Business Continuity & Resilience Specialist

  • GCS
  • City, Birmingham
  • Jul 02, 2025
Full time I.T. & Communications

Job Description

We're Hiring: Business Continuity & Resilience Specialist Birmingham Hybrid (2-3 Days On-Site)

Are you passionate about keeping businesses running when it matters most? We're on the lookout for a Business Continuity & Resilience Specialist to join our Risk & Compliance team.

In this pivotal role, you'll design and lead strategies that protect our operations from disruption and enhance our ability to recover quickly. This is your chance to make a real impact across the business - from critical systems and supply chains to crisis response and recovery.

What You'll Be Doing:

  • Lead the development of business continuity and resilience frameworks

  • Conduct business impact analyses and risk assessments

  • Develop and maintain BC and crisis management plans

  • Coordinate simulations and testing exercises

  • Partner across departments to ensure resilience is embedded in everything we do

  • Support incident response and recovery when disruptions occur

What We're Looking For:

  • Proven experience in business continuity, crisis management, or resilience roles

  • Strong working knowledge of ISO 22301 or other relevant standards

  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

  • Practical experience designing and running BCP exercises

  • Relevant certifications (CBCI, ISO 22301) a plus

Location & Working Style:

  • Based in Birmingham

  • Hybrid: 2-3 days per week in-office, rest remote

What You'll Get:

  • Competitive salary and benefits

  • The opportunity to shape resilience across a fast-paced, purpose-driven organisation

  • A collaborative team culture that values ideas, ownership, and impact

GCS is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.