Business Resilience Specialist

1 week ago

Reading, United Kingdom AWE Full time

Business Resilience Specialist

Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package: Starting from £38,880 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Ready to play your part?

At AWE, it’s not just a job, it’s far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part?

AWE is currently recruiting for a Business Resilience Specialist to assist in and contribute to the maintenance, and implementation of the AWE Business Resilience framework, business impact analyses, recovery strategy development, contingency planning, and business continuity awareness.

We are looking for people who can work closely with all levels of stakeholders to promote and embed Resilience and Continuity of Operations practices within business areas, preparing and presenting reports, through data analytics and management information to deliver simple briefs, reports and plans to management, ensuring that the process is properly understood.

Who are we looking for?

We do need you to have the following:
- A good standard of education, A level or equivalent.- Demonstrable analytical experience and proficiency in the use of MS Office packages.- An understanding of business continuity and operational resilience

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we’d like you to have experience in some of the following:
Ability to develop a good understanding of AWE Business and relate that knowledge to identified continuity and resilience approaches.- Ability to communicate with people at all levels- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate continuity and resilience related concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences, strong interpersonal and collaborative skills.- High level of personal integrity, with the ability to handle confidential and otherwise sensitive matters professionally and with the appropriate level of judgment and maturity- High degree of initiative, dependability, and ability to work with little supervision- Associate Member of Business Continuity Institute (AMBCI) (or be prepared to undertake)

Work hard, be rewarded:
We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including:
9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.- Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).- Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.- Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.- Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.- Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).- Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.- Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.
- Hybrid working is available for this role on an informal, non-contractual basis. Typically 3 days onsite per week, with occasional travel to other AWE UK sites._
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Next steps:
Important things you need to know:

- Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.

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