Business Continuity Lead
Posted 1 day ago by 1768145576
£450 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Bilston, West Midlands
Summary: The Business Continuity Lead (Contract) role involves providing hands-on delivery support for a large organization's transformation program over an initial 6-month period, with the possibility of extension. The position requires collaboration with senior stakeholders and the existing Business Continuity Lead to drive workstreams forward efficiently. The focus is on practical execution rather than strategy redesign or auditing. Strong experience in Business Continuity is essential for success in this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Acting as an extra pair of hands to deliver Business Continuity activities across the programme
- Supporting the delivery of agreed BC workstreams and milestones
- Engaging with senior stakeholders across the business to gather inputs and drive actions
- Progressing Business Impact Assessments (BIAs), BC plans, and related deliverables
- Supporting testing and exercising activity where required
- Escalating risks or blockers appropriately to maintain momentum
- Working closely with the existing BC Lead and senior managers
Key Skills:
- Hands-on Business Continuity experience (minimum 12 months, end-to-end exposure)
- Practical delivery experience rather than purely risk, compliance, or advisory background
- Comfortable working independently in a remote-first, fast-paced environment
- Confident engaging with and influencing senior stakeholders
- Pragmatic, adaptable, and delivery-focused
- Familiarity with BC standards (e.g. ISO 22301) is helpful, but certifications are not essential
Salary (Rate): £450/day
City: Bilston
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
Business Continuity Lead (Contract)
Contract: 6 months (initial)
Extension: Possible +3 months
Day Rate: £400-£450/day
Location: West Midlands highly flexible hybrid (remote-first, minimal office presence)
Start: ASAP
The Opportunity
We're supporting a large organisation on an 18-month transformation programme and are looking for a Business Continuity Lead (Contract) to provide additional delivery capacity.
This role is not about redesigning strategy or auditing frameworks. It's a hands-on delivery role, working alongside an existing Business Continuity Lead to drive agreed workstreams forward at pace.
Outputs will feed into senior leadership, ExCo, and Board-level reporting, so confidence working with senior stakeholders is essential.
What You'll Be Doing
Acting as an extra pair of hands to deliver Business Continuity activities across the programme
Supporting the delivery of agreed BC workstreams and milestones
Engaging with senior stakeholders across the business to gather inputs and drive actions
Progressing Business Impact Assessments (BIAs), BC plans, and related deliverables
Supporting testing and exercising activity where required
Escalating risks or blockers appropriately to maintain momentum
Working closely with the existing BC Lead and senior managers
Note: This is not an audit role and does not require ISO auditing experience.
What We're Looking For
Hands-on Business Continuity experience (minimum 12 months, end-to-end exposure)
Practical delivery experience rather than purely risk, compliance, or advisory background
Comfortable working independently in a remote-first, fast-paced environment
Confident engaging with and influencing senior stakeholders
Pragmatic, adaptable, and delivery-focused
Familiarity with BC standards (e.g. ISO 22301) is helpful, but certifications are not essential
What This Role Is Not
To be clear, this role is not suited to candidates whose background is primarily:
Risk management / GRC
ISO auditing
Disaster Recovery or IT Service Continuity
We're looking for someone who has done the work, not just overseen or assured it.