Disaster Recovery Manager - Technology

Job Title: Disaster Recovery Manager

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Salary: £46,000 - £61,450
Location: Cambridge/Hybrid with 40-60% time in the office
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week
Closing Date:25 May 2026
Ready to help protect critical services that support learners around the world?
As our Disaster Recovery Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring Cambridge University Press & Assessment is fully prepared to respond to IT disasters, safeguarding our technology estate and minimising business impact when it matters most.
We areCambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
About therole
Reporting to the Head of ETO ServiceDelivery Management, you'll be responsible for the planning, design, implementation, validation and ongoing improvement of IT Disaster Recovery (DR) across our complex and business-critical technology environment.
You'll ensure the organisation is as prepared as practicable for disruptive events, working closely with senior IT leadership, infrastructure and platform teams, and third-party suppliers. In the event of a major incident, you'll provide expert guidance to enable a successful recovery that meets agreed recovery time and recovery point objectives, with minimal impact on business operations.
Keyresponsibilities include:
Owning and maintaining the organisation's Disaster Recovery Plan, ensuring it remains fit for purpose and reflects changes across the IT estate
Defining and maintaining DR standards and ensuring consistent application across services and suppliers
Identifying, documenting and supporting the mitigation of DR risks and single points of failure, working with risk owners to implement effective controls
Designing and delivering a comprehensive DR testing and validation programme covering people, processes, plans and technology
Coordinating DR exercises and tests, defining scope and success criteria, and producing post-test reports and lessons learned
Maintaining the IT recovery checklist and associated documentation, including critical contact lists
Providing assurance over third-party and outsourced DR capabilities through regular review and challenge
Aligning DR activity with wider Business Continuity (BC) policies and programmes
This is a highly visiblerole with responsibility for helping protect around 150 critical IT services that support exams, assessment delivery and regulatory deadlines.
This position has been classified as a hybridrole, requiring the selected candidate to typically spend 40-60% of their time collaborating and connecting face-to-face at their dedicated location. Aside from our hybrid principles, other flexible working requests will be considered from the first day of employment, including other work arrangements should yourequireadjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition.
About You
You'll bring strong experience across IT service, delivery or assurance environments, along with the credibility and confidence to work with senior stakeholders in high-impact situations.
Essential experience and skills:
Relevant experience in one or more IT career paths such as:
Project Management
Infrastructure Management
IT Audit or Assurance
PMO development and management
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Strong planning, coordination and delivery skills across technical and business teams
Proven stakeholder management skills, including working with third-party suppliers
Confidence managing expectations and influencing senior leaders
High standards of accuracy and attention to detail, particularly in documentation and assurance activity
Desirable:
Experience specifically in Disaster Recovery management
Understanding of fault-tolerant or mission-critical application and infrastructure design
You'll be someonewho works well independently while also collaborating effectively across teams, demonstrating resilience, integrity and a commitment to continuous improvement.
We are aDisability Confident (DC) employer that is committed to equality and inclusion ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. The DC scheme's Offer of an Interview commitment applies to applicants who opt in, anddisclosea disability or a long-term health condition, and who best meet theminimumcriteria for the role. In instances where interviewing all qualifying candidates is notpracticable and/or appropriate, we prioritise those who best meet theminimumcriteria, as we would for applicants who do not have a disability or long-term health condition.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to thegov.ukwebsite for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.
Rewards and benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexiblerewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:
28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
Discretionary annual bonus
Group personal pension scheme
Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
Green travel schemes
Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We aim to support candidates by making our interview process clear and transparent. The closing date for all applications will be 25th May 2026. We will review applications on an ongoing basis and interview will take place shortly after it close.
If you are shortlisted and progressed through the stages, you can expect:
A 15-minute screening call with the Hiring Manager.
First stage virtual interview via MS Teams.You willbe provided with a briefto completea role related task which will needto bereturnedby emailin advance of your interview.
Final stage interview: in-person at our offices in Cambridge.
If yourequireany reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process due to a disability or a long-term health condition, there will be an opportunity for you to inform us via the online application form. We will do our best to accommodate your needs.
Please notethat successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.
We arecommitted toan equitablerecruitment process. As such, applications must besubmittedvia our official online application procedure. Please refrain from sending your CV directly to our recruiters. If you experience technical difficulties or requireadditionalsupport withsubmittingyour online application, contact the Recruiter.
Why join us
Joining us isyour opportunity to pursue potential.You willbelong to a collaborative teamthat isexploring new and better ways to serve students,teachersand researchers across the globe for the benefit of individuals,societyand the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth,developmentand progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, whereit issafe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. xwzovoh We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, genderidentityand sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.