Head of Business Continuity and Data Resilience

Protect the resilience of critical public services relied upon by individuals, businesses and the wider UK economy. The Insolvency Service, in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Head of Digital Resilience and Business Continuity (BCDR) with expertise in Azure Site Recovery (ASR), cloud disaster recovery, business continuity, cyber resilience and governance. Based in Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Exeter, Ipswich, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Nottingham on a permanent Grade 7 appointment, this role offers flexible hybrid working (60% in office over a month) and a salary of £57,367 to £63,319 (National).

Insolvency Service is modernising its resilience posture and establishing an agency-wide Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery capability. This role will lead the strategy, delivery and assurance of disaster recovery across multiple Azure environments and suppliers, ensuring essential public services remain available during major disruptions including cyber incidents, infrastructure failures and other critical events.

• Own the agency-wide BCDR strategy and roadmap
• Design and deliver Azure-to-Azure disaster recovery capabilities using Azure Site Recovery (ASR)
• Establish disaster recovery-ready networking, identity and infrastructure in secondary regions
• Lead recovery testing programmes, including tabletop exercises, failover testing and full rehearsals
• Define and assure supplier and third-party resilience requirements across managed services

• Cloud-based Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery experience.
• Strong cloud backup and recovery knowledge.
• Experience integrating BC activities with incident response.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication.
• Ability to operate strategically and technically.

• Azure recovery services knowledge.
• CISSP certification.
• ISO
  27001 exposure.
• Experience with government BC audit requirements.

• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Civil Service pension with employer contributions of 28.97%
• 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days with service
• Five days dedicated learning and development leave
• Enhanced family-friendly policies
• Employee wellbeing and assistance programmes
• Access to a range of employee networks and communities

This is an opportunity to build and lead a resilience capability that protects nationally important public services. You'll shape how the Insolvency Service prepares for, responds to and recovers from major disruptions, influencing resilience strategy across cloud platforms, suppliers and business operations. Working at the intersection of technology, security and governance, you'll play a pivotal role in safeguarding essential services and driving long-term digital resilience across the organisation.