Job responsibilities
- Implement, manage and improve the UKHSA Business Continuity Management System.
- Work with and support the BCT Senior Leadership Team and wider EPRR & Response Operations Leadership Team.
- Work with all UKHSA Groups as required, to ensure a consistent approach to Business Continuity Planning.
- Responsible for the delivery of regular reviews of business continuity capability, including leading continuous improvement activity as required.
- Build support for the BCMS across UKHSA, providing expert support for operational teams and where appropriate, other relevant internal and external stakeholders.
- Establish robust and challenging business continuity delivery schedules, clearly showing what, how, who and when and highlighting the critical path
- Responsibility for the line management, coaching & mentoring of individual members of the Business Continuity Team, including their welfare and personal development.
- To lead engagement and communication activity planning for areas of UKHSA to support the understanding and delivery of business continuity planning, requirements and review timelines.
- To ensure that BCMS activities in their area of responsibility are delivered in line with relevant standards and best practice.
- To lead the development of partnership with other areas, such as the training and exercises teams, to deliver joint business continuity development and preparedness programmes of work across UKHSA. This will involve providing facilitation between the areas where appropriate to support the delivery of exercises to exercise business continuity plans.
- To lead the Business Continuity Community of Practice chairing meetings, growing the networks reach and engagement levels to promote business continuity across the organisation.
- To provide specialist business continuity advice and guidance to areas across UKHSA, to support the post holders continued professional development of business continuity capability.
- Responsible for organising and controlling own workload, and the workload of the team, ensuring deadlines are observed and duties performed efficiently.
- In line with other responsibilities, perform tasks assigned or objectives set by the line manager commensurate with the grade.
- Comply with all UKHSA policies and procedures.
Essential Criteria
- Educated to graduate degree level or equivalent level of vocational expertise within the Business Continuity discipline
- Business Continuity qualification (CBCI, ISO22301:2019, or similar) or membership (MBCI etc.) or evidence of commencing a qualification pathway upon appointment.
- Experience in business continuity planning/impact analysis
- Recent experience in the design, delivery, implementation, and management of business continuity capability at organisational level
- Proven experience of leading others in a senior managerial role including performance management, carrying out appraisals and development
- Experience of working with, engaging and influencing a wide range of senior stakeholders to drive organisational change
- Experience of developing, planning and leading communication and engagement across all levels of an organisation (both verbally and in writing)
- Experience of performing in delivery roles, including solution design, project management, change management, performance reporting, and continuous improvement.
- Demonstrable experience in leading and driving change within a fast-paced operational environment working within a complex organisation
- Ability to gain confidence and credibility of a range of professionals, motivating and inspiring commitment and collaboration
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills with proven ability to work collaboratively with colleagues/stakeholders at all levels
- Highly developed, negotiating and influencing skills, overcoming barriers to understanding and acceptance, and reaching agreements
- Experience of writing or coordinating Business Continuity Plans and/or Impact Assessments within Government Organisation
- An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
Desirable Criteria
- Recent experience of emergency preparedness, resilience, and response (EPRR) in general, or a good working knowledge of multi-agency preparedness and response activities
Selection Process Details:
This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours, Abilities, Skills and Experience.
Stage 1: Application & Sift
Success profiles
You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the listed 14 essential criteria, and this will be in the form of a:
- Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application)
- 1500 word supporting statement.
This should outline how your skills, experience and knowledge provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.
The Application form and supporting statement will be marked together.
Longlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will longlist into 3 piles of:
- Meets all essential criteria
- Meets some essential criteria
- Meets no essential criteria
The pile 'meets all essential' will proceed to shortlisting.
Shortlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on the lead criteria of:
- Recent experience in the design, delivery, implementation, and management of business continuity capability at organisational level
Desirable criteria may be used in the event of a large number of applications/large amount of successful candidates.
If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview & assessment.Please do not exceed 1500 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number.
Feedback will not be provided at this stage.
Stage 2: Interview
Success profiles
You will be invited to a single remote interview.
Behaviours and experience will be tested at interview.
There will be a 5-10 minute presentation. Details will be confirmed to those candidates successful at gaining an interview.
The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be:
- Changing and Improving (lead behaviour)
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Working Together
- Developing Self and Others
- Working at Pace
Interviews are planned for 12th and 15th September. Please note, these dates are subject to change.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Selection Process
Please note you will not be able to upload your CV. You must complete the application form in as much detail as possible. Please do not email us your CV.
Eligibility CriteriaExternal:Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).
Location
This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQs. We offer greatflexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model wherebusiness needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQs (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London).
Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).
Security Clearance Level Requirement
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed.Successful candidates will require Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) as a minimum with willingness and capability to work towards Security Check (SC).
You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 5 years to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance. UK residency less than the outlined periods may not necessarily bar you from gaining national security vetting at this higher level and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder / Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice.
