Business Continuity Planners at My Next Move for Veterans

Business Continuity Planners

Also called: Business Continuity and Crisis Management Director, Business Continuity Coordinator, Business Continuity Manager, Business Continuity Analyst

In the Navy: Civil Affairs Officer; Disaster Preparedness Operations and Training Specialist; Expeditionary Force - Maritime Civil Affairs; GWOT IA/ILO Training for Civil Affairs/Provincial Reconstruction

What they do:

Develop, maintain, or implement business continuity and disaster recovery strategies and solutions, including risk assessments, business impact analyses, strategy selection, and documentation of business continuity and disaster recovery procedures. Plan, conduct, and debrief regular mock-disaster exercises to test the adequacy of existing plans and strategies, updating procedures and plans regularly. Act as a coordinator for continuity efforts after a disruption event.

On the job, you would:

Develop disaster recovery plans for physical locations with critical assets such as data centers.
Test documented disaster recovery strategies and plans.
Analyze impact on, and risk to, essential business functions or information systems to identify acceptable recovery time periods and resource requirements.

Arts and Humanities

English language

Business

management
customer service

Safety and Government

public safety and security
law and government

Communications

multimedia

Basic Skills

thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
writing things for co-workers or customers

Problem Solving

noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one

Ideas and Logic