We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our philosophy is ‘we're legal and financial experts that care’ – something you’ll find in the way we work with our clients and how we support our teams. But we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.

Irwin Mitchell is committed to building operations that are resilient, recover quickly when something unexpected happens, protecting our client services and ensuring colleagues are supported.

As a Senior Resilience Manager, you will work directly with the Head of Risk, Resilience, and Internal Audit to lead and manage Irwin Mitchell's resilience strategy. Your role will involve implementing a robust, outcome-focused resilience framework, overseeing an efficient incident response program, and ensuring a comprehensive business continuity program that aligns with Irwin Mitchell's strategic goals.

This role will work collaboratively will all areas of IM and including areas regulated by the SRA and FCA. 

Availability outside of office hours will occasionally be required to support the successful resolution incidents.

•    Lead the development and management of Irwin Mitchell's Resilience Framework and business continuity program.
•    Implement mapping of critical services and resources and refine resilience controls and metrics.
•    Govern the identification, classification, and remediation of vulnerabilities, ensuring compliance with risk appetites.
•    Conduct testing programs for critical services to ensure recovery plans prevent breaches of impact tolerance.
•    Develop and manage a repository of workarounds and playbooks.
•    Manage incident response processes, including out-of-hours support, and drive continuous improvement.
•    Monitor industry changes and mentor team members to enhance resilience capabilities.
•    Build strong relationships across the firm, particularly with IT, to improve disaster recovery strategies.
•    Represent Irwin Mitchell in external committees and provide expert advice on resilience requirements.

• Strong experience in leading resilience teams and embedding a robust business continuity and incident response programme with focus on protecting essential outcomes
• Collaborative personality that leads change and brings people together
• Stakeholder management skills
• Qualification in Business Continuity Management (e.g. CBCI) or equivalent (desirable)

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too (Pro Rata)
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported.  This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim. 

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks ­with our trusted 3rd parties.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.