Business Continuity Testing and Training Lead (Ref:CSG083)

Job title:  Business Continuity Testing and Training Lead

Department: Business Continuity

Reporting to:  Business Continuity Manager

Location: Remote working

Contract type: Permanent

Hours of work: 40 hours p/w (Mon - Friday, 8:30am - 5pm)

Salary: £46,000.00 per annum

The Business Continuity Testing and Training Lead is responsible for overseeing and enhancing the organisation’s business continuity testing and training framework. The role ensures the effective design, governance, and continuous improvement of testing programmes and training initiatives to strengthen organisational resilience.

The postholder will lead on the planning, delivery, and evaluation of business continuity exercises, while driving a culture of preparedness through targeted training and awareness. In addition, the role includes line management responsibility for the Testing and Training Officer, ensuring delivery standards are met and capability is developed across the function.

Procedures

• Lead the design and delivery of a structured annual business continuity exercise programme across all areas of the organisation.
• Oversee the development of realistic, risk-based test scenarios (e.g. tabletop Provide governance and quality assurance of all testing activities conducted by the team.
• Participate in and facilitate complex or high-impact exercises at a corporate level.
• Ensure all exercises are aligned with organisational risk profiles, regulatory expectations, and operational priorities.
• Oversee the analysis of exercise outcomes, ensuring clear documentation of findings, lessons learned, and improvement actions.
• Track and monitor the completion of post-exercise actions and improvements.
• Identify trends, recurring gaps, and areas of risk across the organisation.
• Provide senior-level insight and reporting on organisational resilience and readiness.
• Lead the development and delivery of the business continuity training strategy.
• Ensure all business continuity training materials are accurate, engaging, and aligned to organisational needs.
• Oversee delivery of role-specific training for incident management teams and key business functions.
• Drive annual awareness campaigns to promote a culture of resilience and preparedness across the business.
• Evaluate training effectiveness and continuously improve learning approaches.
• Provide line management to the Business Continuity Testing and Training Officers.
• Set objectives, monitor performance, and support professional development.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and technical guidance.
• Ensure workload is effectively managed and priorities are aligned to business needs.
• Promote a collaborative, high-performing team environment.
• Work collaboratively with operational teams to ensure testing and training is relevant and impactful.
• Engage with senior stakeholders to provide assurance on business continuity readiness.
• Represent the Business Continuity function at internal meetings and forums as required.

Connect and Collaborate

•  Work closely with your line manager and team members
• Collaborate with others, attending meetings as required
• Supporting team members and provide on-the-job training
• Provide cover for other staff as agreed by line manager

Responsive

•  Keep up to date with all written and verbal communications (i.e. emails/messages/calls)
• Ensure all records are maintained and kept up to date according to company policies and procedures

Talented

• Proactively manage personal and team performance and development.
• Undertake and promote continuous learning aligned to business continuity best practice.

Trusted

•  All employees are responsible for ensuring any personal data which Clearsprings Group holds and for which they are responsible, is kept securely and is not under any conditions disclosed to any third party unless that third party has been specifically authorised by Clearsprings Group to receive that information and has entered into a confidentiality agreement.

 Agile and Diverse

•  Any other duties within the scope of responsibility and ability, as required, inclusive of providing similar support to any other local company project

 Professional

•  Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation, standards, and best practice (e.g. ISO 22301).
• Represent the function with professionalism and credibility.
• Support the wider Business Continuity function and organisational resilience strategy.
• Contribute to audits, assurance activities, and regulatory requirements where required.

• 25 days annual leave plus national bank holidays
• Westfield Health Membership (offering cashback on health services plus discounts for retailers and gym memberships)
• Life Cover (2 x basic salary)
• Employer pension contribution (4% employer, 4% employee)
• Laptop/Phone/other equipment is required if part of job role
• Referral Scheme

Diversity Statement

Clearsprings Group is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Modern Slavery Statement

Clearsprings Groups conduct robust checks on any new employee including eligibility to work in the UK to safeguard against human trafficking or individuals being forced to work against their will.

Safeguarding Statement

Clearsprings Group is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk, and expect all employees to share this commitment.

All successful applicants will be required to undertake a satisfactory DBS check in line with their job role.

This role is not open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer withdrawn.

We reserve the right to close the advert early if there is a higher level of interest that expected.