Cyber Resilience & Business Continuity Lead

Uhleicester; Leicester; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is seeking an EPRR Business Continuity Specialist (Cyber Focus) to lead cyber resilience and continuity initiatives. The role collaborates with clinical, operational, digital and corporate teams to protect services during cyber incidents and outages.

The postholder will develop risk-based continuity plans, deliver exercises, and contribute to major incident planning while ensuring compliance with NHS England EPRR standards and DSPT requirements.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in a relevant subject or substantial equivalent experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development in EPRR, Business continuity or related field.
• Diploma in Health Emergency Planning or similar.
• Qualification in project management or management studies.

Responsibilities

• Embed cyber-related business continuity arrangements and test local continuity plans.
• Design and run training, exercises and simulations; capture lessons learned and drive improvements.
• Support EPRR governance; provide assurance on compliance with national guidance and policies.
• Develop and maintain local continuity plans with CMGs and Corporate Directorates.
• Collaborate with Digital, Information Governance and Cyber Security to align recovery arrangements.
• Identify critical digital dependencies and conduct Business Impact Assessments across services.

Skills

Cyber resilience

Business continuity

EPRR

Risk assessment

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree or equivalent

Diploma in Health Emergency Planning

CPD in EPRR

Project management training

Tools

DSPT knowledge

Microsoft Office

NCSC guidance

Job description

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is seeking an EPRR Business Continuity Specialist (Cyber Focus) to lead cyber resilience and continuity initiatives. The role collaborates with clinical, operational, digital and corporate teams to protect services during cyber incidents and outages.

The postholder will develop risk-based continuity plans, deliver exercises, and contribute to major incident planning while ensuring compliance with NHS England EPRR standards and DSPT requirements.