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Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.\nAbout the FCA and team\nWe regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth and shaping the future of UK finance services.\nCyber and Information Resilience (C&IR) is responsible for the management of cyber security at the FCA. 'Cyber security' means the protection of the FCA's data and systems from malicious and/or accidental activity, including theft, damage and disruption, in order that the FCA can deliver its key business functions. C&IR is part of a Directorate lead by our CISO, Director of Cyber & Operational Resilience Division.\nThe Crisis Management team is responsible for developing and maintaining the internal Crisis Management Framework, planning and tools, ensuring effective response to disruptive events.\nThe Crisis Management Exercising Lead is responsible for developing, coordinating and continuously improving the FCA’s crisis management exercising capability. The role ensures that crisis response structures, plans, processes and leadership teams are regularly tested through realistic and challenging exercises at Bronze, Silver and Gold levels, improving organisational preparedness, resilience and decision-making.\nRole responsibilities\nOversee and continuously enhance the FCA’s crisis management exercising programme, ensuring activities are aligned to organisational risks, resilience priorities and strategic objectives\nDesign and deliver realistic, risk-based crisis management exercises across Silver and Gold command levels, testing decision-making, governance, communications, escalation processes and response plans\nWork with senior stakeholders, including Executive Committee members, to offer practical guidance, coordinate exercises and enhance organizational readiness\nIdentify, analyse and embed lessons learned from exercises and incidents, translating insights into measurable improvements that improve crisis response capabilities\nBuild effective partnerships across the organisation, supporting Business Continuity leads and subject matter experts while promoting a culture of resilience, readiness and continuous improvement\nSkills required\nMinimum:\nExtensive experience in crisis management, operational resilience and exercising programmes, with a solid understanding of Bronze, Silver and Gold command structures and crisis response frameworks\nSignificant experience designing, facilitating and evaluating crisis management exercises, including strategic exercises involving senior leaders and executive stakeholders\nSolid stakeholder engagement, influencing and facilitation skills, with the ability to secure commitment, lead complex discussions and present clear recommendations to senior audiences\nEssential:\nExperience leading lessons learned and continuous improvement activities, translating findings from exercises and incidents into measurable organisational improvements\nWell-developed analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to evaluate information from multiple sources, apply sound judgement and identify practical solutions\nExperience working collaboratively across multiple teams, functions and business areas to deliver strategic resilience objectives\nAbility to build and maintain effective relationships with senior stakeholders, subject matter experts and delivery partners across a complex organisation\nExperience providing specialised advice, challenge and guidance on crisis preparedness, exercising standards and resilience activities\nUnderstanding of the interaction between organisational crisis management arrangements and wider external response frameworks\nExperience developing capability in others through coaching, knowledge sharing and guiding without direct line management\n SC Clearance is required for this role (SC Guidance) - you will hold or will be required to obtain Security Check (SC) level vetting\nBenefits\n25 days annual leave plus bank holidays\nNon-contributory pension (8-12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary\nPrivate healthcare with Bupa, income protection and 24/7 Employee Assistance\n35 hours of paid volunteering annually\nColleagues spend a minimum of 50% of their working time in the office each month (60% for Directors and Executive Directors) across our London, Leeds and Edinburgh offices.\nFor a full list of our benefits and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.\nOur values and culture\nOur colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation - one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better regulation.\nIf you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support.\nWe welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.\nDisability confident: our hiring approach \nWe’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. 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