Disaster Recovery Journal

The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Fire Department is expanding and seeks a Business Continuity Manager. The Business Continuity Manager is responsible for planning, developing, implementing, and maintaining the tribe’s disaster recovery programs, including continuity of government (COG) and business continuity planning (BCP), and crisis management (collectively referred to as Continuity of Operations [COOP]).

The manager will ensure that COG, business continuity, and crisis management plans are prepared, updated, and tested as necessary. This individual will conduct recovery training exercises for tribal citizens and employees; act as liaison to other departments; assist in the management of major disaster response and recovery operations; work closely with the Disaster Services Manager; and perform other related duties as required.

Business Continuity Management services include: performing business impact assessments and risk assessments, developing recovery strategies, developing business continuity plans, designing continuity management governance functions, developing business continuity policies and procedures, creating crisis management programs, and testing business continuity and crisis management plans.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Must be at least 21 years of age Available for "on-call" response after-hours for significant incidents

Demonstrated ability to make presentations, conduct training, and prepare reports for senior-level executives

Incident Command System Certification (100), IS700 (NIMS) & IS800 (National Response Framework) Certification

One year supervisory experience

One of the following:

Business Continuity Certification (i.e. DRII- Certification, BCM Institute Certification, National Institute for Business Continuity Management certification )

Bachelor’s degree in Business Continuity Management, or a closely related field

Experience as a Business Continuity professional

PREFERRED:

E580 & E581 course completion. IS-120a "An introduction to exercises"

IS-130 "Exercise evaluation and improvement planning"

IS-139 "Exercise design"

IS-520 "Introduction to continuity of operations planning for pandemic influenzas"

IS-522 "Exercising continuity plans for pandemics"

IS-546a "Continuity of operations awareness course"

IS-547a "Introduction to continuity of operations"

IS-548 "Continuity of operations (COOP) program manager"

Final candidate selected will be required to undergo and successfully pass extension background investigation to obtain and maintain a San Manuel Class "A" Gaming License issued by the San Manuel Gaming Commission.

For more information:
www.sanmanuel.com