Resilience & Crisis Management Lead — Tabletop Exercises

I Confidential; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in Edinburgh is seeking an Operational Resilience & Crisis Management Specialist to design and deliver exercises testing resilience and crisis response. This role involves developing a new resilience framework, facilitating tabletop exercises, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure governance processes are effective. Strong experience in operational resilience and crisis management is essential for success in this role. The position is for a duration of 6 months with a start date in January 2026.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in operational resilience, business continuity, and/or crisis management.
• Strong background in exercise design and facilitation (tabletop, scenario planning).
• Ability to work autonomously in a restructuring environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and facilitate tabletop exercises across operational resilience and crisis management.
• Develop exercise materials including scenarios, injects, role cards, and decision logs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to shape the combined resilience framework.

Skills

Operational resilience

Crisis management

Exercise design and facilitation

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

A leading consultancy firm in Edinburgh is seeking an Operational Resilience & Crisis Management Specialist to design and deliver exercises testing resilience and crisis response. This role involves developing a new resilience framework, facilitating tabletop exercises, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure governance processes are effective. Strong experience in operational resilience and crisis management is essential for success in this role. The position is for a duration of 6 months with a start date in January 2026.