Business Continuity Manager

The PSD Team Services function leads on the delivery of corporate and cross-departmental support services for the Parliamentary Security Department. Working as part of the Planning and Performance function in Team Services, this role has primary responsibility for ensuring providing assurance that we have appropriate business resilience to deal with disruption and that health and safety is embedded in our culture.
The Business Continuity Manager is critical role within the team for a highly motivated individual with strong communication skills and a passion for business continuity and health and safety to ensure plans are in place to support our teams to adapt, recover and learn from operational disruption, and provide advice and guidance to improve our resilience planning and health and safety functions., Some of the responsibilities for this role include:
+ Work with the Business Planning and Performance Manager, PSD continuity leads and central Business Resilience team to regularly review and update PSD business continuity (BC) plans, processes and documentation to ensure plans remain effective and meet corporate requirementZ.
+ Provide specialist support and advice to the Business Planning and Performance Manager and teams to facilitate robust monitoring of business continuity plans and ensure teams fully understand their critical activities and support in the identification of key gaps in plans
+ Develop, implement and facilitate a programme for testing PSD BC plans, including communications call cascade, and plan and facilitate test exercises for PSD teams ensuring lessons learned are incorporated into plans

+ Currently hold or willing to work towards, a qualification and/or professional membership in a business continuity, emergency planning or incident management discipline e.g. certified membership of the Business Continuity Institute (MBCI)
+ Experience of working with diverse groups of people, upholding the principles of diversity, equality and inclusion, ensuring that everyone is, at all times, treated with dignity, courtesy and respect.
+ Experience of developing and implementing effective business continuity plans Experience and competence in drafting and delivering relevant exercises and training.

Alongside your salary of £41,340, House of Commons contributes £11,976 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
+ Learning and development tailored to your role
+ An environment with flexible working options
+ A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
+ A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%, Please note that most job offers will be made at the minimum of the salary range, other than in exceptional circumstances.
We may close the vacancy prior to the closing date stated due to a high volume of applications.
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Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
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