Business Continuity Specialist

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About the role

Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) are looking for an experienced, self-motivated, and analytical Business Continuity Specialist to join their Business Continuity team. You will be at the forefront of the development and management of our Business Continuity Programme, which includes ensuring implementation of business continuity plans. You will liaise with key stakeholders in the business, providing response, recovery, and tactical plans to resume business operations following a business interruption or disaster.

What you'll be doing

• Setting and leading the coordination and implementation of the Business Continuity Programme across HL, managing the relationship with specific areas of the business including but not limited to Business Impact Analysis (BIAs), Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) and training and awareness.
• Overseeing data quality across BIAs and BCPs to ensure consistency and adherence to standards.
• Reviewing Supplier Due Diligence responses to ensure new and existing third parties are able to effectively support HL with service delivery.
• Engaging with change initiatives to support timely updates into BIAs and BCP resulting from business change.
• Provide feedback from the first line teams on the Business Continuity tooling.
• Supporting the coordination and management of disruptive events at bronze and silver team level and scenario testing with BIA and BCP insights.
• Develop schedules and materials for Business Continuity training/awareness activities to ensure that Business Continuity Coordinators, and managers at HL are trained and proficient in implementing the business continuity plans.
• Maintain and develop existing Business Continuity policies and standards.
• Support the delivery of governance forums relating to Business Continuity.

About you

• Experience of working within, and having a thorough understanding of, financial service environments from a Business Continuity perspective.
• Accomplished in forging effective relationships at all levels, skilled at influencing, negotiating, and managing challenging conversations with ease.
• Solution focused mindset – with the ability to use own experience to develop innovative solutions and resolve complex issues.
• Regularly looking to continually improve your own, and the wider team's performance, actively promoting change and continuous improvement.
• Ability to deliver in a fast paced and changeable environment, demonstrating resilience to pressure.
• Technically proficient with a thorough knowledge of Excel. Experience of Power BI will be advantageous.
• Able to work in a team or independently, collaborate effectively to achieve common goals.
• Skilled at managing conflicting priorities in a busy workload, whilst delivering high quality results.

Salary

Offering £40,000-£48,000 (dependent on experience) plus bonus and benefits as below.

Interview process

This will be a two-stage interview process, including competency-based questions and a presentation.

Working Schedule

The role is based in our Bristol head office, BS1 5HL. This role is permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We have returned to the office, however for this role we offer a hybrid flexible working pattern.

Why us?

Here at HL, we're the UK's number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we've helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What's on offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus* and annual pay review 
• 25 days* holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure 
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday**  
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working  
• Enhanced parental leave 
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution 
• Income Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)  
• Private medical insurance* 
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and outpatient care 
• Health screening programme
• - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP 
• Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness providers and wellness coach sessions 
• Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities 
• Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches 
• Two paid volunteering days per year 

* dependant on role level 

** only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year 

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Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.

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