Business Continuity Analyst - #1798204

Location

London or Manchester

The Team

Operational Resilience and Business Continuity sits within the Risk team which advises and supports staff and partners in managing risk and compliance across the firm.

The Role

The Business Continuity Analyst will support the Operational Resilience and Business Continuity Lead ensuring that the firm has appropriate operational resilience risk identification and assessments, policies, procedures, training, and governance in place to be able to ensure that its operations can provide continuity of business undertakings in any circumstance. This includes emergency preparedness and crisis management. This position will collaborate with individuals from all business services areas (IT, Facilities, HR, Marketing, COOs etc.) and client-facing practice groups to develop, implement, maintain, and execute business continuity plans that meet the strategic, tactical and operational needs of the firm.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development and review of Business?Continuity?plans
• Assist with the administration of ongoing cyclical activities such as policy and procedure reviews
• Maintain and update all relevant documentation, including plans and testing schedules
• Assist the team in developing and embedding an enterprise risk framework
• Collect and analyse risk information for management and reporting to relevant senior committees
• Coordinate regular testing of plans and support after action planning
• Support ongoing delivery of Business?Continuity?training and awareness sessions
• Deal with day-to-day queries and prioritise matters as necessary
• Work alongside others in Risk carrying out ad-hoc project work
  
  

Essential Skills & Experience

• Previous experience in Business Continuity or Resilience planning
• Good analytical, organisational and task management skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to create and maintain relationships
• Proactiveness and initiative and the ability to continually seek out ways to improve processes and procedures and share ideas
• Excellent judgement and attention to detail
• Team player, consultative and inclusive with strong attention to detail
• A good working knowledge of MS packages and strong IT skills essential
  
  

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Previous experience in Enterprise Risk management
• Familiarity in conducting risk assessments and business impact assessments
• Experience designing and facilitating crisis management exercises
• Our Values
  
  

Our Values Are The Principles That Guide The Decisions We Make, Unite Us In Our Endeavours And Strengthen Our Delivery, For Our Clients And Our Firm. We

• Work as one We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
• Excel with clients We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of everything we do
• Celebrate difference We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement
• Act boldly We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth
  
  

Business Services Competencies

Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.

The Competencies Are Used To Inform All Aspects Of Business Services Career Development. They Vary Across Levels And Different Business Areas And Fall Under The Following Areas

• Technical Excellence
• People and Team
• Client/Stakeholder Relationships
• Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness
• Personal Effectiveness
  
  

This is the job description as constituted at present; however the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 490 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

We offer a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning and wellbeing initiatives.

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our core values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.

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