General Information
Type of contract
Short-term contract, which may be extended to up to 36 months subject to individual performance and organisational needs
Who can apply?
EU nationals working for national central banks of the ESCB, international governmental organisations or other employers performing central banking or banking supervision tasks within the framework of the Eurosystem
Salary
F/G (bracket 2 - step 1) full time monthly net salary: €8,039 plus benefits, for further information see
what we offer.
Working time
Full time
Place of work
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Closing date
15.04.2022
Your team
You will be part of the Operational Risk and Business Continuity Management (ORM/BCM) Section, which is part of the Chief Services Office (CSO).
Our team is responsible for developing and maintaining the ECB’s operational risk, business continuity and incident/crisis management policy frameworks, supervising their implementation, and providing methodological support to business areas on related matters.
We produce a holistic risk profile for the ECB, coordinate bank-wide risk assessment updates and associated risk acceptance procedures, conduct business impact and threat analyses and oversee business continuity testing activities. In addition, we monitor and report on the status of risk mitigation measures and take part in handling and following up on high-impact incidents at the ECB. We also organise critical incident management (CIM) exercises and act as a CIM support team in crisis situations.
In your role as Senior Operational Resilience Expert, you will work closely with ECB counterparts from various business areas and hierarchical levels, including risk coordinators, business continuity leaders and members of the ECB’s CIM team.
The ECB is an inclusive employer and we strive to reflect the diversity of the population we serve. We encourage you to apply irrespective of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or other characteristics.
Your role
As a Senior Operational Resilience Expert, you will:
- contribute to developing, implementing and maintaining the ECB’s ORM/BCM and critical incident management frameworks;
- maintain and update the ECB’s holistic risk profile and conduct the business impact and threat analyses and the associated reporting;
- deliver ORM/BCM training and assist in carrying out business continuity tests as well as crisis management exercises;
- manage the internal loss database, including incident review and tool maintenance;
- monitor the progress of agreed action plans and mitigation measures;
- evaluate and process requests for risk acceptance;
- contribute to maintaining the recovery site from a business perspective and handling change requests;
- help to operate and maintain application and software tools, such as the alert and mobilisation tool;
- act as a member of the CIM support team in the event of an incident or crisis.
The position offers you excellent opportunities to gain hands-on experience of the operations of the second line of defence, in terms of handling non-financial risks and fostering organisational resilience.
You will be part of a multicultural team that strives for continuous innovation to make a positive impact on the lives of European citizens.
Qualifications, experience and skills
Essential:
- a master’s degree or equivalent in business administration, operational risk, business continuity, security, audit or another relevant field (click here for details on degree equivalences);
- in addition to the above, a minimum of seven year’s professional experience, preferably in a second line of defence role covering non-financial risk management or business continuity/critical incident management;
- in-depth knowledge of non-financial risk management best practices, together with a good understanding of regulatory developments affecting the financial industry;
- proven experience in developing and promoting resilience frameworks (comprising policy, principles, procedures and methodological approaches);
- a strong analytical background with the ability to synthesise information;
- good presentation skills;
- an advanced (C1) command of English and an intermediate (B1) command of at least one other official language of the EU according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Desired:
- experience in successfully coordinating projects, including the ability to negotiate and conclude agreements with internal and external high-level stakeholders;
- experience in the fields of information systems security or governance, including cyber security.
You engage collaboratively with others. You pursue team goals and learn willingly from other people’s diverse perspectives. You signal any need for change by explaining it and proposing alternative solutions. You analyse complex information effectively and can evaluate different views to arrive at solutions. You know and anticipate stakeholder needs.
You are motivated to be part of our team and to use your skills and competencies to achieve the objectives of this position.
Working modalities
To enable the Section to maintain its business continuity capabilities, you will occasionally be expected to work during non-standard working hours and work at the ECB’s standby sites.
We would be happy to discuss a part-time arrangement for this role.
Further information
The contract offered will be a short-term ESCB/IO, the appointment being for 12 months as of the exact starting date of the selected person, extendable to up to 36 months.
For additional information on this specific vacancy, you can speak to the hiring manager, Andreas Burgstaller, on +49 69 1344 6492, on Thursday 31 March from 10:00 to 12:00 or on Friday 1 April from 14:00 to 16:00.
Application and selection process
The recruitment process for this position will be conducted remotely. It will include a presentation and an interview.
If you are not selected for this position but are still considered suitable, you will be placed on a reserve list (
see step 4 of how we hire), from which you might be considered for similar positions within the ECB.
