Business Continuity Specialist

City of Hope

Duarte, CA

Job posting number: #7224599 (Ref:10024097)

Posted: June 24, 2024

Salary / Pay Rate: $38.11 - $59.07 / hour

Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, andtreatment facilitiesin Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

As a successful candidate, you will:

The Enterprise Business Continuity Specialist works directly with the Manager of Business Continuity. Assists Manager, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) in identifying strategy and processes related to COH BCM plans and disaster recovery efforts. Executes a broad range of operational, administrative, and support activities for Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) Department, while using discretion and independent judgement, to meet the requirement(s) of California Department of Public Health (CDPH), The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), The Joint Commission (TJC) and other standards and regulatory agencies.

  • Support Enterprise, Business Continuity and Resiliency Program by developing and implementing plans and practices to achieve efficient and effective communication and restoration of operations during emergencies.
  • Assist with operational resilience-related functions in conducting assessments to identify gaps in business continuity, emergency and disaster recovery plans: Emergency Management, Technology Disaster Recovery, Cybersecurity, Clinical and Non-Clinical Support teams.
  • Fusion Risk Management system administration, to include configurations, support and maintain business continuity resilience tools and applications.
  • Support the development, implementation of the business continuity trainings and presentations by providing input and best practices.
  • Coordinates disaster recovery initiatives/plans and manages the Annual Business Continuity calendar of activities while partnering with business units and sites.
  • Participation in City, County, State, and National level Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) trainings and drills and represents the organization within these activities.
  • Interact with business units, critical sites, and supporting departments for the purpose of planning, developing, controlling, and maintaining the business continuity management cycle of plans using discretion and independent judgement.
  • Develops exercise drill and testing scenarios, training packages, exercise documentation, evaluations, control and simulation plans.
  • Conducts analysis from business content data and interprets information to identify gaps and areas of improvement to ensure the further development of operational resilience strategies.
  • Development and maintenance of the annual risk and business continuity business impact analysis (BIA).
  • Creating and using performance metrics, visual boards, standard work, process mapping.
  • Assists with weekly and quarterly reporting, incident summary reports, and business incident after action reviews (AAR).
  • Other duties as assigned

Your qualifications should include:

  • Bachelor’s degree in related field or other relevant field
  • Two years of recent experience in business continuity planning, policy development, and coordination in an organization with multiple priorities.
  • Knowledge of Business Continuity and best practices.
  • Experience with enterprise risk management methodologies and frameworks.
  • Experience with tabletop exercises and recovery tests
  • Experience with coordination, management, and implementation of database programs and analytical reporting
  • Demonstrated success in leading supporting program implementation and management

Required Courses:
Crisis Management and Emergency Management
Course Certificate – FEMA ICS-100, 200, 300,700, 800, 1300 (within 90 days of employment

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, please click here.

Salary / Pay Rate Information:
Pay Rate: $38.11 - $59.07 / hour

The estimated pay scale represents the typical [salary/hourly] range City of Hope reasonably expects to pay for this position, with offers determined based on several factors which may include, but not be limited to, the candidate’s experience, expertise, skills, education, job scope, training, internal equity, geography/market, etc. This pay scale is subject to change from time to time.



City of Hope is a community of people characterized by our diversity of thought, background and approach, but tied together by our commitment to care for and cure those with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The innovation that our diversity produces in the areas of research, treatment, philanthropy and education has made us national leaders in this fight. Our unique and diverse workforce provides us the ability to understand our patients' needs, deliver compassionate care and continue the quest for a cure for life-threatening diseases. At City of Hope, diversity and inclusion is a core value at the heart of our mission. We strive to create an inclusive workplace environment that engages all of our employees and provides them with opportunities to develop and grow, both personally and professionally. Each day brings an opportunity to strengthen our work, leverage our different perspectives and improve our patients’ experiences by learning from others. Diversity and inclusion is about much more than policies and campaigns. It is an integral part of who we are as an institution, how we operate and how we see our future.


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Job posting number:#7224599 (Ref:10024097)
Application Deadline:Open Until Filled
Employer Location:City of Hope
Duarte,California
United States
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