Specialist: Business Continuity Management at Telkom

Core Description    

• Responsible to set strategies & tactical plans for Telkom's Service Organization- wide business continuity planning activities. This person in this position is accountable for ensuring that the SO's have viable, actionable, and effective business continuity plans to carry out business operations under adverse and emergency conditions. The person in this position manages the business continuity planning, methodology development, project office and business continuity documentation for specific business units. To manage emergency response programs for Telkom SO wide.

Competencies    
FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE

• Business Plan; Management Policy; Project Management; Problem Solving

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

• Empowering; Decision Making; Communication; Performance Achievement; Conceptual Ability

ATTITUDES/ LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
Innovative; Assertive; Proactive; Integrity
Job Responsibilities    
- Set strategies & tactical plans for business continuity planning
- Accountable for ensuring that the SO's have viable, actionable, and effective business continuity plans to carry out business operations under adverse and emergency conditions
- Manage and co-ordinate the business continuity planning, methodology development, project office and business continuity documentation for specific business units
- Developed Business Recovery Plan (BRP) for specific business units
- Maintained Standards, Policies and Procedures for Business Continuity and Recovery plans
- Manage emergency response programs for Telkom SO-wide
- Develop Staff/ Customers to implement and operate Business Continuity and Recovery plans
- Created Risk Awareness on Business Continuity and Recovery plans
- Build relationships with relevant stakeholders by building and managing internal and external customer relationships
- Monitor and measure success
Qualifications    

• Relevant 3-year Degree/ Diploma (at least NQF level 6), preferably in Risk Management or IT

Experience    

• 5 years experience in business continuity management preferably in the telecommunications industry

Comments    

• The Company adopted a hybrid operating model whereby employees will have two registered work-place locations. This job is identified to be performed from home, therefore the home-based office location is the primary workplace and the official office-based location is the secondary workplace.