Business Continuity Manager

Job summary

An unusual and interesting job, being a Business Continuity Manager for NHS Blood and Transplant is a good way develop your Business Continuity abilities, whilst at the same time building resilience into an organisation that helps to save and improve peoples lives. Reporting to the Head of Business Continuity Management, the role involves the management of the day-to-day resilience and business continuity requirements of NHSBT, and ensuring compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements. As part of a small team, the post holder will be responsible for a specific area of the business, giving the BC Manager a certain amount of autonomy to develop resilience in their area. Amongst other tasks, this will involve supporting the writing of departmental plans, developing and delivering training and facilitating exercises. There is also the opportunity to represent NHSBT with external stakeholders, and to engage and influence senior management. The post holder, therefore, will require excellent verbal and written presentation skills. NHSBT are keen to develop individuals in this role and so there will be a requirement for the post holder to achieve a professional qualification in Business Continuity Management within the first year in post, which will involve some self-directed study.

Main duties of the job

Manage our day to day Resilience and Emergency Preparedness (Business Continuity and Emergency Planning),through giving expert advice and raising awareness of the work the Business Continuity Team carry out. Ensure compliance with legislation, Department of Health requirements, adopted standards, and best practice, to deliver an integrated approach. This involves helping develop a system which meets compliance, but still delivers a Business Continuity System, which works for the organisation. Liaise with internal and external stakeholders in support of plan preparation, training and exercising and undertake project work as necessary, through developing interesting and realistic scenarios to exercise our plans. You will be required to participate in an on-call out of hours rota which may include evening, weekend or public holiday working You will be required to travel and spend time away from base, which will involve working irregular hours and overnight stays when required, with prior notice

About us

At NHS Blood and Transplant, were incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be. We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families. We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers. Its an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with and positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever