Resilient Specialist/IT Continuity Disaster Recovery Specialist

Job Title: Resilient Specialist/IT Continuity Disaster Recovery Specialist
Location: Milton Keynes/Hybrid (3 days/week on site)
Contract Duration: 6 months
Daily Rate: £560/day (Umbrella - Maximum)
IR35 Status: Inside
Security Clearance: SC or CTC

The Role:

• Execution and monitoring of Resilience* strategies and processes, utilising KPIs to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of these and create a culture of continuous improvement.
• Subject Matter Specialist for the provision of advice to the functions leadership team to provide awareness and an ability to manage and respond to risks.
• Delivery of Resilience activities for the function including development, maintenance and continuous improvement of processes to manage Business Impact Analyses and Contingency Plans; to plan for the functions preparedness.
• Support in the creation and delivery of an Exercise Programme and delivery of assurance activities to the functions leadership teams, in order to provide confidence in the functions preparedness.
• Review and articulate internal, external, regulatory and legal requirements and relationships for resilience that the function must adhere to, providing assurance on the functions position.
• Engage with external stakeholders, acting as the functions Resilience Specialist, to influence resilience with interested parties including those from the wider rail industry, regulators and government.
• Facilitate the promotion of Resilience within the function through the influencing of key stakeholders and driving a change in behaviours such that Resilience becomes Embedded into business processes.
• Undertake detailed reviews of technical solutions and plans to ascertain their level of resilience and produce detailed reports, encompassing recommendations to the functions Leadership Team.
• Operational management of external suppliers to assess that their activities deliver against the needs of the organisation, identifying mitigation strategies for where critical activities are not protected.
• Resilience refers to Operational Resilience, Business Continuity and Crisis Management.

Essential

• Membership of a relevant professional institute (eg AMBCI)
• ISO22301 Lead Auditor qualified
• Proven experience in one or more resilience disciplines (eg Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Incident Management and Emergency Planning)
• Knowledge and experience in a range of technologies/tools for Continuity planning and execution.
• Demonstrable knowledge of resilience standards, legislation and best practice
• Able to set individual goals, objectives and priorities, and balance these with challenging deadlines in a fast moving environment that is dynamic, safety oriented and technology dependent
• A proven communicator with influential, persuasive and negotiation skills across all levels in the organisation

Desirable

• Educated to Post-Graduate level or be able to demonstrate equivalent experience of competencies
• An interest or experience in the in the UK and international Rail or ICT sectors or comparable technology dependent sector
• Qualified in a relevant service framework (eg ITIL)
• Good understanding of Information Security principals and policies (eg ISO27001)
• Relevant OGC Qualification (MOR, MSP or Prince)

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant

CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

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