Business Continuity Specialist

3 weeks ago

Reading, United Kingdom Thames Water Full time

As the Business Continuity Specialist, you are responsible for supporting the business to build, maintain, test and exercise business continuity and disaster recovery plans to support the resilience of the organisation. You are responsible for building relationships with subject matter experts and internal teams to enable effective risk assessment, preparation, response and recovery.

This key role will enable Thames Water to improve its resilience and minimise risk to keep the business running efficiently in the event of a disruption.

What you’ll be doing as a Business Continuity Specialist

  • Responsible for building relationships with subject matter experts and internal teams to enable effective risk assessment, preparation, response and recovery.
  • Create and maintain business continuity training and support materials.
  • Develop and deliver testing and exercising programmes for business continuity and crisis management.
  • Use specialist knowledge, and internal and external sources of information to ensure that we have plans to deal with the next ‘big thing’.
  • Continuous improvement of practice resulting in excellent internal audit reviews and to build confidence in senior leadership that the programme is sound and fit for purpose.
  • Support the wider team in the delivery of crisis management, emerging risk and other relevant tasks.


Base Location – Hybrid – Kemble Court RG2 6AD

Working hours – 36 hours

Requirements for the role - occasional travel to different sites around the UK


What you should bring to the role

  • Understanding the concepts of business continuity.
  • Creating and delivering training materials.
  • Ability to work with a variety of stakeholders both virtually and in person.
  • Business Continuity qualification or working towards one.
  • To be able to design and deliver tests and exercises to ensure the plans are fit for purpose
  • Delivering a business continuity programme.


What’s in it for you?

  • Competitive salary of up to £55,000 per annum depending on experience.
  • Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays)
  • Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
  • Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
  • Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.


Who are we?

At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.

Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we’re committed to taking care of it for us all.

But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We need to keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?


Working at Thames Water

At Thames Water, we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.

We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, backgrounds, and differences that each individual brings.

Our over-arching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.


When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.


Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

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