Business Continuity and Emergency Resilience Officer in Sheffield

Business Continuity and Emergency Resilience Officer

Application Deadline: 12 July 2026

Department: Governance & Legal

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Sheffield Head Office

Reporting To: Stephen Breden

Compensation: £39,153 - £41,772 / year

Description

• Hours: 37 hours per week
• Contract: Permanent
• Salary: £39,153 - £41,772
• Location: Sheffield (This is a hybrid role with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office)

We are seeking an ambitious Business Continuity and Emergency Resilience Officer to join our Emergency Preparedness and Corporate Security team.

This is an officer role working on critical workstreams across business continuity, resilience and emergency planning. The role will play a vital part in building a more resilient and better prepared SYMCA to tackle current and future risks and disruptions.

Applications must be accompanied by a cover letter to detail how you meet the criteria as detailed within the role profile. Please note, all applications should be made directly via our careers portal. NPPV3 vetting will be required for this role.

About the role

You will contribute to multiple workstreams shaping how SYMCA will respond to disruptions and emergencies whether internally through our business continuity programme or externally through engagement with Local Resilience Forum.

You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to create risk assessments, write emergency plans, train staff on their roles and responsibilities and validate these plans have been successfully created and understood. Engagement with a wide number of partners will be essential to understand their operating environment and how they can be best prepared to tackle emerging risks that may occur.

About you

• You have experience in working in complex organisations with emergency planning, business continuity, risk management, exercising or operating within a Local Resilience Forum.
• You are confident working across multiple interdisciplinary teams to deliver outcomes based in best-practice adapted to the needs and requirements of the organisation.
• You are able to work across multiple concurrent projects to deliver successful outputs in line with management and organisational priorities.
• You are keen to work within multiple exciting projects and business areas within SYMCA, such as Bus Franchising to ensure that emergency planning and business continuity best practice is embedded across the organisation.
• This role may be required to become part of an on-call roster in the future. This will only occur based on discussions once appointed.

Benefits

All colleagues have access to a Local Government Pension Scheme and the chance to be part of an organisation where you can really make a difference. Located in Sheffield City Centre, we are well-placed for transport links and we encourage employees to take advantage of the active travel facilities. Work/life balance is extremely important to us here at SYMCA with our recognised family/friendly policies, genuine work flexibility, recognition, and shared success.

Additional Benefits

• Holiday Entitlement: From 28 to 36 days annual leave entitlement (depending on length of service) plus bank holidays. Pro‑rata for part time colleagues.
• Annual Leave Purchase Scheme: The ability to purchase up to a further 15 days per year in addition to your normal annual leave.
• Hybrid working: Our offices are a space where we come together and collaborate. Most of our roles are offered on a hybrid basis with the exception of some support roles being onsite full time. Please note, unless specified within the job advert, we cannot accommodate remote working contracts.
• Flexible Hours Scheme: Most roles within SYMCA work under the Flexi‑Scheme which allows office‑based employees’ flexibility and discretion over their working hours. Under the scheme employees can accrue a defined amount of credit or debit of working hours, and to take time‑off in the form of Flexi‑Leave or banked Annual Leave.
• Rewarding You: Reducing everyday expenses through discounts, benefits, financial advice, wellbeing solutions and more with Reward Gateway and Cycle‑to‑Work schemes.
• Training on the job: Support with upskilling skills through on‑the‑job training and qualifications.
• Professional Membership Fees: Where membership to Professional bodies is applicable to your role, SYMCA will reimburse your membership fees where applicable and following approval by Line Management.

Diversity at South Yorkshire Combined Mayoral Authority: Our workforce is made up of a diverse community, where we all belong and feel part of something bigger. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio‑economic background, religion and/or belief.

All employees are eligible to request Flexible Working arrangements from day one of employment; all requests will be considered subject to operation requirements.

If candidates share disabilities within the application process, and they demonstrate that they meet all essential criteria from the Role Profile within their application, they will automatically be invited to interview.

If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the process, please contact recruitment@southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk or include within your application form detailing the adjustment and how it will assist in managing any barriers.