Emergency Planning and Resilience Manager

Location: Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Contract: Interim

About the role

Our client is looking for an Emergency Planning and Resilience Manager to join its team in Chelmsford on an interim basis. The role leads the organisation’s preparedness for, and response to, major incidents and disruption, making sure plans are current, tested and understood across the organisation and with partner agencies.

The successful candidate will take ownership of emergency planning and business continuity arrangements. That includes maintaining plans and risk assessments, running training and exercises, and managing the organisation’s contribution to multi-agency working through the local resilience forum. You will also support the response when incidents occur, advising senior officers and helping to coordinate activity from first alert through to recovery.

The organisation needs someone who can take on live work quickly and contribute from the start of the assignment. You will work alongside senior managers, service leads and partners across the public sector, helping to strengthen resilience and meet statutory duties under the Civil Contingencies Act.

Main responsibilities

• Lead emergency planning and resilience activity, in line with the Civil Contingencies Act and associated guidance
• Develop, review and maintain emergency plans, incident response procedures and business continuity arrangements
• Maintain risk assessments and contribute to the community risk register
• Plan and deliver training, exercises and testing, and make sure lessons learned are put into practice
• Represent the organisation on the local resilience forum and in multi-agency planning groups
• Provide advice and support to senior officers and service managers before, during and after incidents
• Support the on-call and incident response arrangements, including coordination of the response and recovery phases
• Promote business continuity planning across services, and support the identification of critical functions and dependencies
• Prepare reports, briefings and performance information for senior management and relevant boards
• Keep up to date with legislation, national guidance and good practice

Requirements

• Proven experience in emergency planning, resilience or civil contingencies, ideally within local government or the wider public sector
• Sound knowledge of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and the multi-agency response framework
• Experience of writing and maintaining emergency plans and business continuity arrangements
• Experience of designing and delivering exercises and training
• Understanding of multi-agency working, including joint working through local resilience forums
• Ability to remain calm, make sound decisions and communicate clearly under pressure
• Strong report writing, briefing and stakeholder engagement skills
• Willingness to take part in out-of-hours response arrangements as required
• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Able to work from the Chelmsford location

The offer

This is an interim position based in Chelmsford. Rate, start date and duration are to be confirmed with candidates. You will join an established team and take on live emergency planning and resilience responsibilities from the start of the assignment.

If you are an emergency planning professional looking for interim work in Chelmsford and want to lead resilience activity across a large public sector organisation, this role is worth a conversation. Apply below.