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 Status: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Buffalo, NY – (Relocation may be provided)
Salary: $80-100K
Agency: BC Management, Inc – Job Posting #1856
Advertiser's text:
Primary Purpose
This position will coordinate and facilitate all business continuity planning activities. This includes interacting with the critical business units and support groups for the purpose of planning, directing, controlling and maintaining the contingency planning effort.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities
• Leadership role in developing, coordinating and maintaining comprehensive business contingency plans and validation methodology to ensure ability to recover, in the event of an unforeseen disruption (i.e. facilities, technology systems, applications).
• Ongoing risk analyses for corporate functional areas to identify points of vulnerability and recommending disaster avoidance and reduction strategies. Providing guidance to and coordinating the efforts of staff members in the development of recovery procedures for key areas of the organization.
• Development and facilitation of business continuity training related to planning, plan maintenance and execution to appropriate parties.
• Ensure that all components of the Business Continuity plans are successfully tested routinely, or whenever significant changes are made.
• Provide expertise and support to management and business functional areas whenever and wherever a business disruption occurs.
Minimum Qualifications
Experience & Skills:
• Bachelors degree and minimum of 5 years work experience required
• Certification from DRII (Disaster Recovery Institute International) or BCI (Business Continuity Institute) current or within 3 years
• Minimum of 5 years experience in design, development and maintenance of business continuity plans preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong relationship building/collaboration skills
• Strategic thinking/planning skills
• Ability to work effectively with minor supervision
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment with daily work processing deadlines
• High degree of business maturity and demonstrated confidentiality with ability to handle and communicate controversial and sensitive business information
• Strong project management skills required
• Previous vendor relationship management experience preferred
• Demonstrated customer service orientation
• Demonstrated change management and change catalyst competencies
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Demonstrated personal accountability
• Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving history required due to travel involved with this position (DMV check will be conducted to review candidate's driving record)
• Intermediate skills with MS Applications (Word, Excel, Project, Visio)
• Intermediate skills with email and internet
Essential Job Functions:
• Must be able to accommodate regional/national travel (air)
• Must be able to work in an office environment
• Must be able to effectively utilize various office equipment (phone, computer, fax machine, printer, copier, filing cabinet, etc)
• Must be able to effectively use a computer with all its components for prolonged periods of time and for the majority of required tasks
Assessments & Background Checks:
Depending on whether candidates are internal or external, acceptable results in the following may be required:
• Pre-employment Drug Screen
• Pre-employment Criminal Background Check
• DMV check
• Education/License Verification
• Assessment tools to determining Best Fit Qualities
The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. This is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, ancestry, national origin, age, sex or handicap.
To apply or learn more about the position, please contact Zoey Dillman – BC Management Inc. at 714-843-5470 x5479 or zdillman@bcmanagement.com
•Date: 30th June 2008 •Region: US |
