Business Continuity Planner

Business Continuity Planner – Supply Chain 
Circa £42,000 dependent on skills and experience  
Fixed Term Contract – 12 months - Full time (37 hours), with flexibility for part time working 
Peterborough / Huntingdon / Lincoln 

 
Dive into a world of opportunity and join our team! 

We are looking for a Business Continuity Planner to join our Assurance team! 

Reporting to the Business Continuity Manager, you will work with teams across the organisation to enhance supply chain resilience and ensure that business expectations and needs regarding delivery of services from critical suppliers, are met. This role is responsible for ensuring resilience risks are identified and addressed, working with Supply Chain and other teams across the business to map interdependencies, and put plans in place to improve resiliency and reduce business continuity risks. 

This role is also responsible for developing resilience plans for critical contracts to provide assurance that the business has sufficient contingencies in place to deal with supply chain disruptions including internal demand management and supplier resilience. 

Key responsibilities 

• Ensure plans are aligned to business requirements and are regularly tested as part of the wider training and exercise programme 

• Support the incident response to business continuity, facilitating debriefs and driving organisational learning, as part of the wider Assurance team 

• Carry out Business Resilience Supply Chain assessments during the sourcing process  

• Where risks and vulnerabilities are identified, highlight these and work with the business and suppliers to reduce risk exposure 

• Develop the incident management structures and response procedures for supply chain disruptions including training for nominated staff 

• Carry out continual horizon scanning activities and maintain knowledge and awareness of internal and wider global business continuity incidents that may impact Anglian Water 

• Maintain an awareness of best practice within business continuity management to be able to recommend and implement improvements  

• Gather and analyse business continuity incident response data and report performance against recovery time objectives, highlighting shortfalls and working with teams to make improvements 

• Drive a culture of continuous improvement in Health & Safety, ensuring consistent standards are maintained to commit to being Safer Every Day 

We invest in our people - as a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:   

• Personal private health care    

• Generous double match pension – contribute 7% and Anglian Water will contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21% 

• 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household  

• 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more   

• Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)   

• Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary) 

• Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay  

• Bonus scheme     

• Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle. 

What does it take to be successful? 

• Knowledge of, and/or experience in, business continuity management processes and standards 

• Experience or understanding of risk management processes and their use in managing business continuity 

• Understanding of supply chain resilience requirements including supply chain mapping 

• Proven experience and understanding of event and incident impact coordination and response 

• An ability to evaluate, interpret, and analyse data and have a keen eye for detail 

• Strong planning, prioritisation, and decision-making skills, willing to work flexibly to meet the needs of the business 

• Strong verbal, written and presentation skills 

• Able to translate complex concepts/requirements into practical business solutions 

Inclusion at Anglian Water: 

Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong. 

Closing date: 13th July 2026   

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