Business Resilience Specialist
Job ID: 009239
Location: Leeds, UK, LS1 8EQ
Job type: Fixed Term - Full Time
Salary: Up to £45,800 Dependant upon Experience + Bonus & Benefits
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About the Role:
YBS has an exciting new opportunity for a Business Resilience Specialist to join our Technology Services function. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the maintenance of Yorkshire Building Society’s Business Continuity Management System across the group, ensuring the wider business’ ability to operate within the Group’s risk appetite whilst employing a risk-based approach based on YBS’ critical services.
This role will be based in our Leeds Head Office, with flexible working from home capability.
As a Business Resilience Specialist, you will
- Be responsible for supporting the delivery of the Group’s Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) including assurance of Disaster Recovery arrangements.
- Maintain, document and embed the Business Continuity strategy & policy.
- Provide specialist expertise, advice oversight and reporting for all areas of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery for the Group.
- Ensure relevant legislative, regulatory change and good practice impacting the Group relating to Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery is accurately reflected in the BCMS and programme activity.
- Develop and maintain key external and internal relationships which create value, collaborating to deliver commercial and customer priorities.
- Own and deliver ad hoc business continuity and disaster recovery project activity.
About You-
- You will have experienced Business Continuity implementation capability.
- Significant experience of delivery of Business Continuity Management System activity (BIA’s, Business Continuity Plans, Crisis Management, Business Continuity exercising and Disaster Recovery testing, training and awareness)..
- CBCI qualified (or working towards CBCI) is preferred.
- Strong knowledge of relevant legislation, compliance, corporate governance, quality assurance and risk management (desirable).
- Experience of managing a diverse set of internal and external stakeholder relationships.
- Have awareness of the financial services industry, markets and competitors.
About Our Benefits
Everyone’s different. That’s why we offer a wide range of benefits and rewards that we think you’ll love – whatever’s important to you, and whatever stage of life you’re at. Such as...
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Our pension scheme (where you can get up to 11% from us)
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On target bonus of 7% (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%)
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Access to brilliant health benefits
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Access to brilliant health benefits
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25 days’ holiday (and the option to buy more)
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Cycle to work or an interest-free loan for an annual ticket
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Wellbeing resources and tools
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Retail and Leisure discounts
Learning & Development
Everyone can build a career path they love here. And that’s because we offer a wide range of programmes, opportunities and more to help you learn, grow, and develop – and reach your full potential.
These include...
- Personal Growth Toolkits - a range of materials that help you discover your strengths, identify your goals, and your next steps.
- Secondment and Stretch opportunities – helping you gain experience in different areas of our business and new ways of working.
- Learning Champion Network – opportunities to work outside of your immediate area and build new skills.
- Apprenticeships and Professional Qualifications – a range of brilliant apprenticeships and programmes available to everyone.
- REACH Diverse Leadership Programme – helping our Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse leaders progress into senior leadership roles.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
You’ll find people from all walks of life here, with different cultures, beliefs, ages, outlooks and more. And we’re proud of our differences. So we’re dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome, supported, and empowered to be their whole self at work.
Our five Colleague Networks play an important role in helping that happen – and have a real impact on our everyday working life here. Each is closely linked to our Inclusion and Diversity committee, and sponsored by a member of our Senior Leadership Team.
And we also have other colleague groups, such as ManKind and Family Foundations, where colleagues can connect, and start conversations that can be taken into the Networks.
Community and Charity
Ever since we started back in 1864, we’ve had a clear purpose – to do some good in our communities through helping people keep their savings safe. And helping everyone have a place to call home. Today, that purpose is still a huge part of who we are. And every one of our colleagues helps that happen.
We’re committed to volunteering our time, resources, skills and knowledge – more than 50% of colleagues contribute to thousands of volunteer hours every year. And our Charitable Foundation has now donated over £9 million to charities and good causes across the country.
Hear from some of our people about what working at Yorkshire Building Society is like, and what it means for them…
Our ways of working
We know there’s no single right way of working that fits everyone. That’s why we’re not trying to find one. Instead, we’re doing everything we can to make sure that when we’re working flexibly, together and apart, we’re working at our best. And help our colleagues get the most out of work, and take care of themselves, wherever they’re working.
Whether you’re in an office-based team or your team is spread across the country, you’ll have lots of chances to get together with your colleagues for those Moments that Matter – which are all about building wonderful relationships and strong bonds with your colleagues.
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