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Business Continuity & Resilience Manager

Apply locations Sydney Singapore Brisbane Melbourne Perth time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id R-101961

The Opportunity

This is an exciting to join our General Counsel & Risk team as Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Manager. This role will support the firm's goal to enhance resilience in the organisation by effectively planning, preparing, responding to and recovering from adverse events and business disruption. The role will provide strategic crisis and business continuity management advice and expertise to review, analyse, develop and implement crisis management and business continuity plans, and work with business areas to develop scenarios and run exercises to ensure the firm is ready to respond to crisis events and business disruption.

This role can be based in either Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Hong Kong or Singapore.

Reporting to the Head of Business Resilience, your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

- Support incident response and recovery activities where required to enable the firm to manage a crisis event and meet compliance requirements.

- Proactively implement, maintain and document management of BC plans.

- Proactively implement, maintain and document management of Incident Response Playbooks

- Facilitate and coordinate the execution and completion of Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) globally.

- Support the Business Development team with credentials for pitches, tenders and bids.

- Management of outstanding action logs.

- Back-up support to other regional leads.

- Lead Cyber and other scenario-based exercises, (desktop, BCP testing, scenario workshops etc) within Business Continuity and Incident Response.

- Comply with WHS obligations and responsibilities in accordance with the requirements for this role and, for leaders at any level, this includes adequately supervising and supporting team members to promote a safe and respectful workplace.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- 5 years + experience within a business continuity and/or Operational Resilience environment

- Knowledge of technology and business concepts, life cycles and processes.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

- Self-starter with the ability to work with a great degree of autonomy.

- Experienced in working with global virtual teams.

- Strong advisory and facilitation skills.

- Demonstrated ability to independently coordinate multiple activities with cross-functional groups to achieve a common outcome.

- Strong influencing and relationship skills. Must be able to influence a diverse group of stakeholders at all levels, without the need for direct authority.

- Demonstrate strong leadership skills in managing crises and coordinating response efforts.

- Proven capability to work to deadlines in coordinating document reviews and training schedules.

- Work collaboratively with various departments to ensure a cohesive and effective approach to business continuity.

- Experience of working in a professional services firm (legal, accountancy, management consultancy) seen as an advantage.

- Pays close attention to details in developing and implementing business continuity plans.

- Possess a deep understanding of operational resilience principles, frameworks, and best practices.

- Proactively identify and mitigate risks to minimise the impact of disruptions on business operations.

- Strong knowledge of Service Now (BCM and Operational Resilience modules) ideal.

- Experience with ISO 22301 certification.

- Certified in Business Continuity Management.

About us:

At Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, we align your growth and ambition with ours. We invest in your personal and professional growth and support you to achieve your ambitions. And you share responsibility for playing a part in delivering the firm’s growth and ambition too.

A leading global law firm, with over 6,000 people, we are in the world's largest markets, key financial centres and major growth hubs. We’re recognised leaders in demanding contentious matters, exacting regulatory work and complex public and private transactions.

We’re immersed in the many challenges facing our clients. We’re invested and resourceful. We understand the part technology and digitalisation play in the delivery of legal services. We want to make a positive impact wherever in the world we operate. You’ll have the opportunity to engage with an open mind and curiosity.

We are known for our diverse perspectives and renowned for our culture. Being human, bold and outstanding are more than our values: you’ll discover they are our lived experience. And by being ambitious for your growth and ours, we’ll achieve our goals together.

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer: Your growth. Our ambition.

Team

General Counsel and Risk

Working Pattern

Full time

Location

Brisbane, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Perth, Singapore, Sydney

Contract type

Permanent Contract

Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives. We see this as essential to our success, including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance. This is a key part of our Values—Human, Bold, and Outstanding.

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