Occupation information for Business Continuity Planners District Of Columbia

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Typical education needed for entry: Bachelor's degree

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: No work experience

Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation: No on-the-job training

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• 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.
• Create scenarios to reestablish operations from various types of business disruptions.
• Review existing disaster recovery, crisis management, or business continuity plans.
• Establish, maintain, or test call trees to ensure appropriate communication during disaster.
• Conduct or oversee contingency plan integration and operation.
• Identify opportunities for strategic improvement or mitigation of business interruption and other risks caused by business, regulatory, or industry-specific change initiatives.

Tools:

• Computer servers
• Desktop computers
• Laser printers
• Mainframe computers
• Network attached storage NAS device

Technology:

• Business intelligence and data analysis software
• Communications server software
• Data base user interface and query software
• Enterprise resource planning ERP software
• Project management software

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