Interim Emergency Planning and Resilience Manager - Harlow District Council

Harlow is a district of contrasts and an ideal location to both live and work. The town itself is thriving, with excellent shopping and leisure facilities for all ages. We have good road links to the M11 and M25 and excellent rail connections to London and Stansted Airport, just 35 minutes and 20 minutes away from Harlow respectively.

This role will require an individual who has demonstrable experience in emergency planning, resilience, response and recovering to manage the following areas:

• Upskilling and recruiting Local Authority Liaison Officers
• Ensuring rest centre equipment is suitable and rest centre managers are trained
• Training duty Incident managers
• Improving business continuity
• Training Members on their role during an incident
• Running emergency planning exercises
• Completing local risk assessments
• Managing the out of hours rota

Knowledge you bring:

• Comprehensive knowledge of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 related statutory duties, guidance and good practice
• Knowledge of risk assessment, local and regional risk registers, emergency planning, incident response and recovery
• Understanding of governance, audit trails, data protection and information security requirements
• Calm, resilient and professional under pressure

What you should do next:

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website. If you have any queries relating to this post please email louise.butler@essex.gov.uk