Business Continuity
Role overview
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.
Role level
Typical role 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 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 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 |
Core learning
Associate
BCI’s Embedding Business Continuity
Introduction to Business Continuity (Business Continuity Basics)
ISO 22301 Certified Business Continuity Management
Lead
Risk Management for Non-Risk Professional
BCI’s Embedding Business Continuity
ISO 22301 Certified Business Continuity Management
Principal
QACSRM (Certified Security Risk Manager)
BCI’s Embedding Business Continuity
ISO 22301 Certified Business Continuity Management