Vodafone Recruitment for Business Continuity Manager

Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for Vodafone Recruitment for Business Continuity Manager.

Vodafone, formerly Ghana Telecom, is the national telecommunications company of Ghana. The company in Ghana operates under Vodafone Group Plc – the world’s leading mobile telecommunications company, with a significant presence in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, and the United States.

Job Description

Company: Vodafone
Location: Ghana
State: Accra
Job type: Full-Time

Role Purpose

To drive development of Business Continuity Management across all Technology departments to enhance business resilience and level of preparedness to facilitate effective disaster recovery with minimal operational disruption and revenue loss
Coordinate on-going Technology BCM Management including plan maintenance, recovery performance monitoring, training and reporting to ensure BCM principles are embedded in Technology operations
Role activities require full alignment with Corporate Integrity & Risk Business Continuity and Crisis Management

Key Accountabilities

Deliver an effective Business Continuity Program for Technology
- High level Business Resilience plan aligned with Technology strategic plans
- Business Impact Analysis
- Definition of Mission Critical Systems
- Risk Assessments
- Single Point of Failure analysis including redundancy gaps & high dependency areas
- Design & implementation of Disaster Recovery Plans for mission critical systems
On-going Technology BCM Management
- Minimum annual business continuity documentation maintenance and update to reflect changes in systems architecture
- Implement change management procedure to facilitate update of Disaster Recover Plans
- Ensure compliance with Group Recovery Target Objectives (RTOs) and agreed Maximum Tolerable Periods of Disruption (MTPD)
- Review key business partner BCM plans and ensure alignment with VFGH requirements
BCM Exercise – Development & Coordination
- Develop schedule of BCM exercises to support disaster response preparedness
- Coordinate Technology Disaster Recovery Plan exercises and participate in centrally organised BCM exercises
Crisis Management response to all serious incidences within the business.
- Ensure correct implementation of Disaster Recovery Plans and Workplace Recovery Plans as prescribed
- Provide expertise and support to management and business functional areas, as required, when a business disruption occurs in line with recovery plans
Reporting on Business Continuity & Crisis Management activities and Incidents
- Report the business continuity status of business units to senior management
- Provision of Post Incident Reports on any Technology Business Continuity Incidents
BCCM & ERM Information Awareness
- Promote awareness throughout Technology on BCM
- Develop schedules for training / awareness for business partner associates.