BUSINESS CONTINUITY CONSULTANT

Core Asset Consulting ,
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
Contract Type: Contract

Overview

Job description: Core Asset Consulting's client a leading financial services firm is looking for a Business Continuity Consultant to join their team in Edinburgh on an initial 6-month contract. If you have experience of working in Business Continuity, operational management, exposure to and ongoing contact with all levels of management, then we want to hear from you Core requirements: UK Business Continuity Institute Accreditation Experience in working in Business Continuity Experience of operational management, exposure to and ongoing contact with all levels of management including the Executive Core responsibilities: During a major incident or crisis, making and supporting the right, on-the-spot decision and giving clear, immediate direction where there is a minimum amount of information available - ensuring the balance between associated costs vs solutions is considered. Responding to an incident - local, major and crisis - and controlling the process on the ground where appropriate, providing clear and concise information to staff at all levels. Providing hands-on solution development, by seeking to understand not only business needs, but also practicalities and constraints in terms of both premises and ICT services. The relevant people must be aware of the limitations of solutions and be prepared to make compromises. Keeping workplace recovery on the business agenda always and building processes to capture new requirements - amending group plans accordingly. Working with BCM staff across the group to ensure BC methodology is standardised and applied consistently, and that BCP strategies are effective and appropriately mitigate business risks. Communicating business continuity to the group Operational Resilience Manager to ensure they are fully aware of the company's ability to recover from any incident, prior to group-wide dissemination. Developing workplace recovery capability to support and manage across the group, ensuring each area has plans in place to aid a speedy recovery of services in the event of an incident. Job reference: 12634 To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. At Core-Asset, we're committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Our privacy statement explains when and why we collect personal information about people who engage with our services, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others, and how we keep it secure. We may change this policy from time to time, so please check this policy occasionally to ensure that you're happy with any changes. By engaging with us (either by applying for a job we're advertising, registering through our website, or getting in touch with our business) you're agreeing to be bound by this policy. Core-Asset Consulting is committed to protecting the privacy of our candidates, clients and website users. For further information, please refer to our full Privacy Statement available on our website