Head of Business Continuity & Emergency Management

Babcock; Reading; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Head of Business Continuity & Emergency Management to safeguard national security and resilience. This high-impact role involves shaping emergency responses and business continuity strategies, overseeing teams, and ensuring regulatory compliance. The ideal candidate will bring experience in emergency management and possess a relevant degree.

Benefits

9-day working fortnight

Market leading contributory pension scheme

Family friendly policies

Professional Career Development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance

Discounts on everyday spending

Special Leave Policy

Qualifications

• Experience in Emergency response environments.
• Proven track record in performance and continuous improvement.
• Ability to lead and manage cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee emergency services and develop response facilities.
• Ensure operational readiness and site safety.
• Drive continuous process improvement and operational excellence.

Skills

Leadership

Emergency management

Change Management

Stakeholder management

Operational excellence

Education

Degree in scientific, engineering or business discipline

NVQ level 6 qualification in relevant subject

Job description

Head of Business Continuity & Emergency Management

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke.

Package: Competitive leadership salary depending on experience, performance related bonus, flexible benefit scheme.

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role

AWE is seeking a visionary leader to take on an exciting new role of Head of Business Continuity & Emergency Management, a crucial position dedicated to safeguarding the security and resilience of our nation. This is an extraordinary opportunity to shape the future of our emergency response and business continuity strategy, ensuring our sites and manufacturing facilities remain operational and secure.

As part of this leadership role, you will:

• Oversee emergency services and develop state-of-the-art response facilities.
• Ensure site safety and security, maintaining operational readiness in any situation.
• Lead dedicated teams, driving transformation and innovation in business continuity.
• Ensure protection of the environment through robust emergency management plans.

This is a dynamic and high-impact role, offering the chance to design the future of emergency response and business continuity at AWE. If you thrive in challenging environments and are ready to make a meaningful difference, apply today.

Some of the Key Responsibilities

• Overall accountability for the provision of Corporate Crisis Management, Business Continuity and Operational Resilience to the Enterprise to ensure that sites are safe to operate. Provision of Governance and Management oversight for the associated Emergency Arrangements and associated Licence Conditions and Defence Security Conditions. Ensuring effective Strategic management and direction setting for the Enterprise
• Ensuring continuous improvement and visibility at Exec Director and board level
• Oversight and Governance for Licence and Authorising Conditions 9, 11 and Defence Security Condition 9, responsible for providing direction and management of the arrangements and ensuring delivery; feeding back to the owning Director on performance and areas of risk
• Translates strategy into operational reality, allocating resources to meet demand
• Promote and sponsor operational excellence and drive all actions aimed at continuous process improvement
• Provide a diverse and inclusive working environment that allows individuals to flourish and realise their potential
• Works effectively with others and build/ maintain required relationships and interfaces that support delivery of the Programme
• Responsible for regulatory and legislative compliance associated with Emergency response and site safety justifications

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:

• Degree in scientific, engineering or business discipline; equivalent NVQ level 6 qualification in relevant subject; or relevant equivalent experience
• Extensive Experience working in an Emergency response environment
• Understanding of the AWE Programme, its deliverables, drivers and barriers
• Understanding of relevant Company Processes
• Proven track record of driving delivery, performance and continuous improvement in a complex operational environment
• Successfully leading, motivating and managing cross functional teams
• Change Management
• Stakeholder management at all levels

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

All candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the correct security clearance for this role.