Business Continuity
Role summary
The role of Business Continuity is to work across the Business Continuity Management Life Cycle in completing policy and programme management, embedding, analysis, design, implementation and validation of business continuity management-related initiatives, policies, programmes and services to aid improved resilience.
Entry route
Internal
Suitable for an individual from the Government Security Profession or other relevant profession (for example, Policy and Programme Management Profession)
External
Suitable for an individual from a business continuity/resilience, risk management or related role in industry
Typical role level expectations
- Identify and document business continuity risks and issues and escalate as required
- Contribute to an accurate and up-to-date organisational picture to include risk owners and lines of accountability
- Support incident response structures for strategic, tactical and operational disruptions
- Support implementation of the business continuity capability by establishing, maintaining and reviewing the organisation’s policy and programme activities for each stage of the business continuity life cycle
Typical role level expectations
Coordinate the identification and documentation of business continuity risks and issues, and act as an escalation point for mitigation
- Maintain an accurate and up-to-date organisational picture to include risk owners and lines of accountability
- Collaborate with incident response on structures for strategic, tactical and operational disruptions, identifying all participants involved in the response process, including their roles, responsibilities and authorities
- Implement the business continuity capability by establishing, maintaining and reviewing the organisation’s policy and programme activities for each stage of the business continuity life cycle
Typical role level expectation
- Champion business continuity in the Government Security Profession and wider government
- Drive continuous improvement through the sharing of knowledge, best practice and lessons learned
- Lead business continuity exercising programmes through engagement with stakeholders
- Promote training and awareness campaigns to ensure the successful embedding of business continuity practices
Skills
Skill | Associate | Lead | Principal |
---|---|---|---|
Business continuity management | Working | Practitioner | Expert |
Protective security | Working | Practitioner | Practitioner |
Risk understanding and mitigation | Working | Practitioner | Practitioner |
Threat Understanding | Working | Practitioner | Practitioner |