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IT Service Continuity Manager

Job details
Posting date: 12 February 2025
Salary: £42,848 to £42,848 per year
Additional salary information: National: £42.848 - £46,631
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 25 February 2025
Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Company: Government Recruitment Service
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 390978/3

Summary

The DVSA are continuing to strengthen security capability across the business. This role will form a part of a growing Cyber function continuing to embed and maintain an assurance and resilience function protecting our Services and customer data.

Our work also supports the DVSA Data Strategy which has recently been refreshed. This sets the direction for making the Agency an evidence based and data driven organisation whilst maintaining an appropriate level of security of our services and data.

You will work with the wider Security function as well as supporting Service Owners and multi-disciplinary teams to ensure that IT Service Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans are in place and tested regularly. As an IT Service Continuity Manager, you will be responsible for developing, implementing, and testing our continuity plans, ensuring resilience across our infrastructure, applications, and cloud environments. You will work closely with Cyber Teams, IT, risk managers, Service Owners, and business continuity teams to minimise downtime and mitigate risks.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Creates the testing plan for the DVSA and ensures this is undertaken or reports on the risks associated with deviation from the plan.
  • Use of technical knowledge is key to ensure that technology is understood and can be translated into a business capability for Service Owners to sign off.
  • The role manages the assessment of business criticality of systems and works collaboratively with the Agency Business Continuity Team to ensure that DR and BC plans and tests are aligned and inform each other.
  • Lead creation and delivery of the DR Test Schedule for the year using risk profiling and strategic objectives to inform prioritisation where needed.

For further information, please see the attached Role Profile.

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