Business Continuity Manager

Job Title:                  Business Continuity Manager – Skynet 
Business Unit:         Mission Systems
Salary:                      Competitive
Location:                  Either Corsham or Oakhanger
SF Ref:                     57624

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.
 

• Develop and maintain the SDW BCMS to meet the ISO22301 standard;
• Generate and maintain Business Continuity policies and procedures, including the upkeep of the Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Plan;
• 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;
• 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;
• 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

• Risk Analysis of different functional areas
• Production and management of a Business Continuity Management Framework complying with the ISO 22031:2019 standard
• Production, Management and Testing of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans, processes and procedures
• 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

• Suitable BCI/BSI Business Continuity qualification or experience
• Certified ISO 23301:2019 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.

Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer 

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave 
• 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
• ‘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

Babcock International 

For over a century Babcock  has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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