- Location
- Home Office, United Kingdom
- Type
- Full-time
- Visa
- Not sponsored
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- Workday
Description
Intro
We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Continuity & Resilience Specialist to join our IT Security and Governance team on a 12-month fixed-term contract to provide maternity cover.
This isn’t a traditional business continuity role. You’ll be joining a small, collaborative team helping to shape and strengthen organisational resilience across Railpen. You'll gain exposure to business continuity, operational resilience, supplier resilience, crisis preparedness, regulatory compliance and major change initiatives, working with stakeholders across the business to help ensure Railpen can anticipate, respond to and recover from disruption.
Who we are
Railpen is responsible for the safekeeping and investment of around £36 billion in assets and the administration of several pension schemes, including the Railways Pension Scheme, one of the UK's largest and longest established pension funds.
Our heritage of looking after the pension needs of the rail industry and its employees gives us our name and our unique outlook on how we serve our members. Railpen takes a holistic view, focusing on how we serve members today and how we can positively impact the communities and the world they will retire into.
To learn more about Railpen including our values, culture and purpose, visit our LinkedIn Life page here.
The role
In this role, you'll help Railpen strengthen organisational resilience across the business, ensuring we're prepared to anticipate, respond to and recover from disruption.
As part of our Business Continuity & Resilience team, you'll help develop and continually improve the capabilities that protect our members, colleagues, services and reputation.
You'll gain exposure to a broad range of resilience activities, from business continuity and operational resilience to crisis preparedness, supplier resilience and risk management.
Working closely with colleagues across the business, you'll provide practical guidance, constructive challenge and support to help strengthen resilience maturity and improve decision-making during periods of change and disruption.
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.
The person
We're looking for someone who enjoys solving complex problems and understands that resilience is about people, services and outcomes rather than simply creating plans. You'll be naturally curious, collaborative and analytical.
You'll be comfortable managing multiple priorities, engaging with stakeholders at all levels and helping the organisation better understand risk, dependencies and resilience.
You’ll bring experience in some or all of the following:
- Business Continuity (ISO 22301)
- Operational Resilience
- Risk Management
- Crisis Management / Incident Management
- Governance, Risk & Compliance
- Service Resilience
Most importantly, you'll bring a positive and pragmatic mindset, alongside a willingness to learn, develop and continually improve.
Our values of integrity, community and alignment are the guiding principles that influence our behaviour. They help us make decisions and shape our relationships with others. They’re what we stand for. You will actively demonstrate our values, helping to create a safe environment, to place the needs of the community above oneself and, through a culture of ‘fair challenge’, align to the best interests of our members.
What we can offer you
Rewarding you
- A competitive salary (depending on experience)
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Generous annual bonus plan
- We provide membership of the Railways Pension Scheme, a Defined Benefit arrangement under which you get a pension for life and a lump sum when you retire, based on your length of service and pay
- 4x Life Assurance cover
Health & Wellbeing
- Private Medical Insurance
- Employee assistance programme
- Health cash plan
- Eye care vouchers
- Flu vaccination
Lifestyle
- We support hybrid and flexible working along with very generous family leave including 12 months full pay maternity leave and 6 months full pay paternity leave
- Buy and sell holidays
- Give as you earn scheme
- Paid volunteering days
- Flexible half days leave
- Electric vehicle leasing
- Cycle to work scheme
Next Steps
Please apply via the apply button or visit Careers by 5pm on Friday 4th September 2026.
Railpen is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment, we value diversity and welcome people from all backgrounds and walks of life
