Job Overview
Business Continuity Specialist – 6-Month Remote Contract (New York, United States)
Control Risks, a global specialist risk consultancy, is actively seeking a detail-oriented Business Continuity Specialist for a 6-month embedded consulting engagement. This exciting opportunity supports a leading global consumer goods client, and you can perform this role remotely.
As a Business Continuity Specialist, you will help strengthen the client’s resilience. For instance, you will review and enhance existing business continuity plans, facilitate risk assessments, and support continuity exercises across key business units. This position, therefore, demands a strong understanding of industry best practices, a proactive mindset, and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities of Our Business Continuity Specialist
As a Business Continuity Specialist, you will handle various critical tasks:
- Resiliency Solutions: Assist with developing, maintaining, and implementing resiliency solutions, including business continuity plans, business impact analyses, and procedure documentation.
- Strategic Improvement: Partner with critical business functions to identify opportunities for strategic improvement or mitigation of interruptions and other risks caused by business, regulatory, or industry-specific change initiatives.
- IT Integration: Collaborate with the client’s IT teams to integrate business continuity processes and templates within their SmartSuite platform.
- Reporting: Prepare reports that summarize testing activities, including descriptions of goals, planning, scheduling, execution, results, analysis, conclusions, and recommendations.
- Project Support: Participate in supporting various other initiatives and ad-hoc projects to enhance overall business resilience.
- Standard Alignment: Ensure alignment with recognized Business Continuity Planning (BCP) standards such as ISO22301, DRI, or Gartner.
Business Continuity Specialist
Qualifications for a Business Continuity Specialist
To qualify for this Business Continuity Specialist role, you typically bring:
- Experience: 6+ years of experience implementing and managing corporate business continuity or risk management programs.
- Tools: Experience with commercial Business Continuity tools.
- Data Management: Experience managing and analyzing data from various sources to align strategic goals.
- Response: Experience responding to significant disruptive events.
- Analytical Ability: You must possess the ability to dive deep into data, existing processes, people, and technology challenges to identify risks and opportunities.
- Interpersonal Skills: Strong interpersonal skills, including the written and oral communication skills necessary to build relationships and positively influence decision-making.
- Project Management: Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines while managing multiple complex projects.
- Certifications (Plus): Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII), Business Continuity Institute (BCI), or other business continuity professional certifications are a plus.
Additional Information
Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarized in the full job offer. We operate a discretionary bonus scheme that incentivizes and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.
Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible. These arrangements emphasize the value of in-person time together – both in the office and with our clients – while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
The salary range for this 6-month position will be between $55,000-$62,500.
Control Risks commits to a diverse environment and proudly maintains its status as an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. If you require any reasonable adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know; we will be happy to accommodate your needs. Control Risks also participates in the E-Verify program to confirm employment authorization for all newly hired employees. The E-Verify process completes during new hire onboarding and completion of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, at the start of employment. E-Verify does not pre-screen candidates.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q: Is this a remote position? A: Yes, this is a remote position.
Q: What is the duration of this engagement? A: This is a 6-month contract engagement.
Q: What is the salary for this position? A: The salary range for the 6-month period is between $55,000 and $62,500.
Q: Are professional certifications required? A: While not strictly required, professional certifications like DRII or BCI are a plus.
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