Resilience & Business Continuity Testing and Exercising Manager

Civil Service
Part Time
Aberdeen
43,765 - 48,375
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Job summary

The Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) is a shared corporate service. It provides corporate services (HR, Finance, Digital, Commercial, Security and Estates) across the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT).

Our team of over 400 professionals will be leading the way in how these functions will be delivered in the future. Our ambition is to be the leading provider of integrated corporate services for government and set the standard for quality, efficiency, and innovation in our field.

We offer great working benefits including a world-class pension, flexible working options and a career where your learning and development is taken seriously. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below.

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Job description

This role is based within the Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) Departmental Security Unit (DSU), which delivers protective security, business continuity and resilience support and assurance to both the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) through a shared service approach.

Person specification

This is an exciting new role within the ICS Resilience Team to design the departments exercising strategy approach and associated delivery programme. It will involve creating an exercise programme to test readiness against both internal and external risks and undertaking outreach work across ICS and customer business areas to build our organisational resilience.

We are seeking a proactive, organised, methodical and flexible Testing & Exercising Manager to provide project management with the planning and delivery of Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) training and exercises across the ICS customer organisations.

As the Testing and Exercising Manager, you will be required to support and deputise on occasion for the Resilience and Business Continuity Manager. You will be responsible for planning and preparation of EPRR training programmes and exercises to ensure that ICS and its customer organisations maintain robust, resilient and proportionate business continuity arrangements, strengthening organisational resilience and preparedness for disruptive events.

This role is pivotal in enabling preparedness for a wide range of potential disruptions and alignment with ISO 22301 and Business Continuity Institute best practice, working closely with a wide group of stakeholders, this new strategy will test the departments capabilities in responding to disruptive or destructive events.

Please contact the vacancy holder if you would like to discuss this role in further detail.

The post holder will:

Plan and liaise with Subject Matter Experts to facilitate and deliver Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) training and exercises across ICS and customer organisations.

Develop and deliver a structured exercising and testing programme, ensuring lessons from exercises and incidents are captured and used to drive continual improvement.

Support customers with post-incident reviews, co-ordinate the production of insightful reporting and management information, and oversee the implementation of appropriate remediation actions.

Support the Resilience & Business Continuity Manager to maintain the BCMS framework, policies and standards, ensuring alignment with ISO 22301, the BCI GPG, and relevant government resilience guidance.

Deputise for the Resilience & Business Continuity Manager.

Collaborate with the ICS Security Culture lead and other stakeholders to enhance positive resilience culture and support organisational learning.

Act as Duty Officer with occasional participation in the on-call rota (with allowance) approximately 4 weeks per year.

The responsibilities of this role may evolve in line with business needs.

Essential Criteria

Strong organisational and prioritisation skills, able to manage multiple activities and stakeholders concurrently.

Demonstrable experience of using project and programme management tools and techniques to plan, manage and deliver structured programmes of work, including tracking milestones, managing dependencies and reporting progress to stakeholders.

Ability to work at pace and adapt quickly to changing priorities and customer needs.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to build strong networks, to influence and motivate at all levels and confident and effective when engaging with senior stakeholders.

Proficient use of Microsoft products to support delivery i.e. Excel, Word, Power Point, co-pilot etc.

Ability to analyse results and produce Management Information to shape the wider Resilience strategy.

Desirable Criteria

Demonstrable experience of designing, planning and facilitating business continuity or EPRR exercises, including tabletop, functional and/or live play formats, with evidence of capturing lessons learned and driving improvement.

Demonstrable experience of working within a government department or similar complex organisation.

Memberships: CBCI or MBCI (or willingness to work towards professional accreditation).

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