Resilience - Speculative applications for our embedded consulting talent pool

Control Risks; Herndon (VA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Compensation and benefits package

Discretionary bonus scheme

Hybrid working arrangements

Job summary

Control Risks is inviting applications for Resilience professionals across the United States, offering both remote and onsite positions. Successful candidates will develop and deliver resilience programs while providing business continuity resources and managing crisis response plans.

Applicants should hold a minimum bachelor's degree along with relevant business continuity experience and industry certifications. Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements and values a diverse workplace, ensuring all qualified applicants receive equal consideration for employment.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in business continuity required.
• Industry certifications such as ABCP, CBCP, MBCP, or ISO22301 preferred.
• Ability to work under pressure and responsiveness to changes.

Responsibilities

• Provide business continuity resources and develop frameworks and trainings.
• Implement crisis response plans and manage crisis exercises.
• Work across resilience programs to enhance client response.

Skills

Business Continuity

Crisis Management

Resilience Specialist

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

BC frameworks

Crisis management exercises

Risk management frameworks (COSO and ISO)

Job description

We are inviting speculative applications from across the US. This could be for both remote and onsite positions.

Please indicate which of the following locations you would be open to working in: New York City, Seattle WA, Houston TX, Herndon VA.

Control Risks has been providing outsourced embedded consulting management for over 40 years, with our support allowing clients to operate successfully, utilizing a wide range of expertise. Our embedded service allows our consultants to be integrated into the client's organization and provide our service from their site. We are a preferred partner because of our ethics, security intelligence, practical know-how and management support provided by our global network of offices.

With our global presence and extensive experience, Control Risks maintains an ever-growing database of multi-national risk management professionals to match skills and knowledge with client needs.

We are experiencing demanding growth across our embedded programs and are seeking to build our database of consultants across the US.

We are seeking Resilience professionals of all levels to deliver high quality resilience program development and trainings.

If you would like to be part of our talent pool, please submit your CV.

Areas of expertise

• Business Continuity
• Crisis Management
• Resilience Specialist

Provide business continuity resources for our clients, including developing BC frameworks, BC exercises, trainings, and improvements to a company's business continuity programs.

Develop a company's crisis response plans. Help to implement new crisis management exercises and trainings.

Work across the client's resilience programs to improve the client's response programs.

Requirements

• A minimum bachelor's degree.
• Relevant business continuity experience.
• Industry certifications such as ABCP, CBCP, MBCP, ISO22301.
• Attention to detail, with the ability to anticipate trends which may have an impact on the organisation, extending to environment and people.
• Understanding of BCM governance frameworks, with strong knowledge of business continuity best practices and protocols, and operational risk management.
• A strong understanding of operational risk and resilience, business process improvement methods as well as risk related control frameworks and practices (COSO and ISO).
• Work well under pressure in moments of emergency response.
• Responsive to changing environments and adaptable to unpredictable circumstances.
• Strong client focus and the ability to build and maintain relationships.
• Additional ad hoc requests.

Behavioural Skills

• A team player who works professionally with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels.
• An excellent understanding of client and business confidentiality.
• Cultural awareness and ability to work alongside a global team.
• Proactive and confident in articulating ideas with peers across the organisation.
• Ability to demonstrate resilience and perseverance in difficult situations.

Benefits

• Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarized in the full job offer.
• We operate a discretionary bonus scheme that incentivises, and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.
• Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasise the value of in-person time together – in the office and with our clients – while continuing to support flexible and remote working.

Control Risks is committed to a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age or veteran status. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made in order to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know and we will be happy to accommodate your needs.

Control Risks participates in the E‑Verify program to confirm employment authorization of all newly hired employees. The E‑Verify process is completed during new hire onboarding and completion of the Form I‑9, Employment Eligibility Verification, at the start of employment. E‑Verify is not used as a tool to pre‑screen candidates. For more information on E‑Verify, please visit www.uscis.gov.