Hybrid Emergency Planning & Resilience Coordinator

Maidstone Borough Council; Maidstone; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible hours

Generous leave

Job summary

Maidstone Borough Council is seeking a Risk & Resilience Coordinator to join our Emergency Planning and Resilience Team. You’ll help prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies while supporting business continuity, risk management and health and safety duties.

In this central role you will coordinate corporate systems, maintain records, support training and exercises, and assist in embedding improvements across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Experience providing administrative, coordination or business support within a busy team, service or project environment.
• Strong organisational skills, with experience maintaining accurate records, databases, spreadsheets and action logs.
• Confident IT skills, using Microsoft 365 applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams and SharePoint.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work independently and to work collaboratively, liaising with a range of stakeholders and to produce clear reports and documentation.
• An understanding of, or interest in, health and safety, risk management, business continuity or emergency planning, with a willingness to undertake further professional training and development.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining corporate systems, databases, registers and records to ensure information is accurate and up to date.
• Supporting accident and incident reporting processes and the administration of health and safety systems.
• Monitoring compliance with business continuity, health and safety and risk management requirements.
• Coordinating training programmes, exercises, meetings, audits and inspections.
• Tracking and monitoring actions arising from exercises, debriefs, inspections and reviews.
• Working closely with managers and services across the Council to gather information and monitor progress against agreed actions.
• Supporting the management of first aider and fire warden records, risk assessment registers and related compliance processes.
• Contributing to the ongoing development and improvement of the Council's emergency planning, resilience and health and safety arrangements.

Skills

Organisational skills

Record keeping

Stakeholder liaison

IT skills

Tools

Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, SharePoint)

Job description

Maidstone Borough Council is seeking a Risk & Resilience Coordinator to join our Emergency Planning and Resilience Team. You’ll help prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies while supporting business continuity, risk management and health and safety duties.

In this central role you will coordinate corporate systems, maintain records, support training and exercises, and assist in embedding improvements across the organisation.