Leeds, United Kingdom
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London, United Kingdom
Coventry, United Kingdom
£74K–£83K/yr
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LEEDS OR LONDON BASED
Supervisory Risk Specialists Directorate
The Bank of England plays a central role in safeguarding the stability of the United Kingdom's financial system. Within the Supervisory Risk Specialists (SRS) Directorate, the Sector Resilience Division is responsible for helping ensure the sector can withstand, respond to and recover from major operational disruption.
We work at the heart of the UK's financial resilience ecosystem. We bring together financial institutions, authorities, and sector bodies to strengthen preparedness for emerging threats. We also coordinate collective responses during crises. Our work spans operational and cyber resilience, technology and third-party risk, incident management, and sector-wide exercising.
This is a unique opportunity to join a high-profile team operating at the intersection of policy, resilience and crisis response. Successful candidates will help shape the resilience of the financial sector and play a key role in the Bank's response to major operational incidents affecting financial stability.
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Sector Resilience and Response Manager to join the Sector Resilience Division. This exciting leadership role requires a strong background in incident response, crisis management, and operational resilience. The goal is to deliver significant improvements to the UK financial sector's stability.
The role combines strategic capability development with hands-on leadership during incidents. You will maintain and evolve the Bank's key authorities and frameworks for sector response. You will also help develop future resilience capabilities across the financial sector.
Alongside a wider team of resilience and response specialists, you will manage and develop two direct reports. You will craft an inclusive and encouraging environment that fosters high performance, development, and wellbeing.
Key responsibilities include:
Sector Incident Response and Crisis Management
Sector Resilience Capability Development
Leadership and Team Management
Number of direct reports: 2
Minimum Criteria
Essential Criteria
Desirable Criteria
Why Join Us?
This role offers a rare opportunity to influence the resilience of the UK financial system at a national level. You will work with senior leaders across industry and the public sector, help coordinate responses to significant sector incidents, and shape the capabilities that underpin the resilience of UK financial services.
If you are motivated by making a tangible impact, enjoy solving complex resilience challenges, and want to contribute to protecting the stability of the UK's financial sector, we would love to hear from you.
Our Approach to Inclusion
The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve.
At the Bank of England, we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we're working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. We believe that it’s by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we’ll continue to make the best decisions for the public.
We welcome applications from individuals who work flexibly, including job shares and part time working patterns. We've also partnered with external organisations to support us in making adjustments for candidates and employees in the recruitment process where they're needed.
From 1st October 2026, we expect all our colleagues to spend a minimum of 50% of their working time in the office per month. This is to capitalise on the benefits of working together in person across teams, while maintaining the flexibility offered by home working. Subject to that minimum requirement, individuals and managers should work together to find what works best for them and their team.
Finally, we're proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme. If you wish to apply under this scheme, you should check the box in the ‘Candidate Personal Information’ under the ‘Disability Confident Scheme’ section of the application.
Salary and Benefits Information
We encourage flexible working, part time working and job share arrangements. Part time salary and benefits will be on a pro-rated basis as appropriate.
This role offers a salary of:
Leeds circa £73,760 - £82,900
London circa £81,920 - £92,100
In addition, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package as detailed below:
National Security Vetting Process
Employment in this role will be subject to the National Security Vetting clearance process (and typically can take between 6 to 12 weeks post offer) and the passing of additional Bank security checks in accordance with the Bank policy. Further information regarding the vetting and security clearance requirements for the role will be provided to the successful applicant, and information about how the Bank processes personal data for these purposes, is set out in the Bank's Privacy Notice.
The Bank of England welcomes applications from all candidates, but as a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved sponsor, we have a responsibility to comply with the Immigration Rules and guidance. As such, our ability to employ individuals who require sponsorship for immigration purposes is limited. The Bank cannot guarantee that you and / or the role you are applying for will be eligible for sponsorship and that any application made to UKVI will be successful. Eligibility will therefore be considered on a case by case basis.
The Application Process
Important: Please ensure that you complete the ‘work history’ section and answer ALL the application questions fully. All candidate applications are anonymised to ensure that our hiring managers will not be able to see your personal information, including your CV, when reviewing your application details at the screening stage. It’s therefore really important that you fill out the work history and application form questions, as your answers will form a critical part of the initial selection process.
The assessment process will comprise of two interview stages.
This role closes on 26 Oct.
Please apply online, ensuring that you complete your work history and answer ALL the application questions fully and in detail as your application will not be considered if all mandatory questions are not fully completed.