Head of Risk and Resilience

Starting salary from £48,822 per annum, dependent on skills and experience, with an annual increment up to £56,535 per annum.

The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a world-renowned institution committed to excellence in education, research, and innovation. Our mission includes fostering a resilient and secure operational environment, ensuring that risks are effectively identified, assessed, and mitigated. The role of Head of Risk and Resilience is crucial in building, maintaining and improving the University’s Risk Management and Resilience arrangements.

Responsible for leading the University’s Risk Management, Business Continuity and organisational resilience strategies, you will ensure that UEA is equipped to identify and manage risks effectively, maintain operational continuity during disruption and comply with audit and regulatory obligations. 

As a key advisor to the Senior Leadership Team, you will embed and mature a proactive culture of risk awareness and resilience planning across the University, as well as lead the continual enhancement of the University’s disaster recovery and incident response capabilities.

With substantial experience in risk management, business continuity, or resilience at a strategic level, you will also have strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills with experience working across complex organisations. You will be a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCI) or a Member of the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) (or equivalent) and have experience in incident response and crisis management planning.

The University of East Anglia is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome applications from all protected groups as defined by the Equality Act 2010. Appointment will be made on merit. 

This full-time post is available immediately on an indefinite basis.

UEA offers a variety of flexible working options and although this role is advertised on a full-time basis, we encourage applications from individuals who would prefer a flexible working pattern including annualised hours, compressed working hours, part time, job share, term-time only and/or hybrid working. Details of preferred hours should be stated in the personal statement and will be discussed further at interview.

Further information on our great benefits package, including 44 days annual leave inclusive of Bank Holidays and additional University Customary days (pro rata for part-time), can be found on our benefits page. 

Please note the job advert for this post will close once we receive sufficient applications from suitable candidates. We therefore recommend you apply as soon as possible.

The University holds an Athena Swan Silver Institutional Award in recognition of our advancement towards gender equality.

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