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Business Continuity Planners

Also called: Business Continuity Administrator, Business Continuity Analyst, Business Continuity Consultant, Business Continuity Coordinator

What they do:

Develop, maintain, or implement business continuity and disaster recovery strategies and solutions, including risk assessments, business impact analyses, strategy selection, and documentation of business continuity and disaster recovery procedures. Plan, conduct, and debrief regular mock-disaster exercises to test the adequacy of existing plans and strategies, updating procedures and plans regularly. Act as a coordinator for continuity efforts after a disruption event.

On the job, you would:
  • Develop emergency management plans for recovery decision making and communications, continuity of critical departmental processes, or temporary shut-down of non-critical departments to ensure continuity of operation and governance.
  • Develop disaster recovery plans for physical locations with critical assets, such as data centers.
  • Test documented disaster recovery strategies and plans.
On the job, you'll need:

Business

  • management
  • customer service

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Engineering and Technology

  • computers and electronics

Safety and Government

  • public safety and security

Basic Skills

  • talking to others
  • reading work related information

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

  • thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • communicate by writing

Ideas and Logic

  • notice when problems happen
  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information

Visual Understanding

  • see hidden patterns

Enterprising

People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.

  • Integrity
  • Cooperation
  • Dependability
  • Attention to Detail
  • Persistence
  • Adaptability/Flexibility

Data base user interface and query software

  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Structured query language SQL

Presentation software

  • Mentimeter
  • Microsoft PowerPoint

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

  • Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
  • Virtual Corporation Sustainable Planner

Job Outlook

The job outlook for this position is Bright.

New job opportunities are very likely in the future. This career will have large numbers of openings.

Median Annual Salary: $75,990

Education

Bachelor's degree is usually needed.