About the Opportunity
We are seeking a highly experienced professional to join our team in a pivotal leadership role. This established position presents a rare and influential opportunity, offering direct engagement with senior executives.
In this critical role, you will provide strategic leadership in business resilience, guiding the development and implementation of integrated risk management strategies that enhance our ability to withstand and recover from internal and external events.
You will lead best-practice approaches to business continuity and critical incident management, with a strong focus on governance, training and central coordination across the institution.
* Provision of expert advice, support and coordination to executive leadership in the event of a critical incident, including post-incident evaluation and continuous improvement.
* Development and implementation of best practice critical incident management governance, processes and tools including training and exercise coordination in collaboration with relevant functions.
* Ongoing implementation of the incident management framework including central support and integration of emergency management and detailed response plans for high risk 'foreseeable' events.
* Enhancing management's business resilience awareness, knowledge and capabilities by providing expert advice in relation to the management and coordination of disaster recovery planning and business continuity planning.
About You
* SIGNIFICANT relevant experience in a business resilience leadership position or equivalent risk management role in a large and complex organisational environment.
* Comprehensive knowledge and a solid understanding of best practice business resilience frameworks, processes and management.
* Ability to remain calm in stressful situations, to act in a considered and respectful way with superior ability to identify and prioritise tasks under demanding circumstances whilst maintaining perspective, a structured approach and staying in control of the situation.
* Superior interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain productive relationships, communicate, negotiate, network, consult and collaborate with key stakeholders.