Overview
Gas Networks Ireland is seeking a Resilience and Continuity Lead to join the Change and Continuous Improvement (CI) team within GNI Business Services. This role supports GNI’s delivery of business continuity responsibilities under the Critical Entities Resilience Directive and contributes to compliance with the NIS2 Directive. The successful candidate will develop and maintain business continuity plans, coordinate continuity exercises, and participate in resilience planning activities, incident management and crises exercises. Reporting to the Business Process Manager, this role is part of the Business Process Team as a Resilience and Continuity Lead. Hybrid working arrangement: 2 days in office in Cork or Dublin; Fixed Term contract for 2 years.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Work with all GNI business functions in the continued development, implementation and maintenance of business continuity plans, whilst ensuring compliance with all regulatory standards, including NIS2 Directive and the CER Directive.
* Facilitate review of all departmental Business Impact Analyses (BIA) to determine the time sensitive or critical processes and resources that support them.
* Facilitate an annual review of GNI’s critical process list and categorisation.
* Lead regular BIA and Risk Assessments to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities across all critical processes.
* Facilitate the design and testing of recovery strategies, plans and business continuity management protocols.
* Coordinate GNI Incident management response during Business Continuity (BC) disruptions and act as liaison to management teams and senior leadership
* Maintain readiness of Incident management teams and ensure effective communication protocols
* Support the design and implementation of Incident Response Plans in collaboration with IT, Cyber and Facilities
* Plan and co-ordinate the annual BC testing schedule and coordinate regular continuity testing including tabletop, simulation, live recovery
* Develop post mortem analysis reports and integrate lessons learned into revised Business Continuity plans post exercise or post incident
* Organise and deliver BC training and awareness sessions to ensure that all GNI staff and stakeholders are aware of and understand their role within the Business Continuity Management System (BCMS).
* Facilitate the collation of material pertaining to BC to support GNI’s audit function or Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) inspection teams.
* Coordinate initiatives with Business Continuity System champions across the organisation, including department/unit coordinators.
* Ensure business continuity plans and systems such as the Digital Vault are managed and maintained
* Work closely with the risk management team to ensure coordination between teams on risk management, response and prioritisation
* Perform other duties and support the wider Process and Improvement team as required.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
* Demonstrated expertise in risk assessment, business impact analysis and the development of mitigation strategies an advantage.
* Business Continuity management experience and knowledge of the ISO 22301 standard an advantage
* Proven ability to lead and influence change and to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences, both technical and non-technical
* Demonstrable ability to exercise strong judgment in analysing, appraising, evaluating and solving problems of a complex procedural, organisational, administrative or technical nature.
* Proven track record of cross functional collaboration, and strong negotiation and interpersonal skills
* Strong analytical skills and understanding of business operations.
* Excellent communication and presentation skills
* Stakeholder management both internal and external
* Relevant third level qualification or equivalent experience in a related field.
The enduring organisation structure for this role and other resilience activities is under review.
Applications, including current Curriculum Vitae, should be emailed to the following address stating the job title and reference number in the subject line of your email: recruit@gasnetworks.ie
The closing date for receipt of applications for this vacancy is the 8th September 2025.
Please note that applications submitted after this closing date will not be accepted.
Gas Networks Ireland is an equal opportunities employer
We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive place of work and have a robust strategy and framework called ibelong to enable this. We are an equal opportunity employer and through our recruitment process we welcome and encourage applications from interested and suitably qualified individuals regardless of gender, age, racial or ethnic origin, membership of the traveller community, religion or beliefs, family or civil status, sexual orientation/gender identity or disability.
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