Business Continuity Planner– Supply Chain
Circa£42,000dependent on skills and experience
Fixed Term Contract – 12 months-Full time (37 hours), with flexibility for part time working
Peterborough / Huntingdon / Lincoln

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We are looking for a Business Continuity Planner to join ourAssuranceteam!

Reporting to the Business Continuity Manager, you will work with teams across the organisation to enhance supply chain resilience and ensure that business expectations and needsregardingdelivery of servicesfrom critical suppliers, are met. This roleis responsible forensuring resilience risks areidentifiedand addressed, working with Supply Chain andotherteams acrossthe business to map interdependencies, and put plans in place to improve resiliency and reduce business continuity risks.

This role is also responsible for developingresilience plans for critical contracts to provide assurance that the business has sufficient contingencies in place to deal with supply chain disruptions including internal demand management and supplier resilience.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure plansare aligned to business requirements and are regularly tested as part of the wider training and exercise programme

• Support the incident response to business continuity,facilitatingdebriefs anddriving organisationallearning, as part of the widerAssurance team

• Carry out Business Resilience Supply Chain assessments during the sourcing process

• Where risks and vulnerabilities areidentified, highlight these and work with the business and suppliers to reduce risk exposure

• Develop the incident management structuresand response procedures for supply chain disruptions including training for nominated staff

• Carry outcontinualhorizon scanning activities andmaintainknowledge and awareness ofinternal andwider globalbusiness continuity incidentsthat mayimpactAnglian Water

• Maintain an awareness ofbest practicewithinbusinesscontinuitymanagementto be able to recommend and implement improvements

• Gather and analyse business continuityincident response data and report performance against recovery timeobjectives, highlighting shortfalls and working with teams to make improvements

• Drive a culture of continuous improvement in Health & Safety, ensuring consistent standards aremaintainedto commit to being Safer Every Day

We invest in our people - as a valued employee,you’llbe entitled to:  

• Personal private health care   

• Generous double match pension – contribute 7% and Anglian Water will contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21%

• 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household 

• 26days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more  

• Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)  

• Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)

• Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay 

• Bonus scheme    

• Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

What does it take to be successful?

• Knowledgeof,and/or experience in,businesscontinuitymanagementprocessesand standards

• Experience or understanding of risk management processes and their use in managing business continuity

• Understanding of supply chain resilience requirements including supply chain mapping

• Proven experienceand understandingof event and incident impact coordination and response

• An ability to evaluate, interpret, and analyse dataand have a keen eye for detail

• Strong planning, prioritisation, anddecision-makingskills, willing to work flexibly to meet the needs of the business

• Strong verbal, written and presentation skills

• Able to translate complex concepts/requirements into practical business solutions

Inclusion at Anglian Water:

Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which meanswe’llconsider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disabilitystatusor any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on meritand their passion for creating better outcomes, andwe’recommitted to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.

Closing date: 13th July 2026

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