About the job

Job summary

The Business Continuity Manager works within the Business Continuity Team (BCT), managing coordination activity to support the wider delivery of business continuity planning across UKHSA.

The BCT has been established to support the implementation of a UKHSA wide Business Continuity Management System (BCMS). The team will work alongside all Groups of UKHSA to support business continuity planning through the development of meaningful area specific Business Impact Analysis and Business Continuity Plans.

Job description

The post holder will:-

• Be involved in the implementation of the BCT operational work lines. They will manage the delivery of communication and engagement activities to raise awareness of the requirement to have business continuity plans in place across all areas. 
•  Help to develop, maintain and grow effective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, this is largely internally. The post holder will work with minimal supervision and be expected to work flexibly as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing a range of duties. The post holder may work with colleagues who are based across the country at different sites and/or who work remotely. 
• Provide BIA/BC advice and guidance to areas across the Agency to support the development of comprehensive BC analysis and planning to develop the resilience of UKHSA.

Person specification

Essential criteria 

You will be assessed on the below 9 essential criteria, which have been selected from the Job Description

• Hold a recognised Business Continuity qualification (CBCI, ISO22301:2019, or similar) or membership (MBCI etc.) or evidence of working towards this.
• Recent experience in the design, delivery, implementation, and management of business continuity capability at organisational level.
• Proven experience of managing others in an operational leadership role including performance management, carrying out appraisals and development
• Experience of managing and delivering a high-quality advisory service to many stakeholders
• Experience of developing, planning and managing communication and engagement across all levels of an organisation (both verbally and in writing)
• Able to demonstrate attention to detail and ability to critically evaluate information gathered across multiple sources
• Demonstrable experience of managing the coordination of projects/work lines in complex and challenging environments
• Delivering at pace, against an environment of changing priorities and working flexibly to meet the demands of the agency.
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to develop effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, collaborating across boundaries with the ability to influence and challenge effectively         

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
• Experience of writing or coordinating Business Continuity Plans and/or Impact Assessments within Government Organisations

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £38,724, UK Health Security Agency contributes £10,455 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and  Experience.

Stage 1: Application & Sift

You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the above 9 essential criteria, and this will be in the form of :

•  a CV
• a 1,500 word Statement of Suitability

This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria. 

The CV and Statement of Suitability will be marked separately, and you must pass both to move forward to interview

In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on:

• Hold a recognised Business Continuity qualification (CBCI, ISO22301:2019, or similar) or membership (MBCI etc.) or evidence of working towards this.
• Recent experience in the design, delivery, implementation, and management of business continuity capability at organisational level.

Unfortunately, late applications will not be considered 

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 

You will be invited to a (single) remote interview

Behaviours, experience, and strengths will be tested at interview.

You will be asked to do a 10 minute Presentation  at interview, with instructions provided in advance.  

 The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be:-

• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Leadership
• Working together

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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Location information  

UKHSA operates a hybrid working model where business 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 locations (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London).  Specialist or regional roles will be based at the appropriate UKHSA site.

Eligibility Criteria  

Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants). 

Disability Confident scheme  

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.  

Reserve List clause  

Candidates who pass the interview criteria but are not offered a post will be kept on a reserve list for 12 months and may be contacted if similar roles become available.   

If you are interviewed for the post and do not meet the required threshold for the specified grade, your application may be assessed against a similar, lower grade role and you may be offered the post should one be available.  

Starting salary  

New entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band.    

The internal roles rules apply to existing Civil Servants, i.e. level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive 10% increase.    

Either case is determined by whichever is the highest.   

For further details please refer to the Information Sheet- Starting Salaries & Benefits attachment. 

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.