business continuity, emergency planning and counter-terrorism resilience matters.
• Building effective relationships with internal stakeholders, emergency services and partner organisations to strengthen response capabilities.
• Monitoring organisational resilience performance, reporting on preparedness and driving continuous improvement activities.
• Acting as a tactical adviser during incidents and emergencies and participating in emergency resilience and on-call arrangements.

What you’ll bring

• Significant experience in business continuity, organisational resilience, emergency planning or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of relevant resilience legislation, guidance and best practice frameworks, including BCI Good Practice Guidelines, BS 65000:2022 and the UK Government Resilience Framework.
• Experience developing and embedding business continuity strategies and resilience programmes within complex organisations.
• Excellent communication, presentation and report-writing skills, with the ability to influence and advise senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to manage complex and sensitive situations effectively.
• Experience planning and delivering emergency response exercises, training programmes and resilience testing activities.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and deliver outcomes in a changing environment.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Essential requirements

• Significant experience in business continuity, organisational resilience, emergency planning or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of relevant resilience legislation, guidance and best practice frameworks, including BCI Good Practice Guidelines, BS 65000:2022 and the UK Government Resilience Framework.
• Experience developing and embedding business continuity strategies and resilience programmes within complex organisations.
• Excellent communication, presentation and report-writing skills, with the ability to influence and advise senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to manage complex and sensitive situations effectively.
• Experience planning and delivering emergency response exercises, training programmes and resilience testing activities.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and deliver outcomes in a changing environment.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Our valuesOur values shape our culture and how we work with each other, our partners and the communities we serve.Lifting our regionWe always put the long‑term prosperity of the East Midlands region and its people first when carrying our roles and achieving strategic outcomes.Working togetherWe always challenge each other to be exceptional, embracing collaboration and acting to lift rather than win, working as one team.Making an impactWe always make decisions that are evidence led and which strengthen our region systemically. We hold ourselves to account for our actions.Being humanWe always take pride in who we are and the diversity we bring, communicating authentically and showing genuine interest in one another.Join usIf you are an experienced resilience, emergency planning or business continuity professional who wants to help shape a developing organisation, strengthen preparedness and make a meaningful impact across the East Midlands, we would like to hear from you.

Closing date: 09/11/2026Proposed interviews: week commencing 7th December

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Business Continuity Manager

Company: East Midlands Combined County Authority

Salary: £48,738 to £54,143 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: Chesterfield, S40 1SA

Working pattern: Hybrid - 3 days remote

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 27 Oct 2026

Closing date: 9 Nov 2026