About the Role

The Resilience and Assurance Manager will deliver assurance for business continuity across the University, ensuring that critical business functions are appropriately defined, and robust recovery strategies are in place to manage potential threats. The postholder will develop and maintain a business continuity and emergency management framework, including appropriate policies and plans to support the framework, and will report on compliance with institutional expectations that align with external regulations.

The postholder will work with expert business continuity leads in IT, Estates and Facilities and Communications and with colleagues across the University to co-ordinate relevant communications, training, testing/exercising and auditing of systems and processes to provide assurance that they are operating effectively, reducing risk and enabling the University to meet is regulatory obligations. In addition, the role supports assurance in relation to partnerships and policy management processes.

About You

We are looking for a an organised, proactive, and experienced governance and/or compliance professional, able to work with multiple stakeholders across a large organisation to deliver change and business improvement. You must have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills that will help you ensure continuous improvement across a range of risk, compliance and resilience priorities.

You will have an understanding of universities and their regulatory frameworks. You do not need to be an experienced business continuity professional to apply for this role; however, you must be able to demonstrate how your governance and/or compliance experience will contribute to effective resilience and assurance in a university context.

About the Directorate

The Governance and Legal Services Directorate comprises expert teams in governance, compliance, policy, casework and legal, working with a common purpose to protect the University’s interests whilst enabling innovation and the achievement of the University’s objectives. The Directorate works collaboratively across the University community to develop awareness of university policy and regulations, legal issues and external compliance.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, campus facilities and flexible working arrangements.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.