Resilience Manager

Role: Resilience Manager
Department: Risk and Resilience
Grade: 8 (£47,874 - £56,954 per annum)
Responsible to: Director of Risk and Resilience
Campus: Any - Belfast, Coleraine or Derry~Londonderry
Closing Date: 14 January 2025 at 23.30
Reference Number: 033102
 
(Permanent / Full-Time)

- ABOUT US -

We are a university with a national and international reputation for excellence, innovation and regional engagement, making a major contribution to the economic, social and cultural development of Northern Ireland.

Our core business activities are teaching and learning, widening access to education, research and innovation and technology and knowledge transfer.

- THE ROLE -

Ulster University has embarked on a journey to improve its operational resilience and has adopted an Operational Resilience Policy. This Policy will support and protect the University in achieving its operational plans and objectives, and its long-term sustainability, responsiveness and adaptability.
 
As an experienced risk and resilience professional, the Resilience Manager will support the Director of Risk and Resilience in implementing all aspects of the University’s Operational Resilience Framework with a particular focus on Business Continuity and Crisis Management Planning.

- ABOUT YOU -

- You will lead the further development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the University’s business continuity and crisis management capability acting as the central point of contact across the University.

- You will play a key role in driving and implementing a culture change across all levels of the University by influencing and persuading senior colleagues and others to adopt different approaches, new processes and the latest thinking, to ensure effective engagement with business continuity and crisis management planning.

- You will support the Director of Risk and Resilience in developing and implementing a University-wide Assurance Framework to include identifying how and where assurances are gained in relation to the protective themes within the Operational Resilience Framework.

Ulster University holds a Silver Athena SWAN Award in recognition of our commitment to advancing Gender equality. You can read more about what this means on our University website.

The University has a range of initiatives to support a family friendly working environment, including flexible working.

The University is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community, particularly from those with disabilities. Appointment will be made on merit.

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