Strategy & Operations Consultant
Collaboration, listening, client meetings, observing and research
CAREER
Business Continuity Planners
Overview
Salary Median (2020)
$74,670
Projected Job Growth (2019-2029)
+5% (as fast as the average)
Career
Roadtrip Nation Leaders in This Career
What Business Continuity Planners 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.
Other Job Titles Business Continuity Planners May Have
Business Continuity Administrator, Business Continuity Analyst, Business Continuity Consultant, Business Continuity Coordinator
How Leaders Describe a Typical Day at Work
Most of my time was spent meeting with colleagues to assist them in solving problems they were working on for government clients. Clients included Department of Defense, Department of Education, US Postal Service, and others. People I hired were content experts but often lacked the broad research and problem solving skills working with clients that I offered. We did a lot of estimating of future costs from key data points to help them set priorities.
Tasks & Responsibilities May Include
- Develop emergency management plans for recovery decision making and communications, continuity of critical departmental processes, or temporary shut-down of non-critical departments to ensure continuity of operation and governance.
- 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.
- Write reports to summarize testing activities, including descriptions of goals, planning, scheduling, execution, results, analysis, conclusions, and recommendations.
Education
Level of Education Attained by Business Continuity Planners
Most common level of education among people in
this career: Bachelor's degree (68%)
Some college, no degree
Associate's degree
Bachelor's degree
Educational Paths Suggested by Leaders
Strategy & Operations Consultant
Suggested Path
High School
Bachelor
Finance
Suggested Path
Bachelor
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Graduate
Operations Research MBA
Additional Skills & Experiences That Can Help You Excel
Strategy & Operations Consultant
Curiosity, Humility, a Positive attitude, and the ability to learn from your mistakes.
I learned program budgeting at RAND and the Government perspective working for DOD at the pentagon. I negotiated compromises such as standards for the Base Closure Commission using "Best Choice 3" software. My teams often had more expertise in content but less in working with clients. I respected them, listened to them, and was just in compensation. I hired a diverse team and helped them to value that. Helped my team to write brief, meaty reports and briefings with essential information.
Getting Started
Recommended First Step for:
High School Students
Strategy & Operations Consultant
Expose yourself to as many things as possible and figure out what you like doing. That is half the battle. Once you have done that, seek opportunities that support it.
College Students
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