RQ1655347 – Resilience Officer

Carrington Blake Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious UK recruitment agency seeks a Resilience Officer to enhance community safety in Camden. This role involves developing emergency plans, ensuring compliance with the Civil Contingencies Act, and delivering training for effective emergency response. The ideal candidate will have strong project management skills, experience in building relationships across diverse stakeholders, and a commitment to continuous improvement. Work will be based in Kings Cross with some flexibility for remote work. Interested candidates should send their CV to the provided email.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering projects under pressure.
• Strong relationships with senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Ability to produce clear documentation for various audiences.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with the Civil Contingencies Act.
• Develop and maintain emergency plans and arrangements.
• Design and deliver training programs for emergency response.

Skills

Emergency response experience

Project management

Strong relationship building

Training delivery

Risk analysis

Job description

This period closes on Tuesday December 9 2025 at 12:00.

About the role

• £35.24 umbrella per hour

• The Resilience Officer role is central to ensuring Camden is prepared for, can respond to, and recover from emergencies that may impact our community.
• Working under the framework of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, the Resilience Officer will work to support Camden’s residents by developing and maintaining robust emergency plans and arrangements, coordinating business continuity strategies, and supporting partnerships both internally and more widely.
• By engaging with internal teams, external agencies, and the public, the role strengthens Camden’s ability to manage risks, from natural hazards to major incidents, ensuring services remain operational and communities are supported during times of crisis.
• The role requires participation in a 24/7 on-call rota as an on‑call Resilience Advisor.
• Ultimately, this role contributes to a safer, more resilient Camden, where residents can feel confident that their Council is ready to protect and assist them when it matters most.

Risk & Compliance

• You’ll ensure the Council can demonstrate compliance with the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 as well as local Resilience Standards for London, identifying gaps in compliance and working to address any identified gaps.
• You’ll work to horizon scan risks related to potential emergencies in Camden and perform risk analysis and mitigation measures working with various stakeholders.
• You’ll ensure key capabilities are in place and always maintained for use through a robust review and testing programme.
• You’ll lead on specific plan development and review, ensuring robust written plans are in place to cover both specific and generic events and situations.

Business Continuity

• You’ll work with internal services to continuously improve business continuity planning, ensuring all services have identified critical services and developed arrangements to continue delivering services to residents during times of disruption.

Training & Exercising

• You’ll design and deliver effective training programmes, for example, for those who are part of our emergency response team, as well as colleagues across service areas.
• You’ll develop and deliver exercises for use across the Council to test arrangements and support the identification of lessons learnt during exercising to inform plans and arrangements.
• You’ll also lead or support training and exercising delivery in external environments, such as with community organisations or local businesses, and support joint events with emergency service partners.

Partnerships & Culture

• You’ll develop strong relationships with colleagues from across the Council, working to develop a culture of resilience across the diverse range of services Camden provides for its residents, and provide advice and support on all aspects of resilience.
• You’ll develop relationships with external agencies, including emergency service partners, other responding organisations, London Resilience and others.
• You’ll engage with community organisations, voluntary groups and local businesses to promote preparedness and build community resilience.

Continuous Improvement

• You’ll lead on identifying lessons following emergency events, exercising, national or local inquiries or other sources, ensuring action is taken to demonstrate improvement and provide assurance.
• You’ll identify, design and deliver projects to enhance Camden’s capabilities, taking on lead responsibilities and both managing projects independently and working with the wider team.

Professional Standards & Reporting

• You’ll maintain your own competency in line with the National Occupational Standards for Resilience and Emergencies and other local standards.
• You’ll maintain accurate records, provide reports, analyse data and contribute to statutory returns.
• You’ll participate on a 24/7 on‑call rota as Resilience Advisor and comply with the London Resilience Advisor standardised role description.

Experience

• Working in a complex organisation
• Delivering projects and managing challenging situations under pressure
• Building strong relationships with senior leaders, wider stakeholders and working in a collaborative environment
• Delivering training or exercises to large groups
• Experience of emergency or incident response
• Producing clear documentation reports, plans or data for a range of audiences

People management

This role does not include any direct line management responsibilities, although it does require leadership skills, for example when responding to emergencies and collaborating with colleagues from Council who form part of the Emergency Response Team.

Work environment

You’ll work from our main offices, 5PS, in Kings Cross and be expected to work at least two days a week in the office. You may also be required to attend other locations within Camden, for example in responding to emergencies or in the delivery of training/exercises. You may also need to attend training, exercising or partnership meetings at other locations across London or occasionally across the UK.

Who you will be working with

You’ll be joining a small but friendly Resilience team reporting to the Head of Corporate Resilience. This is also a high‑profile visible role and requires close working with colleagues throughout the organisation, including with senior officers and councillors.

If you think this job role is for you, please send your CV to [e-mail]