Hybrid Risk & Resilience Coordinator - Emergency Planning

Maidstone Borough Council; Maidstone; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Generous holiday entitlement

Free parking

LGPS

Life Assurance

Cycle to work

Job summary

Maidstone Borough Council is seeking a proactive Risk & Resilience Co-ordinator to join the Emergency Planning and Resilience Team. The role focuses on keeping systems and records accurate, supporting business continuity, risk management and health and safety responsibilities.

You'll coordinate corporate records, assist with training, exercises, audits and awareness initiatives, and help ensure actions are followed through with improvements embedded across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Experience providing administrative, coordination or business support within a busy team
• Strong organisational skills with experience maintaining accurate records, databases and logs
• Confident IT skills using Microsoft 365 applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, SharePoint)
• Excellent communication skills, able to work independently and collaboratively
• Understanding of health and safety, risk management, business continuity or emergency planning, with willingness to undertake training

Responsibilities

• Maintain corporate systems, databases, registers and records ensuring information is accurate and up to date
• Support accident and incident reporting processes and health and safety systems administration
• Monitor compliance with business continuity, health and safety and risk management requirements
• Coordinate training programmes, exercises, meetings, audits and inspections
• Track actions from exercises, debriefs, inspections and reviews
• Collaborate with managers across the Council to gather information and monitor progress
• Support management of first aider and fire warden records and related compliance
• Contribute to ongoing development of emergency planning and resilience arrangements

Skills

Administrative experience

Organisational skills

IT skills

Communication skills

Health and safety/risk management

Professional training willingness

Tools

Microsoft 365

Outlook

Word

Excel

Teams

SharePoint

Job description

Maidstone Borough Council is seeking a proactive Risk & Resilience Co-ordinator to join the Emergency Planning and Resilience Team. The role focuses on keeping systems and records accurate, supporting business continuity, risk management and health and safety responsibilities.

You'll coordinate corporate records, assist with training, exercises, audits and awareness initiatives, and help ensure actions are followed through with improvements embedded across the organisation.