Senior Manager, Business Resilience and Critical Incidents - Melbourne

About Our Client

Page Executive is excited to be partnering with a leader in the Education sector to to recruit their Senior Manager, Business Resilience and Critical Incidents. The Senior Manager, Business Resilience and Critical Incidents will be tasked with leading the strategic development, implementation ongoing management and improvement of Business Resilience capability to position the organisation to be able to identify emerging risks, effectively adapt, respond and recover from adverse events.

Job Description

Reporting to the CISO the Senior Manager, Business Resilience and Critical Incidents will be responsible for:

• Leading the further development and implementation of a Business Resilience Framework in partnership with relevant business owners
• Leading the delivery of fit for purpose business resilience management systems
• Leading the design, development, and delivery of education, training, information and scenarios including simulation activities and processes to monitor and critically review organisational capability to ensure ongoing maturity
• Providing strategic advice and recommendations to executive management
• Developing and fostering strategically important relationships with key externals such as emergency services, regulatory and government agencies
• As Crisis Management Team strategic and operational lead, ensuring strategic response is undertaken in conjunction to operational first line response to an emergency or adverse event
• As a key member of the CISO leadership team, undertaking and leading related projects and initiatives for continuous improvement
• Reviewing and maintenance of disaster recovery practices and documentation and relevant templates
• Designing, implementing and managing a schedule of disaster recovery exercises
• Leading and managing Disaster Recovery Board meetings

The Successful Applicant

As the successful applicant you will ideally possess:

• Significant experience in a similar business resilience leadership role (including implementation of framework, strategies and managing business resilience related risks)
• Significant leadership experience supporting and advising senior executive teams in strategic planning, business continuity and/or risk management with proven planning, organisational and analytical skills
• Demonstrated practical experience in leading critical incident / crisis management function including the effective coordination and mobilisation of teams during and post event
• A high level of interpersonal, cross-cultural and verbal communication skills, including the ability to negotiate effectively and work through challenges
• Excellent relationship management and consulting skills
• Demonstrated ability to work independently in an ambiguous environment

What's on Offer

Senior management opportunity. Collaborative culture. Lead the strategic development of Business Resilience capability