About our team

At Horizonscan, we specialise in resilience, crisis management, risk management, and business continuity solutions helping organisations prepare for, respond to, and thrive through disruption. What makes Horizonscan unique is that we are an employee-owned, and every employee has a share in our impact and success. We are driven by a clear purpose “to make organisations more resilient and help them thrive”.

We are seeking a highly motivated person to join us as a Resilience Consultant. Reporting to a Lead Consultant, you will play a key role in delivering and shaping business continuity, crisis management, and risk management services for our clients. Our projects span local, national, and international clients across a wide variety of industries, so no two days are ever the same.

About you

We are looking for an experienced person to complement our expanding consultancy team. To succeed in this role, you will need to:

• Be highly motivated and have a passion for problem-solving and knowledge development
• Be passionate about delivering practical solutions that help our clients thrive, even in complex or disruptive situations
• Be a team player with exceptional people skills and a strong ability to build and maintain client relationships
• Be capable of working and travelling internationally
• Bring relevant experience from the private or public sector and/or a relevant educational background

We are particularly interested in candidates who bring experience in fields such as the private sector, emergency services, risk management, supply chain management, business continuity, AI, emergency planning, information security, disaster management, ISO standards, audit, ESG, or insurance. We welcome applications from candidates who meet some, but not necessarily all, of these criteria. Your skills, potential, and passion are just as important as your formal experience.

Resilience Consultant role responsibilities

• Develop and maintain client documentation, including Policies, Business Continuity Plans (BCPs), Crisis Simulation Exercise (CSE) reports, Business Impact Analyses (BIAs), and Risk Registers
• Support and deliver client projects, taking responsibility for clients and workstreams such as report writing, documentation reviews, and project management (tracking hours, deliverables, and reporting to clients)
• Engage with clients through calls, emails, meetings, presentations, and training sessions, representing Horizonscan professionally at events, webinars, networking opportunities, and on social media
• Research and develop exercise scenarios and contribute to innovation projects that improve services and processes
• Support junior team members, including Graduate Consultants, while reporting to and assisting Lead/Senior Consultants
• Organise client visits, including travel, accommodation, and itineraries, ensuring seamless delivery
• Commit to continual professional development, maintaining professional memberships and building client and sector-specific knowledge
• Maintain accurate records and uphold the highest standards of client confidentiality

Essential role requirements

• Must have the legal right to live and work in the United Kingdom without restrictions.
• Due to client travel and contractual requirements, applicants must hold a UK or EU passport.
• The flexibility and ability to spend up to 40% of your time travelling nationally and internationally
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365

Desirable role requirements

• Proficiency in a second language to support our international work
• Professional certification from Business Continuity Institute (BCI), Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI), Institute of Risk Management (IRM), Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) or a relevant professional body
• Degree in Risk, Sustainability, Psychology, Communications, Environmental Studies, Insurance, Education, Business Management, or Economics
• Experience with ISO management systems and/or internal audit
• Practical experience from the private sector, risk/resilience role, emergency services, local authority, insurance industry or military
• Valid UK or EU driving licence and confidence driving abroad
• Live locally in Kent

Please note

• This is a full-time role based at our head office in Broadstairs, Kent. Typical office hours are 0900 to 1700, Monday to Friday. You must be able to travel to and work from this location in line with our hybrid working policy.
• For your probationary period, you will be primarily office-based. On completion of your probation, our hybrid working policy requires a minimum of two days a week in the office

Salary

The starting salary for a Resilience Consultant ranges from £37,000 to £42,000 depending on your skills and experience, with opportunities for pay progression and promotion. Horizonscan is committed to investing and looking after our employee owners beyond salary, including:

• Generous training budget to grow your skills, including fully funded degrees or master’s programmes where aligned with business needs
• Benefits include pension scheme, gym membership, health insurance, employee assistance programme, lunch voucher scheme, nights away allowance, mobile phone allowance
• Generous allowance of 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• After one year, you will become an employee-owner and gain access to additional employee ownership benefits

How to apply

• Applications via LinkedIn only
• Our recruitment process is transparent, challenging and fair. As an employee-owned business, we recruit the very best people with the right attitude
• Shortlisted candidates will have a call with the Head of Consultancy
• Those selected for interview will need to demonstrate the right to work in the UK and provide evidence of any qualifications and two references
• Interviews take place at our offices in Broadstairs, and you will be required to prepare and deliver a presentation
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified
• Horizonscan reserves the right to close the recruitment process at any time

Equal Opportunities

Horizonscan Limited is committed to being an equal opportunities employer, adhering to the principles of the Equality Act 2010 and our own Equality Policy, ensuring fairness, inclusion, and respect for all applicants.

Note to recruitment agencies

As an employee-owned business, we managed our own recruitment.