Staff Officer (Business Continuity)

Post Context

ACT contributes to preserving the peace, security and territorial integrity of Alliance member states by leading, at Strategic Command level, Warfare Development required to enhance NATO’s posture, military structures, forces, capabilities and doctrines.

The Resources and Management (RM) Directorate acts on behalf of SACT on all internal management and resource-related issues. It monitors the coherency of ACT plans to ensure that ACT remains an effective and efficient organization and improves continuously.

The ACT Office of Security has staff responsibility to execute, provide and coordinate security services to the headquarters, its subordinate commands, and to the NATO community at large, operating at all levels of command to ensure the security of its personnel, assets, and resources.

The Staff Officer (Business Continuity) within the ACT Office of Security is responsible for Business Continuity (BC) policy, planning, oversight and guidance. With regard to the BC concept, it is stated as the conceptual and procedural approach, in terms of planning, preparation, and exercise execution, to enable ACT to operate, at an essential level, in case of serious incidents or disasters and enable the recovery to a normal operational state within an acceptable period.

Principal Duties:

• Developing and maintaining ACT & HQ SACT Business Continuity (BC) directives and guidance.
• Supporting HQ SACT and subordinate entities in developing and implementing local BC Plans.
• Providing advice and guidance on BC matters to ACT subordinate commands.
• Participating in Security Inspections of subordinate entities to assess compliance with BC requirements.
• Reviewing HQ SACT BC Plans to assess compliance with requirements.
• Developing and maintaining ACT BC Education and Awareness Program.
• Supporting the training of staff with specific BC responsibilities.