Business Continuity Lead

Closing date for applications - Monday 21st September 2026

Great opportunity to work as a Business Continuity Lead on our prestigious contract at Hinkley Point C in Somerset.

Location: Bridgwater
Hours: 40 hours per week, Mon-Fri, office hours
Salary: £38.36 and up to £47.94 per hour depending on experience and qualifications (annual salary banding £80k-£100k)

The Business Continuity Lead is responsible for establishing, embedding, and continuously improving the project's Business Continuity Management (BCM) framework. This role ensures critical functions, safety obligations, and operational activities remain resilient during disruptive events and recover swiftly within target objectives.

Collaborating across all project functions, the Lead identifies resilience risks, coordinates recovery strategies, and drives compliance with relevant legislation, regulations, contractual commitments, and industry standards. The position requires proven expertise in business continuity, crisis management, and emergency preparedness, coupled with strong stakeholder engagement and leadership capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:
- Analysis: Conduct Business Impact Analyses (BIA) to identify critical processes,
dependencies, and recovery requirements.
- Objective Setting: Define and maintain Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), Recovery Point
Objectives (RPOs), and Minimum Business Continuity Objectives (MBCOs).
- Framework Development: Create and maintain comprehensive continuity policies,
standards, and BCPs for both departmental and site levels.
- Alignment: Ensure all continuity plans remain aligned with strategic project priorities and
evolving operational risks.
- Integration: Collaborate with security, emergency preparedness, and H&S teams to
maintain an integrated approach to resilience.
- Supply Chain: Assess and monitor the business continuity capabilities of critical suppliers
and service providers.
- Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify, assess, and treat business continuity-related risks.
- Crisis Management: Lead continuity response efforts during incidents and maintain
effective incident response arrangements.
- Leadership Support: Act as the primary point of contact for continuity matters, providing
expert support to leadership and incident management teams.
- Validation: Design and execute testing, simulations, and tabletop exercises to validate
continuity arrangements.
- Continuous Improvement: Coordinate post-incident reviews, capture lessons learned,
and drive actionable improvements.
- Reporting: Monitor BCM maturity and performance metrics, providing regular assurance
reports to senior management.
- Education: Develop and deliver BCM training and awareness programs to embed
resilience across the project.
-Expert Guidance: Act as a subject matter expert, advising project leaders on embedding
continuity into strategic decision-making.
- Standards & Compliance: Ensure ongoing alignment with ISO 22301 and all relevant
regulatory, legal, and contractual obligations.
- Audit Support: Manage and support internal/external audits, certifications, and
governance reporting for BCM activities

Key Skills & Competencies:
- Proven expertise in business continuity management, operational resilience, and
emergency planning.
- Strong stakeholder management, relationship-building, and cross-functional leadership
skills.
- Exceptional written, verbal, and crisis communication capabilities.
- Demonstrated ability to influence, advise, and engage senior leadership.
- Advanced analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with high attention to detail.
- Strong program and project management capabilities, capable of balancing multiple
priorities.
- Decisive, calm, and effective leadership under high-pressure scenarios.

Educational Requirements/Qualifications
- Professional certification in Business Continuity, Risk, Security, or Resilience (e.g., CBCI, MBCI, ISO 22301, or ISO 27001 Lead Implementer/Auditor).

Essential Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Business Continuity Management, Operational Resilience, Risk Management, Corporate Security, or a related discipline.
- Proven track record in developing, implementing, and embedding comprehensive Business
Continuity Management frameworks and programmes.
- Demonstrated experience conducting Business Impact Analyses (BIAs) and establishing
key recovery objectives and strategies (RTOs/RPOs/MBCOs).
- Hands-on experience creating, maintaining, and testing robust Business Continuity Plans
(BCPs) across business units.
- Strong background supporting or leading ISO 22301 alignment, audit readiness,
certification, and ongoing compliance.
- Experience designing and facilitating continuity exercises, simulations, and crisis
management testing programs.

Desirable:
- Experience working within highly regulated, high-risk, or critical national infrastructure (CNI)
environments.
- Experience supporting major capital projects, large-scale infrastructure programmes, or
complex multi-site operations.

Personal Qualities:
- The successful candidate should have and be able to commit to:
- The highest levels of integrity, respectfulness and professionalism
- Open, trusting and in the spirit of mutual support approach, especially when dealing with
conflicts of interests
- An engaging and proactive 'can do' attitude where successes and failures are shared
- Do what we say we are going to do and only commit to what can be done
- Listen and communicate effectively
- Ability to work as an individual or as part of a team

Specific occupational requirements:
- Ability to pass and hold National Security Clearance Vetting
- Produce a five-year verifiable work history

Key Information and Benefits

- 224 hours (28 days per annum inclusive of bank holidays)
- G4S National Pension Scheme,
- G4S National Company Sick Pay Scheme,
- Dell, Vodafone and O2 discounts,
- National Discount Scheme,
- Aviva car, home and travel insurance discount,
- Health Saturday Fund (health cash plan for you and your family)

G4S are a recognised Disability Confident Leader Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. They prioritise accessibility, support, and opportunity for all employees. Join their diverse and empowering team today!

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