Emergency Planning Manager

TN United Kingdom; Rochdale; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Emergency Planning Manager to enhance community safety and resilience. In this pivotal role, you will oversee the Council's emergency preparedness and response strategies, ensuring compliance with the Civil Contingencies Act. Your expertise in emergency planning and business continuity will be crucial in guiding internal and external stakeholders. This position offers the flexibility of hybrid working, allowing you to balance office and home responsibilities while contributing to vital community initiatives. If you're passionate about making a difference and possess the necessary skills, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

Hybrid working flexibility

Continuous professional development support

On-call Emergency Response allowance

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of emergency planning in a public sector environment.
• Strong project management skills to handle multiple tasks effectively.

Responsibilities

• Ensure council emergency response plans are up to date and accessible.
• Lead training and coordination of the council's on-call officers for emergencies.

Skills

Emergency Planning

Business Continuity Management

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Legislation Knowledge

Education

Degree in Public Administration or related field

Job description

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We have an exciting opportunity to join our fast-paced Community Safety and Resilience Service as an Emergency Planning Manager.

As our Emergency Planning Manager, you will be responsible for the Council’s preparedness, response and recovery arrangements under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. This will include:

• Ensuring council emergency response and recovery plans are up to date and readily available in the event of emergency.
• Leading on the training, coordination and preparedness of the council’s on-call officers; providing assurance that the Council has an ability to provide 24/7 emergency response and recovery.
• Providing support and specialist advice on emergency planning and business continuity management, preparedness, response and recovery to internal and external stakeholders.
• Providing support and specialist advice on Protect duties; ensuring up to date advice is available to internal and external stakeholders.
• Working collaboratively with the Greater Manchester Resilience Unit and Category 1 and 2 Responders to improve our preparedness, response and recovery.

About you

In order to be successful in this role you will need the following:

• Extensive knowledge and experience of emergency and business continuity planning requirements within a multi-agency or public sector environment.
• In-depth knowledge of relevant legislation, standards, and best practices in resilience and business continuity.
• Extensive understanding of the roles and responsibilities of Category 1 and 2 responders and how they operate within the civil contingencies framework.
• Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence a wide range of stakeholders.
• Experience in a senior or supervisory role within a resilience or emergency planning context.
• Previous operational experience in a role such as a Forward Incident Officer or similar on-call role.

About us

Amongst a number of benefits, we can offer you flexibility in terms of hybrid working at home and in the office and we will also support you with your continuous professional development.

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Future information

You will be required to be part of the Council’s on-call Emergency Response rota, for which there is an agreed allowance in addition to your normal salary. Flexibility will be required to work outside core hours, and unsocial hours/weekend work will be required when necessary for this role.

If you are interested in what we are offering, and have the skills we are looking for we want to hear from you.

If you would like to discuss the post further please contact Chris Highton (Head of Community Safety and Resilience) on 01706 924360.

To apply for this job role please upload your CV with a supporting document that provides evidence of how you meet the essential requirements of the person specification.

Please include reference to your qualifications that are specified on the person specification within your CV/supporting statement if this is applicable to you.

Please ensure you anonymise your CV and supporting statement.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure and Barring Clearance and Police Vetting - see attachment.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role