Business Continuity Management Specialist
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About the assignment
A leading organisation in critical infrastructure is scaling its Business Continuity Management programme to enterprise maturity. You'll drive the organisation-wide rollout, ensuring all business-critical processes can withstand disruptions and recover swiftly.
You work with business owners, risk teams and crisis management to build practical, auditable BCM frameworks. Your role bridges strategy and execution: you shape policy, conduct impact analyses, orchestrate tests, and report risk to senior leadership.
This is a 9-month embedded assignment (36 hours/week, hybrid: on-site Arnhem Wednesdays and Fridays). You'll need security screening before starting.
Your responsibilities
- Roll out and professionalise the BCM programme across the organisation, including policies, processes and documentation
- Conduct and update Business Impact Analyses (BIAs), mapping critical processes, dependencies and recovery targets (RTO/RPO)
- Design and execute continuity tests: tabletop exercises, recovery drills and end-to-end chain tests
- Advise business owners on recovery strategies, critical process interdependencies and risk mitigation
- Monitor BCM maturity across business units; report status, gaps and improvement actions to leadership
- Prepare for and support internal/external assessments and audits against ISO 22301, NIS2 and regulatory requirements
- Build awareness through targeted communication and training on business continuity principles and responsibilities
Tech Stack & Tools
Frameworks & Standards
Methodologies
Certifications (preferred)
Must-haves
- Minimum 5 years proven, hands-on BCM experience as a Business Continuity Manager (not project manager or consultant adjunct)
- Track record conducting BIAs and developing, testing and implementing BC plans end-to-end
- Demonstrated experience managing continuity in critical 24/7 processes or regulated sectors (energy, infrastructure, finance, public sector)
- Strong knowledge of ISO 22301, NIS2, and sector-specific regulations (WBNI/WWKE)
- Proven governance and escalation skills: drive deadlines, decision-making and accountability across teams
- Fluent Dutch (written and spoken); ability to translate complex dependencies into clear management risk narratives
Nice-to-haves
- CBCP or ABCI certification
- Experience with recovery orchestration tools or risk management platforms
- Background in critical infrastructure or essential services sectors
What we offer
- Impact a vital, national organisation's resilience and societal role
- Work alongside a mature security and continuity team with clear governance
- Hybrid flexibility: 2 days on-site in Arnhem, remote flexibility for the rest
- Structured 9-month assignment with potential extension
- Personal guidance from a dedicated MVPeople consultant who knows your niche
The process
Introduction
Phone call with your MVPeople consultant (within 24 hours)
Match & Brief
We discuss the assignment in detail and prepare you
Client meeting
Introduction to the client
Start
Contracting and onboarding
Details
Type
Consultancy (MVPartners)
Location
Amsterdam
Work model
Hybrid
Level
Senior
Industry
overige
Posted
27 March 2026
Job ID
52427
Contact
MVPeople Group
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