Resilience & Network Continuity Lead

National Highways; Saffron Walden; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

National Highways is seeking a Senior Network Planner - Resilience to lead the development and delivery of resilience, emergency and severe weather response plans. The role requires guiding processes to adopt best practice and intelligence insights for maximum customer benefit.

You will liaise with regional Operations and wider stakeholders to minimise impact of events, manage resilience funding, and drive improvements in contingency and business continuity planning. Driving is required.

Qualifications

• Experience in contingency and business continuity planning.
• Knowledge of the Civil Contingency Act 2004 (desirable).
• Experience creating and developing response plans, including managing debriefs (desirable).
• Ability to implement crisis management procedures and policies.
• Strong communications and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of resilience, emergency and severe weather response plans.
• Develop processes and procedures adopting best practice and insights.
• Liaise with regional Operations and stakeholders to minimise impact of events.
• Manage Network Resilience funding, prioritising schemes by risk.
• Analyse effectiveness of existing plans and drive improvement initiatives.
• Provide advisory support to minimise operational impact during emergencies.
• Implement company crisis management procedures and policies.

Skills

Contingency planning

Business continuity planning

Stakeholder management

Crisis management

Civil Contingency Act 2004 knowledge

Driving with <= 3 points

Job description

National Highways is seeking a Senior Network Planner - Resilience to lead the development and delivery of resilience, emergency and severe weather response plans. The role requires guiding processes to adopt best practice and intelligence insights for maximum customer benefit.

You will liaise with regional Operations and wider stakeholders to minimise impact of events, manage resilience funding, and drive improvements in contingency and business continuity planning. Driving is required.