Resilience Advisor Emergency Planning - 2 Year Fixed Term Contract

Warrington Borough Council; Warrington; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority body in Warrington seeks a Resilience Advisor on a fixed-term contract. The role involves supporting the Council's emergency planning efforts, maintaining legal compliance, and delivering training. Ideal candidates will possess strong report writing and organisational skills, and must be flexible and confidential in managing sensitive information. The position offers 26 annual leave days, competitive benefits, and a chance to contribute to community safety efforts.

Benefits

26 days annual holiday, increasing to 31 after 5 years

Access to an attractive benefits package

Health & Wellbeing Programme

Qualifications

• Good report writing skills, able to produce clear and intelligible reports.
• Experience in developing and maintaining databases and spreadsheets.
• Organised with strong communication skills for training delivery.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Service in maintaining emergency plans.
• Assist in planning and delivering training exercises.
• Manage sensitive information with confidentiality.

Skills

Good report writing skills

Experience with software packages

Organisational skills

Teamwork and initiative

Confidentiality management

Flexible and committed

Tools

Databases

E-learning tools

Job description

Resilience Advisor Emergency Planning - 2 Year Fixed Term Contract

About us

We are a small team responsible for ensuring the Council meets its legal requirements under the Civil Contingencies legislation. We prepare the councils statutory emergency plans, carry out training and awareness programmes. The team works in partnership with the Cheshire Resilience Forum. Applicants must be able to drive and have access to transport when needed. We would support a candidate interested in the role who wishes to develop a career in Emergency Planning.

The role

The role will support the Head of Service to ensure the Council has emergency plans in place that are regularly maintained, reviewed and tested. You will need an appreciation of how Emergency Planning operates within a Local Authority, in line with legislative requirements and underlying concepts and principles of laws including Civil Contingencies legislation.

Your workload will be interesting, varied, demanding and at some points, pressured and challenging.

What's needed?

We are looking for someone who has:

• Good report writing skills, including an ability to understand technical matters and produce simple, straightforward and intelligible reports, guidance and procedures
• Experience of software packages, particularly developing and maintaining spreadsheets, databases, web based systems and e-learning tools.
• Organised, with good communication skills, as you will be assisting and planning the delivery of training and exercises.
• A forward thinker with the ability to work as part of a team and able to act on your own initiative and respond to both unexpected and unanticipated problems and situations as they arise.
• Able to attend meetings across the Borough and across Cheshire as a partner within the Cheshire Resilience Forum.
• Experienced in managing sensitive information. You will fully understand the importance of confidentiality.
• Flexible and committed to the role and the team.

As well as a competitive salary, working for us means you get:

• 26 days annual holiday - raising to 31 after 5 years of service (pro-rata)
• Access to our attractive and competitive benefits package
• Access to our Health & Wellbeing Programme

Key Dates & Further Information

If you need further information about the role or would like to have an informal discussion please contact Joann Mullally, Community Safety & Resilience on tel: [phone] or email [e-mail]

In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. Sponsorship is not available for this role. Therefore, you must have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for appointment.

The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

If you are a permanent WBC employee you will need to apply for this fixed term position as an internal secondment opportunity and will need to discuss this with your current line manager prior to applying.

Warrington Borough Council is a Disability Confident employer

Warrington Borough Council Offices, 1 Time Square, Warrington, WA1 2NT