Business Continuity Planner
What is a Business Continuity Planner?
Occupation Description: Develop, maintain, or implement business continuity and disaster recovery strategies and solutions, including risk assessments, business impact analyses, strategy selection, and documentation of business continuity and disaster recovery procedures. Plan, conduct, and debrief regular mock-disaster exercises to test the adequacy of existing plans and strategies, updating procedures and plans regularly. Act as a coordinator for continuity efforts after a disruption event.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and update organization information technology applications and network systems blueprints.
- Create scenarios to reestablish operations from various types of business disruptions.
- Recommend or implement methods to monitor, evaluate, or enable resolution of safety, operations, or compliance interruptions.
- Conduct or oversee contingency plan integration and operation.
- Design or implement products and services to mitigate risk or facilitate use of technology-based tools and methods.
- Attend professional meetings, read literature, and participate in training or other educational offerings to keep abreast of new developments and technologies related to disaster recovery and business continuity.
Skills
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Complex Problem Solving
- Speaking
- Writing
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
Related Job Titles
- Business Continuity Professional
- Business Continuity Administrator
- Business Continuity Planning Manager
- Project Controls Specialist
- Enterprise Resiliency Manager
Required Tools & Technology
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Access
- Data entry software
- Microsoft Project
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Visio
- Structured query language SQL
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
- Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
- Teradata Database
- SAP Crystal Reports
- Atlassian JIRA
- Confluence