Cyber Continuity Management Specialist

Jersey Electricity Plc; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gas distribution business seeks a Cyber Continuity Management Specialist in Newport, South Wales. The role entails developing strategies to ensure cyber operations continuity and minimizing cyber incident impacts. The ideal candidate will have certifications in ISO 22301 and ITIL, along with relevant experience in business continuity and disaster recovery.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Retirement Savings Plan with employer contributions

Flexible working opportunities

Enhanced pay for parental leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Comprehensive training

Living Wage Accredited Employer

Qualifications

• Proven experience in business continuity or cyber security roles.
• Experience working in disaster recovery roles.
• Strong knowledge of incident response planning.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain cyber continuity plans.
• Design technical architecture for cyber continuity.
• Define recovery time and recovery point objectives.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Knowledge of cyber threats

Education

ISO 22301 certification

ITIL v4 foundation

Job description

Location

Newport, South Wales

Salary

£60,000 - £69,000

Contract

Permanent (Full Time)

Closing date

21st July 2025

Working hours

37 hours Monday to Friday

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Who are we?

We are a gas distribution business that services the gas infrastructure across Wales and the south-west of England. We serve our customers and communities with safe, reliable, and affordable energy services whilst investing to create a sustainable future to deliver our carbon-free vision for 2050.

What we’re looking for?

The Cyber Continuity Management Specialist (Business Continuity) in Wales & West Utilities (WWU)’s Cyber Resilience Team is responsible for developing and implementing strategies to ensure the continuity of cyber operations in the face of disruptions, incidents or emergencies. This role involves assessing risks, developing cyber continuity plans and collaborating with cross-functional teams to maintain the WWU's cyber resilience.

The Cyber Continuity Management Specialist plays a critical role in minimising the impact of cyber incidents on business operations and supporting WWU's ability to recover effectively.

We’ll trust you to:

• Develop and maintain cyber continuity plans to ensure the availability and resilience of WWU’s critical cyber assets and functions.
• Design the technical and business and technical architecture for cyber continuity, including infrastructure, applications, communications and business processes
• Define recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO) for cyber-related processes and systems.
• Integrate cyber continuity plans with WWU's incident response framework.

You can read a full job description here.

You’ll need to have:

• ISO 22301 related qualification or certification.
• ITIL v4 foundation or higher
• Proven experience in business continuity or cyber security roles, with a focus on business continuity planning.
• Experience of working in a disaster recovery role or similar
• Strong knowledge of cyber threats, vulnerabilities and incident response planning.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Due to the enhanced safety critical nature of this role, you will also be required to carry out a National Security Vetting Security Clearance check - this will be carried out by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV). You can find out more details of the process on the Government website here:

National security vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

All offers of employment are subject to the above and pre-employment drug & alcohol screening.

We would also love to hear about anything else you feel you could add or bring to the role!

As we are a safety critical organisation, all offers of employment are subject to pre-employment drug & alcohol screening.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive salary starting at £60,000 rising to £69,000
• Hybrid working
• Flexible working opportunities
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays which can be tailored to celebrations that reflect your beliefs
• Retirement Savings Plan (pension) with Aviva: 5% employee contribution, with WWU doubling your contribution at 10% - totalling 15%
• 14 x salary Life Insurance linked to membership of the Retirement Savings Plan
• “Choices” flexible benefit scheme options including corporate gym memberships, dental insurance, and health cash-plans
• Access to our Financial Wellbeing Programme - allowing you to manage your benefits flexibly to suit your financial needs
• Enhanced pay for parental leave
• Retail discounts and cashback scheme
• Friends & Family Discount for Three Mobile and Broadband
• Colleague recognition including Annual Celebrating Excellence Awards
• Living Wage Accredited Employer
• Award winning employer for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Workplace Health and Wellbeing’ and leading the industry in championing equality, diversity and inclusion
• Annual salary review
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Company Sick Pay
• In-house Occupational Health Team
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Comprehensive training

The way we do things

Our Ambition, Priorities and Values inform everything we do as a business – from our strategic planning to the performance management of our colleagues. Our values underpin everything we do and we are committed to creating a working environment that supports and fosters diversity, inclusion and equity, where all of our colleagues feel valued and supported to contribute to their full potential.

We are focused on creating a culture where it doesn’t matter about gender, race, sexuality or disability; it’s about our colleagues’ skills, the way we do things and how we live our values.

You can find out morehere.

Interested?

If you think you’d make a good addition to the team, we would love to hear from you!

To apply, click the link below.

If you would prefer to complete your application form in an alternative format such as Microsoft Word or would like to discuss the role in a little more detail, please contact us [e-mail] on 07971 038 982.

You can also ask us about flexible working practices that may be available or tell us if you have any special requirements during the application process.

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