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SECURITYFOCUS JOBS - NEW OPPORTUNITY
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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Disaster Recovery Coordinator
Location: Anywhere within EMEA, , United Kingdom
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 2007-07-02
EMEA Head of Business Continuity Management
Reference No. SF-220
Company BPO
Location Flexible within EMEA
Salary £65,000 - £70,000
Package Generous benefits package
Start Date ASAP
Reports To EMEA IT Governance and Compliance Director
The Role
Summary of Primary Job Responsibilities: (may perform other duties as
requested not specifically addressed in this document)
The role is part of an EMEA regional Governance and Compliance team that is
being built and will lead the newly defined Business Continuity Team. The team
provides compliance and continuity services for IT, all Business functions and
clients.
The BPO industry is challenging as the candidate will not only be responsible
for defining the BCP policy, but also for working with and defining plans for
outsourced business processes of multiple Fortune 500 organisations with whom
we work.
The Business Continuity Manager is a new position;
Responsible to design and implement strategies to ensure that the company is
prepared, resilient and able to respond to events that could impact or disrupt
critical business operations for both our organisation and our clients with
continuity requirements. You will also be tasked with identifying risks and
implementing analysis and methodologies to be able to continue to do so.
The Business Continuity Team will provide methodologies, guidance/training,
templates and support for the implementation of Business Continuity plans for
Sites, Functional teams and Clients. The function is also responsible for the
audit of deployed plans and ensuring regular scenario tests are conducted,
reporting on the status of BCP management in the organization to Executive
management.
Dealing with all aspects of Business Continuity, including: Disaster Recovery
(DR), Business Impact Analysis (BIA), contingency planning and crisis
management.
Responsible for the education and training of appropriate business and
functional management in business continuity methodologies, implementation and
ongoing maintenance.
Ensures integrity and accuracy of process and tools used to support crisis
management efforts within region
Declaration & on-going management of an incident or event.
To take personal responsibility to understand and comply with all company and
client security requirements and policies
You must adhere to agreed procedures and ensure that any continuity and
operational activities are conducted in line with the organisation or client
security policy requirements and ensure the effective management of 3rd party
providers and their compliance with both our and Client security policies.
Qualifications & Experience
Education
Preferably Degree educated in a relevant subject
Experience Target
This is a senior role; candidate will be expected to hit the ground running.
Person must have the ability to translate customer (internal and external)
business needs into continuity and recovery solutions. Develop trust and
respect with customer stakeholders and ensure delivery of successful business
outcomes.
Typically 5+ years experience in IT, 5+ years of Security & Business Continuity
experience for both IT and business functions. Demonstrable experience of
defining and delivering Business Continuity strategies and methodologies to
with at least 3 years of working in a pan EMEA organisation delivering Business
Continuity plans and business impact analysis, assisting with the definition of
solutions and business cases.
Skills:
Excellent interpersonal skills, person will be dealing with Executive level and
staff from all levels, flexibility to react to customer demand and an IT
technical understanding. Microsoft Word and Excel (strong). The coaching
nature of this role requires the individual obtain the majority of his/her
results through the effort of others. This requires excellent personal and
communication skills (written & oral).
Languages: English must be excellent, both written and Oral. Dutch, German,
French, Spanish, etc. would be a useful second language
Knowledge/Abilities:
You must be experienced with BS25999/BS7799/ISO27001, have project management
methodologies experience and you should also be a member of the Business
Continuity Institute. Ability to formulate and recommend improvements to any
aspect of their role. Self-driven, ability to work under pressure.
Special Certifications
BCI Business Continuity Certification or Security Certification e.g. CISSP,
CISM or Similar preferred.
Travel Required
There will be a 50-80% pan EMEA travel involved in this role (44 sites
throughout EMEA), this can be balanced against working from home or a local
office when not travelling. Role can be based in any EMEA location situated
near company offices or travel hubs.
Major Responsibility Areas
Importance
Major Actions / Supporting Actions Approximate Percentage of Total Job
1 Management & Definition of BCP methodologies – higher at start
moving toward this % 20%
2 Providing support for Internal BCP implementations 20%
3 Providing support for definition and implementation of client
requirements & solutions 20%
4 Auditing implemented plans and scenario test support 20%
5 As team develops, directly reports and ‘virtual team’
management of others, this activity is expected to grow. 20%
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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CONTACT
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Information Security Solutions
Iain Sutherland
iain@InformationSecuritySolutions.com
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