Resilience & Emergency Planning Leader (Hybrid)

Sandwell Council; Oldbury; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandwell Council’s Place Division seeks a proactive Resilience Manager to lead emergency planning, business continuity and resilience. The role is based at Oldbury with a hybrid model (3 days in the office, 2 days from home) and involves statutory duties under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.

You will lead a resilience team, work with emergency services and regional partners, and develop robust strategies, plans and training to protect communities and services.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in emergency planning and resilience.
• Proven leadership of teams and budgets.
• Strong knowledge of Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and continuity principles.
• Experience coordinating multi-agency responses to major incidents.
• Ability to build partnerships and influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience delivering training, exercises and resilience programmes.

Responsibilities

• Lead emergency planning, business continuity and resilience functions, ensuring statutory compliance.
• Act as principal advisor on civil contingencies and Protect and Prepare workstreams.
• Manage and develop the Resilience Team, fostering high performance.
• Develop, implement and review emergency response, recovery and business continuity plans.
• Lead relationships with emergency services, health organisations, local authorities and regional partners.
• Oversee borough-wide resilience strategies, including flood response and major incidents.
• Deliver and oversee training, exercises and testing programmes for preparedness.
• Lead resilience-related projects and contribute to corporate/partnership programmes.
• Manage service budgets and identify external funding opportunities.
• Respond to major incidents as part of the emergency response, including out-of-hours standby.
• Attend Sandwell Council House in Oldbury within an hour for emergencies.

Skills

Emergency planning

Business continuity

Resilience management

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Job description

Sandwell Council’s Place Division seeks a proactive Resilience Manager to lead emergency planning, business continuity and resilience. The role is based at Oldbury with a hybrid model (3 days in the office, 2 days from home) and involves statutory duties under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.

You will lead a resilience team, work with emergency services and regional partners, and develop robust strategies, plans and training to protect communities and services.