Business Continuity Analyst

Our client seeks a Business Continuity Analyst to join their team. Role Profile: You will be responsible for developing, implementing, co-ordinating and maintaining comprehensive business continuity and disaster recovery plans to ensure the resilience and continuity of the organisation operations in the event of an unforeseen disruption. Working closely with the IT Resilience Analyst, and the business units, the role will involve assessing risk, designing recovery strategies, to mitigate potential impacts, customer detriment and minimize downtime. Key Responsibilities: Working with all business units, identify and assess any potential risks and vulnerabilities that could disrupt business operations, including natural disaster, cyber threats, pandemics, reduction in staff, failure of key third party providers, and other emergencies. Using the information collected during the completion of the BIRA, determine the potential effects of various disruptive scenarios on the organisations operations, financial stability and reputation. Working with all business units, develop and document detailed business continuity plans, outlining procedures and protocols for responding to, and recovering from disruption. Working with the IT Resilience Analyst develop and document detailed IT disaster recovery plans outlining procedures and protocols for responding to, and recovering from disruptions. Working with relevant stakeholders to implement and regularly test, demonstrate and record, the effectiveness of business continuity planning, ensuring that they align with industry best practices and regulatory requirements for the jurisdictions it operates in. Collaborate with the various business units to raise awareness of business continuity protocols and provide training to ensure staff understand their roles and responsibilities in the event of a crisis. Monitor and review existing business continuity plans, identify areas for improvements and make recommendations for enhancing the organisations resilience to potential threats. Horizon scanning any analysis to business continuity regulations relevant in our various jurisdictions.. Establish communication channels and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders (in conjunction with the Vendor Managers) to ensure a coordinated response to disruptions, including maintaining relationships with external partners and emergency services. Working closely with the Head of Operations help develop and implement a business incident management framework to dovetail with the IT Major Incident Management framework. This should include BIRA, BCP and the Organisations Incident Management Control Team. Under direction of the Head of Operations be a point of contact during incidents, assisting with communications and actions. Liaise closely with the IT Major Incident Management taking into account the type of incident and who will lead etc. Collaborate with relevant departments to ensure a swift and effective response to incidents. Support the Head of Operations in the co-ordination of the incident response team, ensuring adherence to established protocols. With the exception of IT related incidents, ensure post incident reviews involving stakeholders from across the organisation.
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