Assurance Risk and Continuity Lead

Group IT Assurance, Risk and Continuity Lead

Proud to deliver high quality products and develop a high quality career.

Salary £60,000 to £65,000 depending upon experience

Location Remote - expected to a travel to site to meet business needs (approximately once a week in Spalding)

Monday – Friday, 8.30 - 17.00

Excellent rewards package including – Car allowance £8,400, 25 days holiday, life insurance, up to 20% bonus, family healthcare

Please be informed that this role offers a job share option, which aims to promote a collaborative approach to workload management and improved work-life balance by sharing a full-time role with another colleague 

Why join us?

We’re proud to offer you a career with possibilities. Where you’ll be supported to work hard, aim high and bring your best to work, every day. As Group IT Assurance, Risk and Continuity Lead you will be a valued member of the Group IT team. We’ll support your ambition, reward your resilience, and encourage you to rise to challenges and create a career you can be proud of too.

What we do.

Bakkavor is a FTSE 250 listed business, with £2.2bn of revenue and is the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose, and also have operations internationally in the US and China.

About the role.

• Provide expert audit advice to improve control effectiveness and efficiency.
• Conduct comprehensive audits and investigations, report findings, assess risks, and ensure corrective actions.
• Develop, test, and manage disaster recovery and business continuity plans for critical information systems.
• Guide the creation and maintenance of standards, procedures, and quality processes.
• Oversee project deliverables, ensuring compliance with business continuity needs.
• Lead and motivate teams, allocate responsibilities, monitor performance, and ensure quality delivery.
• Analyse audit outcomes and recommend improvements.
• Act as a 24/7 escalation point, upholding company policies, security, and legal standards.

About you.

You will have experience applying standards, practices, codes and assessment and certification programmes relevant to the IT industry and the specific organisation or business domain and be experienced in methods and techniques for risk assessment, business impact analysis, establishment of countermeasures and contingency arrangements relating to the serious disruption of IT services as well as the assessment and management of business risk including safety-related risk. You will have lead on incidents putting in place recovery plans.

What you’ll receive.

As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.

You’ll enjoy:

• Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
• Private medical insurance (employee & family cover)
• Car allowance £8,400
• Annual Bonus Scheme up to 20%
• 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays as standard (may vary by role)
• Staff Shop
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• Discount & cashback platform
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Free health check
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
• Salary sacrifice car lease scheme
• Free independent mortgage advice
• Discounted tutoring for children
• Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
• Free car parking – Site dependant

Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions.

Proud to be Bakkavor

We’re proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We’re proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. We’re driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business – come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!

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