Head of Business Continuity

6 months ago


Cardiff, United Kingdom Companies House Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 350853**Salary**:

- £50,932 - £58,608-
- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Grade 7- Band F**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- CH - Digital Services - Cyber Security**Type of role**:

- Digital
- Security
- Other**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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- Cardiff, Wales, CF14 3UZAbout the job

**Job summary**:
We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced, and qualified Head of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, with strong leadership skills, excellent experience and knowledge with a drive to deliver high-quality services.

You will be responsible for leading all Crisis, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Incident Management Policies and processes within Companies House. Reporting to the Companies House Chief Security Officer you will ensure Companies House meets the UK Government Functional Standards.

This is an exciting opportunity where you will be shaping how Companies House handles incidents as they develop up to and including crisis status, take proactive actions to avoid them occurring and help us to meet the wider Government Functional Standards.

**Job description**:
As part of your role, you will be expected to:

- Become the overall owner for Companies House’s incident & Crisis management.
- You will be the Principle Subject Matter Expert (SME) within CH for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery.
- You will work closely with the Digital and Technology Directorate, CDO and Security team to deliver a first class Framework and continuously improve Companies Houses’ Policies and Processes.
- You will provide the leadership and will have the communication skills to ensure Incident & Crisis management, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery meet Government Standards, are understood, and adopted across the organisation and integrated into our people, systems, and data.
- You will report to Companies House’s Chief Security Officer and Executive Directors as required.
- Through your technical skills & experience you will ensure the office optimises and automates processes wherever possible utilising modern methods and technologies.
- You will coordinate internal and external resources as and when needed to investigate problems, implement solutions, and take preventative measures to ensure the office maintains high quality services.
- You will work with the Commercial team to ensure that Incident & Crisis management, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery requirements are embedded in their procurement processes as necessary and act as the escalation point for any required risk management.
- You will support Digital and Technology Directorate to achieve its public availability target (currently 99.9%) through the prevention of disruption and proactive Incident & Crisis management, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery.
- You will lead the offices Incident & Crisis management, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery exercise programme.

**About the Team**:
Companies House Security team are a holistic security function that cover Physical, Personnel, Cyber, Technical, Data, Partner, and Supply Chain security as well as Incident Management, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Crisis Management.

Companies House in the wider context is at a pivotal moment with the biggest legislative changes in its history recently granted. Through working within the security team, you will be involved with all parts of the office and these historic changes to secure a better future.

**Person specification**:
We are looking for someone with the following:
- You will have the ability to brief clearly and concisely technical materials in an understandable and relatable way to all audiences from the executive to new day one professionals.
- You will have demonstrable leadership and management skills & experience, capable of driving change across the business through the effective management of programmes and projects.
- Working with third parties in and out of government you will be able to translate audit findings into tangible changes in strategy and/or policy, and in turn generate the required technical changes in our digital estates.
- You are an expert in Incident & Crisis management, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery frameworks and the principles that govern them.
- You are experienced in industry and/or government good practice in this regard.
- You can deal with ever changing priorities by assessing the risk and impact associated with each request and provide clear leadership as the Principal SME.
- You are commercially aware and have experience of contract management.
- You are motivated to continually develop your own skills in Incident & Crisis management, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery.
- You can engage, influence, and co



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