Business Continuity Lead

Leads CERN business continuity management, coordinating organisational resilience, risk preparedness, continuity planning and recovery capability across departments.

Department: Organisational Support and Improvement Department

• Develop, implement and maintain CERN's Business Continuity Management framework
• Identify critical activities, dependencies, vulnerabilities and recovery requirements with process and service owners
• Coordinate Business Continuity Plans and disaster recovery arrangements across departments
• Integrate business continuity with enterprise risk management and crisis management activities
• Design and lead continuity exercises, simulations and stress tests
• Advise management and stakeholders on continuity strategies and recovery capabilities
• Develop guidance, methodologies, tools and training for continuity awareness
• Monitor and report on the effectiveness and maturity of continuity arrangements

• Master's degree or equivalent relevant experience in business continuity management, risk management, engineering, legal, organisational resilience, information systems or a related field
• Demonstrated experience in business continuity management, organisational resilience or risk management in a complex organisation
• Experience conducting business impact analyses and developing continuity and recovery strategies
• Relevant qualifications and professional experience
• Nationality of a CERN Member State or Associate Member State eligible for 2026 staff appointments
• No previous CERN Staff contract

• Ideal start date: 2026-10-01
• Contract duration: 60 months
• Benchmark job: 5A0010 - Business Process Analyst
• Minimum net entry salary: 9236 Swiss francs per month
• Application documents: CV in English or French and any relevant supporting document
• Applications close at 23:59 Geneva time