The Disclosure and Barring Service is now hiring for a Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Manager
* Directorate: Finance & Corporate Services
* Grade: SEO
* Reports to: Head of Assurance
Location: Roles can be worked remotely but post holders will have a contracted location base of Liverpool or Darlington and will be required to attend in person as business needs dictate.
About the Department:
DBS operates in the complex world of safeguarding, protecting people’s health, wellbeing and human rights, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. We provide a service that enables organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors to make better informed, safer recruitment and other decisions.
Job Purpose:
The Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) Manager is responsible for supporting the development and providing assurance on DBS’ organisational BCDR framework, including development and maintenance of a testing programme. You will support all DBS business areas to develop and maintain a One DBS approach to BCDR planning and activities necessary to enable DBS to manage a BCDR event.
You will provide subject matter expert (SME) advice to all key stakeholders across DBS (including Board and SLT) on BCDR matters, ensuring all policies and plans are appropriate, and fully embedded within the culture of DBS. Providing support to help them to develop their plans and control environments, underpinned by current best practices.
The successful applicant will be effective in:
* Supporting the development of BCDR across DBS including the ongoing management, maintenance and development of all necessary documentation including but not limited to BCDR Plan, Major Incident Plan, Business Impact Assessments, Denial of Plans, etc. Identifying any gaps and developing and delivering action plans to fill these and supporting an annual review of all relevant corporate documentation. This includes coordination of the review, maintenance and periodic testing of business continuity and emergency response plans, working across Directorates to ensure these plans remain valid and fit for purpose.
* Liaising with BCDR Champions across the business, providing guidance and assurance to Directorates on their Directorate BCDR plans, ensuring they are fully aligned to the corporate BCDR plan.
* Designing and outlining BCDR goals, objectives and challenging business leaders on identification of critical functions and ensure these are catered for within all BCDR plans.
* Ensuring DBS meets all compliance requirements as set out by our partners i.e., HO / GIAA / relevant government standards.
* Developing, coordinating and delivering a full schedule of scenarios and testing programme, including conducting risk assessments as required in relation to scenarios and incidents ensuring the business is best placed to deliver the business continuity plan if enacted and identification of lessons learned, documenting evidence of actions completed, and ensuring lessons learned are incorporated and used to inform business continuous improvement decisions.
* Facilitating and supporting the execution of the plans at the time of a BCDR event and support the delivery of the Major Incident plan as required.
* Providing coordinated support, visibility and reporting during a BCDR event, to include the impact of the event on critical services and functions.
* Providing outcome and lessons learned reports during and following a BCDR event.
* Managing and Chairing BCDR Forum (committee established to support key suppliers and integrated services in the development of BCDR across DBS), ensuring action log is maintained and key suppliers' plans comply and align with DBS’ BCDR plans and requirements. This will involve working closely across Directorates and with the Supplier Management Team.
* Developing and delivering BCDR training and promoting awareness across the business to develop DBS’ understanding of BCDR and the impacts this could have on the business and our ability to deliver our services in a BCDR event.
* Collaborating with key personnel and any external agencies/partners to understand strategic and tactical business, service requirements and document the activity business impact analysis for the purpose of developing appropriate business continuity plans.
* Providing support to and cover for Corporate Risk Manager as and when required.
* Membership of Assurance, Risk and Facilities Directorate Management Team.
* Line management duties as and when required.
The closing date for applications is 10:00 am on Tuesday 1st April 2025.
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