We’re seeking an embedded Business Resilience Specialist to support a Fortune 50 technology client and strengthen enterprise-wide preparedness. In this role, you’ll drive standards and methodology across crisis leadership teams, deliver cross-program initiatives spanning Business Continuity, Employee Readiness, and Crisis Management, and help senior stakeholders move from strategy to execution—measurably improving resilience at both the function and product level.
Task and Responsibilities:
Organise activities supporting crisis and resiliency activities relating to supporting special projects and business units
- Drive consistent methodology, approach, and standards for planning, training, and exercising across crisis leadership teams.
- Undertake projects/initiatives that address various aspects of the crisis program – overall strategy, governance, response structures, and support training and development needs of senior executives.
- Work across different resilience programs including Business Continuity, Employee Readiness, and Crisis Management to help develop and deliver major projects relating to emerging risks, such as, but not limited to contentious elections.
- Work with team leads in the of strategies that bolster function-level (such as HR, Legal, etc.) and product-level resiliency planning.
- Drive the initiation of global initiatives that integrate lessons gleaned from both exercises and actual crises.
- Collaborate successfully with partners across the ecosystem to build program awareness, enhance the user experience, and drive the further improvement of preparedness capabilities.
- Innovate new tools to expedite the implementation of new resiliency program management plans and capabilities.
Requirements
- Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- A professional with a proven history of working in a fast-paced environment; demonstrated comfort with ambiguity and shifting goals.
- 2-5 years of work experience in an operation, project management, consulting, or equivalent environment.
- 1+ years of work experience in the Risk and Resilience space, crisis management preferred.
- Experience helping to mature a global resiliency program.
- Autonomy to translate strategic direction into actionable plans with minimal guidance.
- Experience being a connector across teams and managing projects against KPIs through to completion.
- Experience developing and documenting procedures and workflows.
- Organisational skills with attention to detail and a commitment to follow-up
Benefits
All employees are expected to display behaviours reflective of our company values: Integrity and Ethics, Collaboration and Teamwork, Commitment to People and Professionalism and Excellence.
Skills Required
- Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment with ambiguity and shifting goals
- 2-5 years of experience in operations, project management, consulting, or an equivalent environment
- At least 1 year of experience in risk and resilience
- Experience in crisis management
- Experience helping mature a global resiliency program
- Ability to translate strategic direction into actionable plans with minimal guidance
- Experience connecting teams and managing projects against KPIs through completion
- Experience developing and documenting procedures and workflows
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and commitment to follow-up
What We Do
Control Risks exists to make our clients succeed. We are a specialist risk consultancy that helps to create secure, compliant and resilient organisations in an age of ever-changing risk. Working across disciplines, technologies and geographies, everything we do is based on our belief that taking risks is essential to our clients’ success. We provide you with the insight to focus resources and ensure you are prepared to resolve the issues and crises that occur in any ambitious global organisation. We go beyond problem-solving and give you the insight and intelligence you need to realise opportunities and grow. From the boardroom to the remotest location, we have developed an unparalleled ability to bring order to chaos and reassurance to anxiety.
