Business Resilience Manager

Connect Legal Partners; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Hybrid work model

Healthcare

Dental care

Wellbeing support

Pension

Insurance

Training and development

Pro bono work

Community involvement

Job summary

Connect Legal Partners seeks a Head of Business Resilience to lead and standardize resilience across the UK and international offices. You will set governance, drive improvements and ensure readiness for incidents.

You will collaborate with IT and information security, plan annual testing, review impact assessments and recovery plans, and mentor teams through change in a professional services environment.

Qualifications

• Strong experience leading change across teams in professional services or regulated settings.
• Working knowledge of business continuity and recovery planning.
• Experience partnering with IT and information security teams.

Responsibilities

• Set resilience standards, governance and an improvement plan.
• Agree roles, decisions and escalation for incident management.
• Review business impact assessments and recovery plans.
• Work with IT and information security on recovery priorities.
• Plan and run an annual testing and exercise programme and report on readiness.

Education

ISO 22301 or equivalent qualification

Job description

The firm

A leading international law firm with offices across the UK and overseas. This role sits in the business services side of the firm, supporting lawyers and clients across the whole network.

The role

You will lead work to improve business resilience across the firm's UK and international offices.

• Set resilience standards, governance and an improvement plan
• Agree roles, decisions and escalation for incident management
• Review business impact assessments and recovery plans
• Work with IT and information security on recovery priorities
• Plan and run an annual testing and exercise programme and report on readiness

What you will need

• Strong experience leading change across teams in professional services or another regulated setting
• Working knowledge of business continuity and recovery planning
• Experience partnering with IT and security teams
• ISO 22301 or a similar qualification would help

What is on offer

• Flexible and hybrid working, open to discussion at interview
• Healthcare, dental and wellbeing support
• Pension and insurance benefits
• Structured training, mentoring and development
• Pro bono and community work