Role Description
Business Continuity Officer, supporting the development and delivery of the Business Continuity Management (BCM) framework across Allianz UK. Reporting to the Head of Business Continuity and Protective Security, you will help embed resilience best practice and strengthen the organisation’s ability to respond to disruption.
Location: This role will be based in either our Guildford or Bournemouth Allianz office. It is a hybrid working role with the expectation to attend the office 40% of your time.
About You
- Support and coordinate the Business Continuity Management lifecycle, ensuring BCM activities are delivered consistently across the organisation.
- Contribute to maintaining the Operational Resilience framework, aligning with regulatory expectations and integrating with broader risk management activities.
- Plan and facilitate scenario‑based resilience exercises, testing response capabilities against severe but plausible events.
- Maintain site‑specific Emergency Response Plans, ensuring they remain current, practical and effective.
- Coordinate BCM maturity assessments and track actions to strengthen resilience capability over time.
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders, promoting awareness and embedding good business continuity practices across the organisation.
Essential Skills
- Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and build effective relationships.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, understanding wider business impacts and priorities.
- Ability to support awareness of resilience and continuity topics across diverse business areas.
- Highly organised, able to prioritise workload, meet deadlines and adapt to changing requirements.
- Confident supporting or facilitating workshops, meetings or discussions with groups.
- Strong team player, with a collaborative approach and willingness to learn.
- Build credibility and communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences.
Desirable Skills
- Self‑motivated, proactive and keen to develop within a resilience or business continuity role.
- Willingness to learn and build knowledge through professional development and experience.
- Responsible Artificial Intelligence usage.
What We Will Offer You
- Flexible buy/sell holiday options.
- Hybrid working.
- Annual performance‑related bonus.
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Development days.
- Discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet.
- Retail discounts.
- Volunteering days.
Our Ways of Working
We support flexible working patterns to balance the needs of our customers, our business and your personal circumstances. Our aim is to foster innovation, creativity and a thriving work‑life balance.
Integrity, Fairness, Inclusion & Trust
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusive workforce practices. We embrace neurodiversity, welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, and offer tailored adjustments to ensure your success.
Accessible Application for All
As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long‑term health conditions through an Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role.
Contact our Resourcing team or Hr-recruitment@allianz.co.uk for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies or spoken applications.
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