Emergency Planning & Business Continuity Manager

Emergency Planning & Business Continuity Manager

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We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work-life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. You will receive:

• Competitive salary and pension scheme
• 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) – increasing to 38 days over 5 years
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Health and Wellbeing portal – access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts – access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping

About Us

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,200 employees and over 29,500 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning. As a charity with a rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response, Falls response and Night Time Economy) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g. our Volunteers and Community Advocates, NHS Cadets and Young Responders programmes). There is also a buoyant social enterprise network that delivers first aid training and supplies medical consumables to businesses and consumers.

Job Summary

Our Emergency Planning Manager, as a member of the Urgent & Emergency Care directorate, is accountable for ensuring that our EPRR policies, plans, people, and capabilities are in a constant state of readiness in line with the expectations placed upon us. They will lead the delivery of our Emergency Planning and Business Continuity strategy and policies across the organisation, ensuring all functions and teams are resilient in their operation. This role demands a great deal of flexibility, the ability to multi-task, and react quickly to offer pragmatic and logical solutions in the event of a crisis. This is a varied and challenging role which will help to establish a new and impactful approach to emergency planning and business continuity.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• CBCI Certificate Course or equivalent
• Demonstrable experience of successfully developing and implementing emergency planning and business continuity policies and programmes across multiple sites
• Experience of designing robust, cost-effective and practical EP and BC solutions
• Designing and delivering effective training programmes and exercises to test procedures and plans
• Able to demonstrate an up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance including the CCA and NHS EPRR framework and ISO 22301 and/or the BCI good practice guidelines
• Experience of leading cross-functional teams towards successfully achieving objectives within agreed timeframes

About the Role

• Develop and implement the St John Ambulance Emergency Planning (EP) and Business Continuity (BC) strategy and policies that will support the organisational overall strategy and direction
• Drive compliance towards relevant EPRR core standards that underpin organisational contracts
• Be aware of external landscape developments in the EP & BC arena that will change how we need to operate or respond and advise the Director of Urgent & Emergency Care accordingly
• Ensure a programme of CPD exists to ensure St John People have the necessary EP and/or BC awareness for their role
• Lead a high-performing team of volunteers and employees to focus on relevant aspects of EP & BC pertinent to organisational direction, strategy, and resource availability

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.

Please note: This role may be subject to a DBS check.

St John Ambulance is committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive. We have several networks including Multi Culture, Disability and Accessibility, Pride, Family and Carers, and Women’s groups. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and engender a sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equality, diversity, and inclusion.

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