Resilience and Business Support Officer
| Posting date: | 15 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £36,379 to £40,775 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 October 2025 |
| Location: | Westminster, London, SW1A 0AA |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | House of Commons |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6395_1757925117 |
Summary
What you'll be doing
Join UK Parliament as a Resilience and Business Support Officer and play a pivotal role in keeping our democratic institutions functioning in the face of disruption. Based in the Corporate Resilience Team, you'll help strengthen both operational and organisational resilience across the House of Commons and House of Lords, supporting Parliament's mission to remain safe, effective and adaptive.
You'll lead on training delivery, oversee resilience systems, manage performance data, and help coordinate incident response efforts. This is a unique opportunity to contribute directly to resilience planning within one of the most high-profile institutions in the country.
This role is offered on a hybrid working basis, with an expectation of you spending 60% of your time in the office.
Find out more about working at the House of Commons.
Why Join us?
In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including but not limited to:
- Generous annual leave starting at 30 days and increasing to 35 after one full working year.
- Enrolment in the excellent Civil Service pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Flexible working options that help you find a balance including enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave, caring leave and alternative working patterns.
What we're looking for.
We're looking for someone with the drive and potential to develop in a fast-paced, high-impact environment. Your key skills will include:
- You'll currently hold a qualification and/or professional membership in a business continuity, emergency planning or incident management discipline e.g. certified membership of the Business Continuity Institute (MBCI).
- Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to balance multiple priorities.
- Experience in using data tools like Excel or Power BI to present information clearly and persuasively to a variety of audiences.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a collaborative approach and a commitment to inclusion.
- Confidence in managing information systems and handling sensitive data appropriately.
Next Steps and Additional Information
- CV & Supporting Statement - If you would like to apply for this role, please submit your CV and covering letter with an 500-word limit.
More information on the application process can be found here: Application process - UK Parliament
Please note that most job offers will be made at the minimum of the salary range, other than in exceptional circumstances.
We may close the vacancy prior to the closing date stated due to a high volume of applications.
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