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Business Continuity Planners

$75.99K Median Salary 104.2K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 8.8% Job Growth

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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.

Reported Job Titles

Business Continuity Administrator, Business Continuity Analyst, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Consultant, Business Continuity Consultant, Business Continuity Coordinator, Business Continuity Professional

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Abilities

Problem Sensitivity

Inductive Reasoning

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Written Expression

Deductive Reasoning

Fluency of Ideas

Information Ordering

Originality

Written Comprehension

Category Flexibility

Speech Clarity

Speech Recognition

Flexibility of Closure

Near Vision

Selective Attention

Knowledge

Administration and Management

English Language

Computers and Electronics

Public Safety and Security

Customer and Personal Service

Education and Training

Administrative

Communications and Media

Telecommunications

Skills

Complex Problem Solving

Judgment and Decision Making

Speaking

Critical Thinking

Reading Comprehension

Systems Analysis

Writing

Active Learning

Active Listening

Coordination

Systems Evaluation

Monitoring

Service Orientation

Social Perceptiveness

Time Management

Instructing

Learning Strategies

Negotiation

Persuasion

Management of Personnel Resources

Technology Skills

Data base user interface and query software

Presentation software

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

Project management software

Document management software

Communications server software

Business intelligence and data analysis software

Spreadsheet software

Content workflow software

Electronic mail software

Network operation system software

Office suite software

Cloud-based data access and sharing software

Operating system software

Word processing software

Data base management system software

Data base reporting software

Internet browser software

LAN software

Backup or archival software

Process mapping and design software

Tools

Computer servers

Teleconference equipment

Laser printers

Network attached storage NAS device

Special purpose telephones

Mainframe computers

Desktop computers

Personal computers

Tablet computers

Abilities

Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

Knowledge

Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
Telecommunications: Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

Skills

Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Technology Skills

Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne; Oracle PeopleSoft; Oracle PeopleSoft Financials; SAP software
Project management software: Mavenlink; Microsoft Project
Document management software: Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat; Filing system software; Records management software; Transcription system software
Communications server software: IBM Domino
Business intelligence and data analysis software: BrightEdge; Conductor Searchlight; IBM Digital Analytics; Searchmetrics Suite
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Content workflow software: Atlassian JIRA
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Network operation system software: SunGard NotiFind
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Cloud-based data access and sharing software: Dropbox; Google Drive; Microsoft SharePoint
Operating system software: Microsoft Windows
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Data base management system software: Apache Solr; Elasticsearch; MySQL
Data base reporting software: SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
Internet browser software: Web browser software
LAN software: Local area network LAN software
Backup or archival software: Veritas NetBackup
Process mapping and design software: Microsoft Visio

Tools

Computer servers: Domain name servers DNS
Teleconference equipment: Teleconferencing equipment
Laser printers: Computer laser printers
Network attached storage NAS device: Storage area network equipment
Special purpose telephones: Multi-line telephone systems
Mainframe computers:
Desktop computers:
Personal computers:
Tablet computers:

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