Emergency Planning & Resilience Specialist

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Oldbury; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandwell Council’s Place Division is seeking a proactive Resilience Officer to join the Community Safety & Resilience team on a fixed-term basis for 12 months, based from Oldbury. Hybrid model: 3 days in the office, 2 from home.

You will develop emergency planning and business continuity arrangements, provide resilience guidance, and support compliance with the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 across the council and partners.

Qualifications

• Experience in emergency planning, business continuity, resilience, risk management or a related field.
• Knowledge of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and wider resilience frameworks.
• Experience of developing, reviewing and testing emergency response and business continuity plans.
• Ability to undertake risk assessments and business impact analyses, translating findings into practical actions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build effective working relationships.
• Experience of designing or delivering training, exercises and awareness activities. Excellent analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Strong report-writing, presentation and IT skills.
• Ability to remain calm and effective when managing competing priorities or responding to incidents.
• Willingness to participate in an out-of-hours emergency response rota.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and review emergency planning and business continuity arrangements across the Council.
• Support services in creating, testing and exercising plans to ensure continuity of critical operations.
• Conduct Business Impact Analyses and support risk assessment activities to strengthen organisational resilience.
• Provide professional advice and guidance on emergency preparedness, resilience and incident management.
• Deliver training, exercises and awareness sessions to build resilience capability across the organisation.
• Work collaboratively with emergency services, health partners, elected members and other stakeholders to support effective preparedness and response arrangements.
• Support compliance with the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and contribute to reports, plans and performance monitoring.
• Deputise for the Resilience Manager at internal and external meetings when required.
• Participate in emergency response arrangements, including an out-of-hours duty rota providing a 24/7 response capability.

Skills

Emergency planning

Business continuity

Resilience

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Training design

IT skills

Report writing

Job description

Sandwell Council’s Place Division is seeking a proactive Resilience Officer to join the Community Safety & Resilience team on a fixed-term basis for 12 months, based from Oldbury. Hybrid model: 3 days in the office, 2 from home.

You will develop emergency planning and business continuity arrangements, provide resilience guidance, and support compliance with the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 across the council and partners.