At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead client projects in operational resilience and crisis management, ensuring robust business continuity.
- Company: Award-winning consultancy recognised for excellence in resilience and crisis management.
- Benefits: Hybrid working model, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Join a dynamic team with diverse clients and excellent career advancement opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a global impact by helping businesses prepare for crises and enhance their resilience.
- Qualifications: Experience in business continuity or crisis management, strong analytical and communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Continuity Strategy is an award-winning international consultancy specialising in operational resilience, crisis management, and business continuity programs. Headquartered in Kent, England, the firm supports large companies worldwide in designing, managing, and assuring resilient operations across complex environments. The company has been recognised with the 2024 and 2025 CIR Business Continuity Award for Specialist Company of the Year.
This is a full-time Senior Consultant role based in the London Area, United Kingdom, with a hybrid working model that combines on-site client and office work with some work-from-home flexibility. The Senior Consultant will lead and deliver client engagements related to operational resilience, business continuity, and crisis management, from discovery and assessment through to design, implementation, and assurance.
Responsibilities include:
- Conducting interviews and workshops
- Performing risk and impact analyses
- Developing plans and frameworks
- Facilitating exercises and tests to validate client readiness
- Preparing clear, high-quality reports and presentations
- Advising senior stakeholders on best practices and regulatory expectations
- Supporting the development of methodologies, tools, and templates
- Contributing to business development by supporting proposals, participating in thought leadership, and helping to build long-term client relationships
Qualifications:
- Proven experience in business continuity, crisis management, operational resilience, or related consulting, ideally in a client-facing capacity
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and assessment skills, including the ability to interpret data and produce actionable insights and recommendations
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills, with the ability to work effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including executive leadership
- Demonstrated ability to design and deliver exercises, tests, workshops, and training sessions in resilience, continuity, or crisis preparedness
- Solid project management skills, including planning, prioritisation, and managing multiple engagements or workstreams to deadlines and budgets
- Comfort working in a hybrid environment, combining on-site client and office visits in the London Area with remote work, and occasional travel as required
- Relevant professional certifications (e.g., CBCI, MBCI, ISO 22301 Lead Implementer/Auditor, PRINCE2, PMI) are highly beneficial
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Business, Risk Management, Emergency Management, Security, or similar) or equivalent professional experience
- Experience working with regulated industries/with relevant resilience regulations
Senior Consultant in London employer: Continuity Strategy
Continuity Strategy is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, offering Senior Consultants the opportunity to engage with diverse clients while enhancing their skills in operational resilience and crisis management. With a hybrid working model based in the vibrant London Area, employees benefit from flexible work arrangements, professional development opportunities, and the chance to contribute to award-winning projects that make a meaningful impact on global business continuity practices.
