Job Title: Business Continuity Manager – Skynet
Business Unit: Mission Systems
Salary: Competitive
Location: Either Corsham or Oakhanger
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At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Business Continuity Manager at either of our Corsham or Oakhanger sites.
The role
As a Business Continuity Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. The BCDR Manager will be within our Skynet programme that sits within the Mission System’s Space Line of Business. The role will report into the Business Operations Manager – Skynet for day-to-day delivery of the Skynet SDW Programme and the wider Business Continuity function for continued professional development.
Day-to-day, the Business Continuity Manager is vital to ensuring the effectiveness and success of Business Continuity for critical services of the Skynet programme and key stakeholders across the programme.
You’ll be responsible for ensuring performance evaluation and continual improvement in the activities covered by the BCDR. Furthermore, they are responsible for identifying and defining the key individuals and their roles involved in BC initiatives.
1. Develop and maintain the SDW BCMS to meet the ISO standard;
2. Generate and maintain Business Continuity policies and procedures, including the upkeep of the Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Plan;
3. Design and coordinate development, maintenance, and exercising (testing) of the overall business continuity plans for each critical functional area of SDW and ensure that these meet business and regulatory requirements;
4. Conduct business impact analysis and assist in determining critical business processes, assess achievable recovery time objectives, and establish resources required for the successful resumption of business operations during an event;
5. Perform risk analysis for business functional areas to identify points of vulnerability and recommend disaster avoidance and reduction strategies
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.
Essential experience of the Business Continuity Manager
6. Risk Analysis of different functional areas
7. Production and management of a Business Continuity Management Framework complying with the ISO : standard
8. Production, Management and Testing of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans, processes and procedures
9. Effective restoration of key corporate resources and the resumption of critical business processes in the event of a disaster
Qualifications for the Business Continuity Manager
10. Suitable BCI/BSI Business Continuity qualification or experience
11. Certified ISO : experience
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) and eventually Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role. SC clearance will need to be applied for at time of offer, if not already held.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.
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What we offer
12. Generous holiday allowance
13. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
14. Employee share scheme
15. Employee shopping savings portal
16. Payment of Professional Fees
17. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
18. Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
19. ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity