Business Continuity Specialist

Company: Nuffield Health
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Location: City of Westminster
Job Description:

Business Continuity Specialist

Barbican, London | Hybrid Working | Commercial | Fixed-Term Contract: 12 Months | Full Time (37.5 hours per week). Competitive salary available, depending on experience.

At Nuffield Health, we’re committed to building a healthier nation and resilience is a critical part of that mission. This is a hands‑on, high‑impact role where you will lead and accelerate our Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and operational resilience agenda. You’ll play a key role in evolving Nuffield Health from a compliance-led position to a mature, enterprise-wide resilience model, ensuring we can effectively respond to and recover from disruption while safeguarding patient safety, operations, finance, and reputation.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of Business Continuity Plans across critical services, from development and testing through to governance and continuous improvement
  • Design and deliver scenario-based testing to validate resilience and strengthen organisational readiness
  • Establish and embed governance frameworks with clear ownership and accountability across the business
  • Partner with senior stakeholders across clinical, technology, finance, and operational teams to deliver a prioritised resilience roadmap
  • Integrate business continuity and resilience requirements into new systems, change initiatives, and transformation programmes
  • Drive continuous improvement, ensuring BCP evolves in line with organisational risk and strategic priorities

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in Business Continuity Planning within a complex organisation
  • Strong technical awareness and understanding of operational resilience frameworks
  • A track record of translating strategy into practical, fast-paced delivery
  • Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills across senior audiences
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with attention to detail
  • Experience in healthcare or another regulated environment (desirable but not essential)

Benefits

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy, and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options.

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Posted: May 23rd, 2026