Resilience Business Partner

Greater Manchester Combined Authority; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Greater Manchester Combined Authority is seeking a Business Partner to provide emergency planning, response and resilience for the ten GM councils within the GMRU. You will manage relationships with councils, lead resilience programmes and advise on policy impacts, reporting to GMRU leadership.

The role requires senior stakeholder engagement, knowledge of emergency planning and multi-agency delivery, with a hybrid working arrangement across GMCA locations.

Qualifications

• Experience in emergency planning, civil contingencies and business continuity.
• Ability to lead multi-agency projects and partner with diverse stakeholders.
• Knowledge of statutory civil contingencies frameworks and local context.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of Greater Manchester councils, engaging with senior stakeholders.
• Support delivery of the GMRU business plan and annual work programme.
• Maintain up-to-date expertise in emergency response, JESIP, and Resilience Direct.

Skills

Emergency planning

Civil contingencies

Business continuity planning

Multi-agency projects

Job description

Hours: 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with out of hours work as part of a 24/7/365 on-call rota

Contract: Permanent, hybrid

Base: GMCA Offices, Tootal House, 56 Oxford Street, Manchester M1 6EU and GMP Force HQ, Central Park, M40 5BP

Interviews: Early December in central Manchester

The role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work on urban resilience in Greater Manchester, a city-region recognised as a global leader in resilience. As a Business Partner you will provide an emergency planning, response and resilience service to the ten councils of Greater Manchester, working within the Greater Manchester Resilience Unit (GMRU), a directorate of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

You will manage relationships with one or more specific councils or GMCA and lead work programmes across Greater Manchester that address risks and resilience challenges. This work is coordinated through the Greater Manchester Resilience Forum, a statutory partnership of over 80 organisations that plan for, respond to and recover from emergencies.

In the role you will:

Manage a portfolio of Greater Manchester councils, working directly with senior stakeholders including Chief Officers for civil contingencies and Directors of Public Health.

Support delivery of GMRU's business plan and the annual work programme agreed with councils or GMCA.

Maintain up to date expertise in emergency response, including emergency plans, JESIP principles and Resilience Direct, providing specialist advice to councils during response and recovery.

Understand how changes in legislation, strategy and policy affect councils' civil contingencies services.

Lead specific areas of resilience and civil contingencies, developing business cases and managing multi-agency projects.

Deliver the full range of civil contingencies activity including risk assessment, planning, training, exercising and community resilience.

Lead the identification of lessons following incidents and promote continuous learning.

About you

You will be a highly capable resilience professional with experience of civil contingencies, emergency and business continuity planning and the wider resilience agenda. You will bring:

Knowledge and experience of emergency and business continuity planning and delivering multi-agency projects.

Knowledge of the statutory framework for civil contingencies and the national and local context it operates in.

The ability to build strong networks and effective partnerships.

Sound problem solving and decision making under pressure.

Business planning, risk assessment and strategic thinking skills.

High levels of emotional resilience and a strong team ethic.

Mandatory requirements

Successful police security clearance through Greater Manchester Police.

Membership of GMRU's strategic on-call rota providing 24/7/365 support to the 10 Greater Manchester local authorities.

A full driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use (casual car user allowance paid).

Willingness to travel across Greater Manchester and beyond when needed.

Selection process

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a formal interview, written assessment and short presentation in early December in central Manchester, lasting around 3 hours.

About us

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority brings together the city-region's ten councils and key partners to deliver the Greater Manchester Strategy. We value the diversity of our employees and encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the process.