Business Continuity & Risk Resilience Specialist (Resilience Specialist)
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Business Continuity & Risk Resilience Specialist (Resilience Specialist)About Network Rail
Vacancy type: Permanent, 35 hours per week, Hybrid working of 2/3 days in the office. We welcome applications from those seeking flexible or part-time hours.
Location: The Quadrant, Milton Keynes or Manchester Square One
Closing date: 26th February 2025
Band & Salary: Band 4C
Interviews will take place virtually W/C 17th March 2025
Please be aware this role holds a mandatory requirement for the incumbent to hold valid security vetting clearance.
Any offer will be conditional on the successful candidate obtaining clearance prior to a start date being agreed. If you have lived outside of the UK in the last 3 years and have been invited to interview for this role, please notify us.
Brief Description
The railway has seen nearly 200 years of technology and innovation that has transformed how we provide services to passengers and freight customers. Technology is continuing to transform the railway industry. Imagine an exciting environment where Digital, Data, and Technology (DDaT) are not just buzzwords but the driving force behind every operation, every decision, and every solution.
As part of the DDaT directorate, you have a unique opportunity to enable our customers and industry partners with modern and transformative technology. From the day-to-day IT operations that keeps a national railway running, to the extensive delivery programmes that are helping to reshape the railway we are at the forefront of all of it. We operate with a talented and passionate workforce, fostering empowered individuals and teams who understand that technology is not just a tool it's the catalyst for progress, especially in an ever-demanding industry where change is a constant.
Get ready to embark on a journey where your skills will not just be utilised; they'll be honed and expanded. You're not just joining a team; you're becoming part of a collective force helping to build and operate a railway fit for the next 200 years!
About the role (External)
To contribute to developing and improving the strategy and processes for Resilience across the business function, providing assurance for its preparedness against business interruption.
Key Accountabilities
- 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 the Head of IT Operational Governance, Risk and Compliance 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 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 Business Continuity, IT Continuity and Risk Management.