Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Manager

Full-time, permanent

Darwen / Bristol

Salary up to £50k per annum

Job title:

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Manager

Job Description:

The role of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Manager is to agree strategic decisions on levels of risk in relation to both Business Continuity and how this is supported by Disaster recovery.

This position is offered on a full-time permanent basis and can be based out of either our Darwen or Bristol office.

What you’ll be doing:

• Maintaining disaster recovery plans for individual services and environment as required
• Responding to client requests for disaster recovery information and/or questionnaires, and attend client meetings
• Maintaining business continuity plans to ensure they are up to date with any changes
• Participating in all business continuity activity including walkthroughs, scenario testing BC and IT DR
• Supporting the Crisis Team/Incident Management team as required during and post any incidents
• Communicating with the head of IT with regards to change, ensuring all DR and BC requirements are captured
• Ensuring supplier BC/DR provisions meet requirements and are governed via relationship management processes

What we’re looking for:

• Outstanding understanding of Disaster Recovery disciplines in a Business and IT environment
• Experience working within an IT Operational environment of a large scale company
• Experience with Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity planning
• Experience with Business Continuity standards/frameworks including ISO22301, BCI GPG, NIST
• Relevant work experience in a similar Disaster Recovery or Business Continuity Role
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a proven ability to engage a wide audience and manage stakeholders

About Capita TV Licensing

At Capita TV Licensing, we’re supporting the world’s oldest national broadcaster. We’re harnessing the latest technology to ensure that the BBC can continue to create high-quality, independent programmes which inform, educate and entertain millions of people around the UK and the world. Our teams visit four million addresses each year to check for license evaders and they generate over £65 million of revenue, helping to fund the running of the BBC. Join us and discover better as you shape the future of public television.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive basic salary
• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform
• You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. You’ll be joining a network of 63,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

If you have any questions before submitting your application please contact john.byrne2@capita.com for support.

We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

All interviews, assessments and background checks will continue to take place online, to completely remove the need for face-to-face contact. All Capita colleagues who can work from home should do so; and where it is not possible for colleagues to work remotely, we have taken important steps to protect those working from Capita’s offices. Social distancing, enhanced hygiene and safety measures are already in place at all Capita locations that are open to protect our colleagues and manage the risk of COVID-19. The welfare of our people is of paramount importance to us, and we’re doing everything we can to keep our colleagues and customers safe during this time.