Operational Resilience & Crisis Management Specialist - Contract
i-confidential
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Information Technology
Operational Resilience & Crisis Management Specialist
Location: Edinburgh
Start Date: January 2026
Duration: 6 months Inside IR35
About the Role
Weโre working with a client who are at exciting point of transformation, combining Operational Resilience, Crisis Management, and Physical Security into one integrated function. As part of this journey, weโre seeking an experienced Resilience Exercising Lead to help shape the future of our clients resilience capability.
Youโll youโll take ownership of designing, developing, and delivering tabletop exercises that test resilience and crisis response. Youโll also contribute to the design of a new resilience framework, ensuring governance and processes are fit for purpose.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and facilitate tabletop exercises across operational resilience and crisis management.
- Develop exercise materials: scenarios, injects, role cards, decision logs, and after-action reports.
- Capture and track remediation actions, ideally using ServiceNow IRM/GRC/BCM.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to shape the combined resilience framework.
- Provide clear deliverables: exercise calendar, AARs, governance documentation.
What Weโre Looking For
- Proven experience in operational resilience, business continuity, and/or crisis management.
- Strong background in exercise design and facilitation (tabletop, scenario planning).
- Ability to work autonomously and hit the ground running in a restructuring environment.
- Familiarity with ServiceNow or similar resilience/risk platforms.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
Nice-to-Have
- Exposure to physical security and integration with resilience programs.
- Experience in regulated environments (FCA/PRA/DORA awareness).
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About the company
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i-confidential delivers expert-led cyber security services to help your organisation reduce risk.
With tailored solutions, a dedicated talent pool, and hands-on experience, we'll help you achieve long-term resilience.
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We deliver cyber security and technology risk services that empower organisations to strengthen security, reduce risk and build lasting resilience.
With deep industry knowledge, decades of hands-on experience and a relationship-driven approach, weโll ensure you achieve lasting security outcomes.
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Unlocking value, reducing risk and building resilience across your business. We help organisations like yours navigate todayโs complex cyber risk landscape with confidence.
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