Emergency Preparedness Group Head

Do you have leadership experience and knowledge of Emergency Planning or a similar technical area? Are you enthusiastic about developing others and leading them towards delivering successful business outcomes? Are you always the one to be recognised as collaborative and empathetic? Are you energised by taking the initiative and finding creative ways to make things better for your clients and your people? Are you resilient to a fast-paced and continually changing environment? Are you known for making, and communicating, effective decisions that prioritise safety whilst understanding the commercial environment you are operating in?

At EDF, success is personal. Here you’ll develop a career that’s unique to you. Whether you want to move horizontally, deepen your specialty, or advance through the levels — it’s your journey, powered by us. Join us and be part of our mission to help Britain achieve Net Zero.

The opportunity: We are looking for an Emergency Planning Group Head to provide support across Nuclear Operations and New Nuclear Build Projects, supporting performance and program delivery while leading a team of Emergency Planning Officers. Within this role, we support hybrid or remote working with frequent travel around the fleet required, and occasional travel to our Gloucester office.

Pay, Benefits And Culture: Alongside a competitive annual salary ranging from £95,000 and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include a range of benefits, from the big and formal to the small and personal. We’re talking about everything from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to season ticket loans.

At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone's working needs are different. Whether you're in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated.

Here, we do right by each other and everyone’s welcome. We’re on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, diversity, and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility. We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments.

We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment, where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive fresh thinking and innovation. We understand that success means different things to different people. We believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we support you to pursue a career that’s unique to you. Because success is personal.

What You’ll Be Doing: You will lead a team of Emergency Planning Officers and will be accountable for:

• Providing support across Nuclear Operations and for New Nuclear Build Projects to support performance and program delivery.
• Creating trusting relationships with internal and external regulators, particularly the Office for Nuclear Regulation.
• Supporting the Emergency Planning Branch Manager in setting and delivering the strategic objectives for the Branch, including long term capability plans.
• Identifying and delivering opportunities for continual improvement and organisational collaboration internal and external to EDF.
• Managing staff health, well-being, their personal development and competencies.
• Creating an inclusive work environment recognising and respecting cultural differences across the organisation.
• Prioritising and shaping the activities of your team to meet business needs.
• Providing support to the department by resolving issues that require escalation.
• Providing functional assurance across the Nuclear Operations business, including at our Nuclear Power Stations.
• Maintaining and improving Emergency Planning procedures.
• Providing performance monitoring and insights to a wide range of stakeholders.

Who You Are: You’ll bring at least an HNC (or equivalent) in a relevant field, though a degree is a definite plus. With strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate complex technical information clearly, you’re confident engaging with stakeholders at all levels. You have experience working with or as a regulator—ideally in the nuclear or other high-hazard industries—and are either chartered or working towards chartered status with a relevant professional body.

Applications close for this role on 2nd June, with interviews being held on w/c 16th June.