Business Continuity Analyst at University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

Business Continuity Analyst

Emergency Management fosters prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation activities to protect our campus from the adverse effects of emergencies. We do this by relying on a multi-discipline collaboration, cooperation, and coordination approach with all departments within the university as well as city, county, state, and federal organizations. The section is dedicated to safeguarding the well-being of our campus community by effectively coordinating response efforts, providing comprehensive training, and developing robust emergency preparedness and business continuity plans.

The goal of academic and business continuity planning is to enable the University of Pittsburgh to maintain operations and services in the face of a disruptive or catastrophic event. The longer an institution takes to recover, the greater damage it sustains to its reputation. At Pitt, we call this plan UPitt Ready, which is a web-based continuity planning tool to create useful, thoughtful plans to ensure each unit's ability to continue its critical functions if an incident occurs. The software facilitates dialogues between key department figures in an interview-style questionnaire to help capture institutional knowledge and protocol.

Job Summary

Executes University business continuity strategies and business plans as well as assisting with individual department plans. Evaluates, analyzes, suggests improvements, and implements effective changes.

Essential Functions

• Develops and implements business continuity strategies and implementation of business plans for the University.
• Assists in updates, guidance, and maintenance of individual departmental plans. Develops and writes plans and supports implementation.
• Evaluates business continuity, crisis, and emergency management strategies, plans, and procedures. Suggests improvements; implements effective changes.
• Analyzes impact and risk to essential business functions and/or information systems; identifies acceptable time periods and resource requirements.
• Performs outreach across departments to determine focus and areas of strategic effort.
• Prepares reports summarizing goals, planning, scheduling, execution, results, analysis, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Ensures compliance with all University, regulatory, and accreditation guidelines.
• Responsible for the systems maintenance, implementation and user training for the University’s Common Operational Picture program, WebEOC an emergency management communication platform.
• Monitors the Emergency Operations Center operating systems and coordinates maintenance and systems upgrades.
• Coordinates training for outside departments.

Physical Effort

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit and operate office equipment. Light to moderate lifting is required. Vision in the normal visual range with or without correction; enough functionality to read computer screens and printed documents. Ability to walk around campus to visit physical locations.

The University of Pittsburgh is committed to championing all aspects of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility within our community. This commitment is a fundamental value of the University and is crucial in helping us advance our mission, which includes attracting and retaining diverse workforces. We will continue to create and maintain an environment that allows individuals to discover, belong, contribute, and grow, while honoring the experiences, perspectives, and unique identities of all.

The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and values equality of opportunity, human dignity and diversity. EOE, including disability/vets.

Assignment Category: Full-time regular

Job Classification: Staff.Business Continuity Coordinator

Job Family: Campus Operations

Job Sub Family: Planning, Design, & Construction

Campus: Pittsburgh

Minimum Education Level Required: Bachelor's Degree

Minimum Years of Experience Required: 1

Will this position accept substitution in lieu of education or experience: Combination of education and relevant experience will be considered in lieu of education and/ or experience requirement.

Work Schedule: 8 a.m.-4:30p.m.

Work Arrangement: 8 a.m.-4:30p.m.

Hiring Range: To be determined based on qualifications

Relocation_Offered: No

Visa Sponsorship Provided: No

Background Check: For position finalists, employment with the University will require successful completion of a background check

Child Protection Clearances: The following PA Act 153 clearances and background checks are required prior to commencement of employment and as a condition of continued employment: PA State Police Criminal Record Check, FBI Criminal Record Check, PA Child Abuse History Clearance.

Required Documents: Resume

Optional Documents: Not Applicable

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