Deep Current News Hiring! Part Time Business Resilience Analyst - Business Resilience Specialist - Business Resilience Manager in - Ricebowl

Role Description

Strengthen the organization’s ability to prepare for disruption, maintain critical activities, and recover effectively. Work with business and specialist teams to assess dependencies, develop response and recovery capabilities, and address weaknesses identified through testing and incidents.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct business impact analyses to identify critical activities, disruption impacts, and recovery priorities.
• Map dependencies across people, processes, technology, facilities, suppliers, and information.
• Assess disruption scenarios and identify gaps in prevention, response, and recovery capabilities.
• Develop and maintain business continuity plans, recovery strategies, and supporting procedures.
• Coordinate recovery objectives and acceptable disruption thresholds with accountable business owners.
• Plan and facilitate exercises, simulations, and recovery tests with relevant specialists.
• Document exercise findings, assign actions, and track remediation.
• Support crisis management arrangements, escalation processes, and emergency communications.
• Review supplier continuity capabilities and concentration risks within the assigned remit.
• Deliver training and awareness activities for employees and response teams.
• Analyze incidents and incorporate lessons into plans and controls.
• Prepare reports on readiness, testing coverage, unresolved risks, and improvement priorities.
• Update resilience arrangements as operations, systems, and external conditions change.

Role-Specific Responsibilities

• Business Resilience Analyst: Gather impact and dependency data, maintain plans and trackers, analyze test results, and prepare readiness reports.
• Business Resilience Specialist: Own assigned resilience assessments and programs, facilitate exercises, and advise teams on recovery strategies and remediation.
• Business Resilience Manager: Lead the resilience framework and delivery plan, coordinate governance and resources, and advise leadership on significant preparedness and recovery risks.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in business resilience, business continuity, operational risk, crisis management, disaster recovery, or a related field.
• Understanding of business impact analysis, recovery planning, dependency mapping, and scenario testing.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to translate disruption risks into practical plans and accountable actions.
• Clear communication, workshop facilitation, and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Ability to work calmly during incidents and manage time-sensitive priorities.
• Strong attention to detail and accurate documentation.
• Familiarity with reporting tools, continuity platforms, or incident management systems.
• A degree in business, risk management, information systems, operations, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• For specialist roles, experience independently conducting assessments and facilitating exercises.
• For manager roles, experience leading cross-functional programs and influencing senior stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant business continuity or resilience credentials, such as CBCI, CBCP, or an equivalent qualification.
• Familiarity with recognized business continuity and resilience frameworks.
• Experience coordinating technology recovery and third-party continuity reviews.
• Exposure to regulated environments, multi-site operations, or regional programs.
• Experience managing remediation after exercises or significant disruptions.
• Relevant industry knowledge and understanding of critical service dependencies.

Scope by Role

• Business Resilience Analyst: Provides analysis, documentation, and coordination that support preparedness.
• Business Resilience Specialist: Delivers specialist assessments, planning, exercises, and improvement activities.
• Business Resilience Manager: Oversees resilience governance and capability, aligning response and recovery arrangements with business priorities.