Please note this is a 2-year FTC We are looking for an Organisational Resilience Lead to shape and deliver our resilience approach across our organisation. Working with a small, core senior team, you will define how we prepare for, respond to, and recover from both disruptive events and enduring challenges. You will work in partnership with senior leaders and critical service teams to build a clear organisational resilience framework and embed resilience into our everyday operations. This role plays a key part in strengthening our capability and ensuring we are ready to operate across a range of scenarios. Why AirTanker? AirTanker is a critical part of the UK’s defence capability, delivering air-to-air refuelling and air transport services to the RAF and wider MOD. We operate at the intersection of military precision and commercial innovation. As our Organisational Resilience Lead, you will shape and deliver a clear resilience approach across our organisation. You will ensure teams are prepared to respond to disruption and recover effectively, while supporting day to day operations and long-term stability. What’s in it for you? Strategic impact: You will influence how the organisation prepares for risk. Your work shapes decisions at senior level and supports long term resilience. This is one of the organisation’s core objectives. Problem solving : You will be tackling complex challenges and identifying practical solutions. You will support the organisation to manage uncertainty with confidence. Ownership: You will lead key initiatives from design through to delivery. You will see the direct impact of your work across the organisation. Comprehensive benefits : Access private medical insurance, bonus scheme, EV scheme, contributory pension, and additional company benefits. Adventure and belonging : The opportunities to take part in our battlefield tours, adventure training, sporting, social and family events. You will find you build strong connections across the organisation very quickly, as is our culture. What you’ll be doing Strategic Impact Lead the design and rollout of a comprehensive resilience framework for our whole organisation. In partnership with the Programme Manager, designing and continually improving our approach to Resilience. Acting as a senior advisor to the Executive Director on resilience matters Working closely with our Head of Corporate Compliance and Enterprise Risk, design a regular report for our Senior Leadership Group (SLG) on the improvements and de-risking to our operational resilience, risks, incidents, and the effectiveness of resilience framework. Bring together work already ongoing under one framework hereby ensuring a coordinated and prioritised approach. Determining / making recommendations around the requirements for ongoing management of the Resilience Framework past implementation. Relationship building and development of our resilience work with the MOD and RAF. Raising awareness of resilience across CIV and MIL in support of AirTanker service delivery inc. interoperability and transition to Conflict where required. Work with the TtC Cell and Workstreams, collecting their requirements, prioritising the effort, and delegating / distributing the work / objectives in accordance with the Resilience Framework. Prepare Define resilience targets and milestones for our identified resilience priorities; Business Continuity; Crisis Management, Cyber, People and Supply Chain, among others. Bring together and lead a Resilience Working Group / Steering Group. Assess current resilience maturity levels and work with the SMEs to establish a clear baseline and plans for improvement. Working with our appointed consultancy, using Business Impact Assessment tools to Identify and raise awareness of our risks, gaps, and emerging threats, providing clear recommendations to our SMEs and the wider SLG. Function as the key contact and manage our third-party external advisors and resilience partners. Align our resilience approach with our regulatory standards and business strategy. Work with our Academy training teams to build resilience understanding and capability across our workforce. Ensure all documentation related to resilience, including annual self-assessment, policies, procedures, and plans, is accessible, current, accurate, and effectively communicated to stakeholders. Respond Support with the BC / DR SME (Ops Risk Manager) with risk events and incidents, where needed. Working in support of our BC / DR SME ensure our contingency plans are maintained, updated where necessary and protected. Recover Support our BC / DR SME on resilience recovery plans. Embed resilience learning outputs into day-to-day processes and decision making. Promote a culture of continuous improvement and organisational learning. Support governance, reporting, and performance tracking of resilience activity. Keep the organisation up tot date and current on any resilience regulatory changes and industry best practice. What you'll bring Strong knowledge of organisational resilience, business continuity, or risk management Experience designing and embedding frameworks in complex organisations. Understanding of relevant standards such as ISO 22301 and regulatory expectations Understanding of incident response and recovery Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at senior level. Experience in delivering training or capability programmes. Strong data driven, analytical skills. Diplomacy and tact, recognising that this is 24/7 operational organisation. Able to work across multiple priorities in a demanding environment.