Digital Business Continuity Manager
Location: National*
Closing Date: 17th May 2026
Interviews: Week Commencing 1st June 2026
Grade: SEO
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary**:
London: £49,325 - £53,081
National: £42,914 - £46,182
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Contract Type: Permanent
Number of vacancies: 1
Vacancy number: 17291
*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
We’re recruiting for a Digital Business Continuity Manager here at Justice Digital, Data and Science to be part of our warm and collaborative Compliance team, within the Delivery Governance Office.
The Digital Compliance Team supports wider Justice Digital, Data and Science, by ensuring that accessibility, assurance, audit, business continuity, digital standards and service standards are applied. We work closely with the JDDS Senior Leadership Team to maximise opportunities to deliver on our strategic objectives. We also work with the Cabinet Office and the Central Digital & Data Office to ensure that all spending is compliant with cross-government standards and controls and that we adhere to MoJ and cross-government standards.
The Digital Compliance Team supports Justice Digital, Data and Science and the wider Ministry of Justice in providing a consistent approach to Digital & Technology delivery.
The team is comprised of six functions:
Business Continuity - the Business Continuity Team is in place to help delivery teams to build, test, and obtain sign off for their business continuity plans.
Audit - the Audit Team, provides a service to Justice Digital, Data and Science providing a consistent response to external audit requests as well as ensuring JDDS is running as efficiently as possible.
Digital Assurance - the Digital Assurance Team provides an interface between CDDO & Justice Digital, Data and Science and manages all Digital & Technology Spend Approval for the whole of the Ministry of Justice.
Digital Standards - the Standards Team provide a one stop shop for Justice Digital, Data and Science on Government functional, digital and technology standards, ensuring that all digital and technology standards are applied consistently.
Service Standards - The Service Standards team is responsible for coordinating and managing service assessments, to ensure MoJ delivers exceptional digital services, enhancing overall user experience, and maintaining high operational standards
Accessibility - The Accessibility Team support MoJ Digital Teams in building and maintaining sites and services that can be used by as many people as possible.
You’ll receive a range of excellent benefits when you join our department, including:
A generous employer pension contribution of 28.97% through the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
25 days of annual leave, (increasing to 30 days once you have reached 5 years of service), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
Flexible working arrangements including hybrid working, working part time or compressed hours. Designed to support a positive work-life balance.
Employees are allocated 10% of their working time for personal and professional development.
A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best-in-class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms.
Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
You can find more details of the Benefits we offer here. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital, Data and Science please take a look at our blog.
Business Continuity Planning:
Partnering with teams across Justice Digital, Data and Science, to guide and support them in producing comprehensive business continuity plans, ensuring that all plans have mitigation procedures in place, so teams can respond to and recover from any disruptions.
Support JDDS Teams with identifying critical business functions and processes. Helping them to establish strategies and measures, to mitigate risks and minimise downtime.
Collaborate with business areas and facilitating workshops, to carry out business impact analyses. Ensuring these are recorded and reviewed regularly, to assess potential risks and quantify the financial, operational, regulatory and reputational impacts of any disruptions.
Guide and support teams with defining their critical, business process objectives, including planning recovery times (RTOs) and recovery points (RPOs) for each plan.
Risk Assessment and Mitigation:
Assist Justice Digital, Data and Science Teams with risk assessments to identify potential threats, vulnerabilities and single points of failure that may impact business operations.
Provide advice on risk mitigation strategies and recommend preventive measures to minimise the likelihood and impact of disruptions.
Stay updated on emerging risks, industry trends and regulatory requirements related to business continuity and incorporate them into the engagement process.
Business Continuity Testing and Maintenance:
Support all areas within Justice Digital, Data and Science in implementing business continuity plans, including regular testing exercises, such as tabletop simulations to validate the effectiveness of business continuity plans.
Support lesson management initiatives by analysing test results, identifying areas for improvement and engaging with areas to update their plans and procedures accordingly.
Support the Justice Digital, Data and Science BC Lead in facilitating training and exercising programs to educate employees on their roles and responsibilities during disruptions.
Crisis Management and Incident Response:
Support JDDS Teams when they invoke their business continuity plans and stand up a response to an incident
Documentation and Reporting:
Ensure all Justice Digital, Data and Science departments have a maintained, accurate and up-to-date documentation of business continuity plans, procedures and incident reports.
Prepare regular reports on business continuity metrics, testing results and program effectiveness for senior management and regulatory compliance purposes.
Support the Justice Digital, Data and Science BC Lead in ensuring compliance with industry standards, regulations and best practices related to business continuity.
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!
Essential:
Proven experience in business continuity planning, Business Impact Analysis, crisis management or a similar role.
Knowledge of business continuity principles, methodologies and industry standards, including maintaining business continuity processes & policies.
Familiarity with risk assessment methodologies and regulatory requirements related to business continuity.
Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to follow appropriate procedures, ensuring timely results, whilst enabling innovation, and assessing workloads and priorities against agreed milestones.
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
CBCI or equivalent qualification, or the willingness to work towards.
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.
We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor.
Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.
Base salary for this role is from £42,914 - £46,182 (National) or £49,325 - £53,081 (London)
New entrants to the Civil Service joining the MoJ are expected to start at the minimum of the pay band.
Existing Civil Servants moving on a level transfer will retain their current base salary or move to the minimum of the pay band for the role, whichever is higher.
Existing Civil Servants who are promoted will either move to the bottom of the new grade’s pay band or receive a 10% uplift, whichever provides the greater increase.
The final offer will reflect the skills and experience you demonstrate during the assessment process.
In Justice Digital, Data and Science, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We shall assess a combination of your Experience, Technical skills and Behaviours during the assessment process.
Stage 1 - Application and sift:
To apply for this position, you must submit the following as part of your application
A CV detailing your career history (including any relevant qualifications). Your CV will be assessed against the essential criteria outlined within the Person Specification of this advert.
A Personal Statement (no more than 750 words) which should outline your experience and skills, giving clear examples of work undertaken. It should specifically address the following criteria listed below, using a separate paragraph for each.
Proven experience in business continuity planning, Business Impact Analysis, crisis management or a similar role.
Knowledge of business continuity principles, methodologies and industry standards, including maintaining business continuity processes and policies
CBCI or equivalent qualification, or the willingness to work towards.
A diverse sift panel will review the information in your CV and Personal Statement to assess the sift criteria specified above. We operate an anonymous shortlisting process. Please ensure your CV and Personal Statement do not include your name or any other identifying details.
Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on “Proven experience in business continuity planning, Business Impact Analysis, crisis management or a similar role" will be conducted before the sift.
Please access the following link for guidance on how to apply - Application Guidance
Stage 2 - Interviews:
Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a panel interview held via Microsoft Teams. At interview stage, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements - Experience, Technical and the following Behaviours:
Changing & Improving
Communicating & Influencing
Delivery at Pace
Appointments are made strictly in merit order. In the event that two or more candidates receive identical interview scores, the Communicating & Influencing behaviour will be applied as the primary lead criterion to determine the final merit order.
Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.
A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.
Use of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact digitalanddatarecruitment@justice.gov.uk