Operational Resilience & Crisis Apprentice

TL;DR

Operational Resilience & Crisis Apprentice (Risk Management): Support the team in strengthening the organization’s ability to anticipate, respond to, and recover from disruptions and crisis events with an accent on business continuity management, crisis simulation exercises, and operational resilience activities. Focus on preparing crisis scenarios, updating business continuity plans, mapping critical services, and tracking testing and improvement initiatives.

Location: Paris, France

Company

Pan-European stock exchange operating in the financial ecosystem.

What you will do

• Assist in preparation and organization of crisis simulation exercises including scenarios for natural disasters and cyber attacks.
• Support development of exercise scenarios, documentation of results, and continuous improvement processes.
• Review and update business continuity plans, coordinate with business teams for BCM documentation.
• Plan and track BCM testing activities, map critical services and dependencies.
• Maintain resilience documentation, prepare reports, presentations, dashboards, and track action plans.

Requirements

• Fluent in French and English; work in English-speaking environment.
• Include work-study schedule in application; Bac+4/5 or gap year from Sciences Po, Business Schools, Risk management, European/International affairs, Threat intelligence.
• Knowledge in risk and business continuity management; interest in crisis management; project management skills.
• Advanced Excel, Word, PowerPoint; ability to analyze, summarize, present information.
• Good organization, interpersonal skills, team spirit, autonomy, writing, communication.

Culture & Benefits

• Mastery of resilience and crisis management concepts, methodologies, tools.
• Multi-skilled development in international environment.
• Comfortable in internal meetings, understanding financial sector challenges.
• Dynamic, rigorous team focused on quick reactions and initiatives.