Business Continuity Planner

Abile Group, Inc.•Springfield, VA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Abile Group has an exciting and challenging opportunity for a Business Continuity Planner supporting an Intelligence Community Customer. The right candidate will possess the below skills and qualifications and be ready to handle all responsibilities independently and professionally.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance (Polygraph may be required based on agency components).
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent plus a minimum of seven years of experience in program management, with a proven ability to translate complex data into strategic recommendations for executive decision-makers.
FEMA level 1 Professional Continuity Practitioner certified (or ability to attain within 6 months of hire).
Advanced knowledge of Federal Continuity Directives, DoD Mission Assurance strategies, and Intelligence Community (IC) Continuity policies.
Proven experience managing Business Process Analysis (BPA) and Business Impact Analysis (BIA) cycles for Essential Support Activities (ESAs).
Hands-on functional administration, tool management, and user training experience in: Mission Assurance Support Toolkit (MAST).
Hands-on functional administration, tool management, and user training experience in: BlackBerry AtHoc Computer Emergency Notification System (CENS).
Experience developing training curricula (ideally partnering with enterprise learning institutions).
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams, in challenging environments, characterized by: Time constraints.
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams, in challenging environments, characterized by: Resource constraints.
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams, in challenging environments, characterized by: Competing priorities.

Nice To Haves

Opening/closing facilities as needed.
Conducts facility tours for agency leadership.
Facilitates all alternate site requirements for training and evaluations
Advises leadership and continuity personnel on alternate workspace requirements, availability, and capacity limits.
Ensures all continuity requirements are met during a contingency or disruption to normal operations.
Contributes directly to planning efforts for emergency relocation and devolution strategies.
Collaborates on the development of business continuity plans for the agency and its individual components.

Responsibilities

Leads and mentors Functional Analysts (FAs) to consistently meet or exceed performance goals.
Fosters workplace culture centered on continuous growth, learning, and professional development.
Evaluates FA skills regularly to ensure overall proficiency and technical capabilities are maintained.
Coordinates assignments for Functional Analysts with the Functional Leadership Team (FLT).
Receives, evaluates, and schedules resource requests submitted by the FLT.
Ensures all active tasks are accurately tracked, updated, and visible to the PM, Functional Leads, and the government customer.
Manages daily scheduling bottlenecks and resolve lower-level resource conflicts between Functional Leads, escalating critical deadlocks to the FLT.
Be prepared to complete any onsite, no-cost training courses or professional development as directed by government leadership to further skills, proficiency, professional competency, and overall utility in this role.
Manages the comprehensive continuity framework across the agency.
Oversees and organizes the agency Business Process Analysis and Business Impact Analysis (BPA/BIA) program for Essential Functions (EFs) and Essential Support Activities (ESAs).
Guides agency components as they develop, update, and manage ESAs within the Mission Assurance Support Toolkit (MAST).
Builds and manages the liaison program for component continuity planners to audit and evaluate their individual programs.
Directs all efforts related to agency continuity planning, readiness reporting, and essential records management for all ESAs.
Serves as the final technical review authority for all Readiness deliverables prior to delivery.
Manages the Readiness Function’s formal battle rhythm and operational schedule.
Supports alternate site operations as required (not to exceed 10% of time).
Designs, develops, and executes organizational training programs, compliance curricula, and comprehensive performance evaluations; develops and provides user training for the Continuity Planning Tool.
Develops, updates, and coordinates continuity program training with the NGA College.
Assists with facilitation of the full exercise cycle, from initial planning through after-action reporting, for component-level continuity plans.
Serves as the requirements manager for the Continuity Planning Tool (CPT); perform requirements gathering and analysis; document future requirements for development team.
Monitors and tracks NGA compliance across National, Executive, Federal, DoD, and IC directives and regulations to ensure alignment with overarching agency goals.
Coordinates comprehensive mission risk assessments, vulnerability analyses, and mitigation planning for ESAs through Dependency Risk Acceptance, Function Validation Process, BIA, etc.
Establishes continuity-related risk metrics and reporting mechanisms for senior leadership assessing Agency-level Readiness & Preparedness.
Introduces industry’s best practices and standards to strengthen Mission Assurance and Continuity of Operations.
Facilitates and leads continuity working groups, including quarterly Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) meetings.
Represents the agency at Intelligence Community (IC) Continuity and Mission Assurance working groups relevant to ESAs.
Coordinates working groups to integrate agency readiness features into the MAST suite and related platforms.