Head of EPRR

NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 67,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Hybrid working

Job summary

NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care invites a Head of EPRR to lead emergency preparedness, resilience and response across the ICS, and to steer the on-call and assurance processes.

Reporting to the Assistant Director, you will drive strategic planning, training, multi-agency collaboration, and assurance activities to keep patients safe.

Qualifications

• Management/leadership experience or qualification.
• Significant experience in emergency planning / resilience.
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication.
• Political awareness, influencing, negotiation and conflict resolution.
• Analytical skills and ability to coordinate multi-partner initiatives.
• Knowledge of NHS and EPRR frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to ensure NHS GM meets statutory and non-statutory EPRR requirements.
• Develop and deliver emergency preparedness, resilience and business continuity plans and procedures.
• Lead on comprehensive training and exercising programmes for on-call staff and senior leadership.
• Coordinate with multi-agency partners to ensure integrated working and transformation.
• Hold budgetary responsibility for EPRR activities and resource management.
• Ensure alignment with national standards and translate them into local actions.
• Represent NHS GM in GM Health Economy EPRR planning groups and support workstreams.

Skills

Leadership experience

Emergency planning

Analytical skills

Stakeholder coordination

Interpersonal skills

Influencing skills

Communication skills

Education

Dip in Health Emergency Planning

Job description

Main area Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR) Grade Band 8b Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible working, hybrid working) Job ref 896-PH-1055

Site Tootall Buildings Town Manchester Salary £66,582 - £77,368 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 04/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

Job Summary

NHS Greater Manchester are looking for our next Head of EPRR, following a recent organisational restructure.

The team works collaboratively across the Integrated Care System (ICS) to ensure preparedness and response arrangements are in place for the ICB and our commissioned provider organisations to keep our patients and residents safe.

Reporting to the Assistant Director of EPRR, the Head of EPRR will work across the full spectrum of EPRR disciplines including risk assessments, planning, training, response and recovery as well as leading and managing our team in undertaking duties to support business continuity management and the ICB annual assurance programme of NHS funded providers across Greater Manchester both internally and with resilience partners.

The successful candidate will also play a pivotal part in supporting NHS incident response arrangements.

Main duties of the job

The Head of EPRR will:

• Directly support the Assistant Director of EPRR, deputising as required
• Provide leadership to ensure NHS GM meets its statutory and non-statutory requirements
• Work collaboratively with external multi agency partners, ensuring integrated working and transformational change
• Act as a subject matter expert in EPRR
• Facilitate a comprehensive training and exercising programme to ensure plans, policies and supporting incident management infrastructures are fit for purpose
• On behalf of NHS GM, lead on the collation and evidence submission for the NHS annual EPRR core standards process and maintain assurance and oversight of the GM Trusts submissions
• Ensure NHS GM has a robust and resilient on call function, offering incident management and on call advice, guidance and co-ordination to the senior leadership and executive team.

Working for our organisation

NHS Greater Manchester (NHS GM) serves as theIntegrated Care Board (ICB)for the Greater Manchester region, covering ten boroughs and cities. It was formally established on1st July 2022 alongside the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) to coordinate health and social care services, improve population health, and reduce inequalities across the city region.

In summary, NHS GM is a regional body thatcoordinates healthcare delivery, integrates services, and drives population health initiatives across Greater Manchester, aiming to create a system where everyone has access to high-quality care and support.

Strategic goals:

• Ensurehigh-quality careis accessible where and when needed.
• Promotefair opportunitiesfor all residents to live healthy lives.
• Supportcollaborative working across health and social care sectors to deliver sustainable improvements

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE

• To provide leadership in NHS GM fulfilling the requirements of the emergency planning standards and the civil contingencies act (CCA) 2004, ensuring the adequacy and appropriateness of local emergency plans, preparedness, and business continuity planning arrangements. The Civil Contingencies Act and accompanying non-legislative measures contain highly complex and sensitive information that will require the post holder to interpret the act (including present and future regulations) in a local context and devise and co-ordinate strategies, policies, and procedures for NHS GM.
• The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that NHS GM complies with all relevant emergency preparedness, resilience, and response (EPRR) as set out in the NHS England EPRR framework.
• Develop and deliver the organisations emergency preparedness, resilience and business continuity plans and procedures.
• Improve organisational compliance with the EPRR core standards and provide leadership and management both as part of the team and of the wider EPRR community.
• The post holder will also be responsible for the representation of NHS GM in the GM Health Economy EPRR planning groups and for supporting the workstreams arising from those.
• Hold budgetary responsibility for EPRR activities, ensuring effective allocation and management of financial resources to support NHS GM’s preparedness, resilience, and response priorities in alignment with strategic goals.
• Ensure alignment of NHS GM’s emergency planning and continuity strategies with complex, multi-agency frameworks and regulations, translating national standards into practical local actions.
• Lead the development and execution of high-impact training programs for on-call staff, including senior leadership and emergency responders, to foster readiness and compliance with emergency preparedness standards.

Person specification

JD

• Management / leadership experience / qualification
• Significant experience in emergency planning / resilience
• High level of interpersonal skills, written and verbal
• Well-developed political awareness, influencing, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Highly developed analytical skills
• Skilled in coordinating complex, multi-partner initiatives, working effectively with stakeholders
• Dip in Health Emergency Planning
• Sound knowledge of the NHS and EPRR frameworks / guidance

The successful candidate will be subject to the completion of satisfactory probationary period.

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