Strategic Business Continuity & Resilience Lead

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Birmingham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS pension

EV car benefit

Healthcare plans

Gym membership discount

Volunteer days

Costco membership

Job summary

West Midlands Combined Authority is seeking a Business Continuity, Resilience, Response and Recovery Officer to strengthen its ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from disruption. You will develop, maintain and embed approaches to business continuity across the organisation.

The role sits in a newly evolving function where you’ll shape how the team operates, contribute ideas and support development of tools, systems and processes as the service matures, with a focus on planning,

Qualifications

• Experience in Event, Emergency or Business Continuity Planning
• Experience of working with multiple stakeholders and managing that interface.
• Experience of continuous improvement and identifying where efficiencies can be made.
• Business Continuity, Resilience, Response and Recovery planning
• knowledge and practices Sound working knowledge and good understanding of the corporate environment
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• BC/EP qualification or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Business Continuity Management System, ensuring documentation is auditable and up to date.
• Prepare, maintain, and test WMCA’s business continuity plans with subject matter experts for peer review.
• Recommend improvements to WMCA’s BIAs and broader Business Continuity, resilience, response, and recovery plans and its supporting framework strategy.
• Manage and update BIAs across WMCA to ensure accuracy and relevance.
• Adjust and update BIAs as needed when changes occur and create new BIAs for new areas or departments within WMCA.
• Lead incident response coordination with WMCA leads, offering subject matter expertise for detailed planning.
• Engage with SME operational plan owners across WMCA to ensure a coordinated and intelligence-led approach to BC planning.
• Conduct post-incident and operational plan reviews to implement improvements and update response strategies.
• Work with WMCA directorates, risk, and info security teams to proactively plan for potential risks and incidents.
• Collaborate with plan leads within WMCA to coordinate responses to incidents impacting the authority.
• Assist in recovery efforts and coordinate responses for significant incidents.
• Lead WMCA’s training and exercise and validation plan, ensuring preparedness and awareness of emergency response among colleagues.

Skills

BC Planning

Stakeholder mgmt

Continuous improvement

Emergency response

Communication skills

BC/EP qualification

Education

BC/EP qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

West Midlands Combined Authority is seeking a Business Continuity, Resilience, Response and Recovery Officer to strengthen its ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from disruption. You will develop, maintain and embed approaches to business continuity across the organisation.

The role sits in a newly evolving function where you’ll shape how the team operates, contribute ideas and support development of tools, systems and processes as the service matures, with a focus on planning,