Resilience Officer
- Employer
- Telford & Wrekin Council
- Location
- Addenbrooke House, Ironmasters Way, TF3 4NT
- Salary
- £30,756 - £33,136
- Closing date
- 10 Feb 2019
- Reference
- TWC000003454
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- Sector
- Local Councils
- Job Type
- Planning
- Contract Type
- Full time permanent
- Working Pattern
- Flexible hours
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
Civil Resilience Team
Resilience Officer
£30,756 - £33,136 per annum
NJC PO2
37 hours per week
Telford & Wrekin Council is seeking an experienced individual for this interesting, specialist role, to ensure that the Council responds effectively to emergencies in compliance with the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. The post holder will be a key member of the Civil Resilience Team, supporting the Council’s response to incidents and emergencies, preparing plans and delivering training, linking with other agencies through the West Mercia Local Resilience Forum. The team also supports the resilience of the organisation through the business continuity planning process.
The successful candidate will have:
- A degree or equivalent level of education, with an ambition to gain a specific qualification in Emergency Planning or hold a specific qualification in Emergency Planning.
- Experience in Emergency Planning and/or similar functions within local government, a public agency or a large industrial company.
- Substantial knowledge required to provide civil resilience, emergency planning and business continuity advice in a local government context.
- Good interpersonal skills, including the aptitude to deliver training.
The post holder will need the ability to:
- Work flexibly as part of a team in a busy environment and sometimes under extreme pressure.
- Communicate effectively at all levels including senior management and across agencies.
- Work accurately and efficiently on his/her own initiative
Interviews will take place on 15 February 2019.
We are committed to equality and diversity. Posts working with children or vulnerable groups will be subject to an appropriate criminal records check.
Sorry but CVs will not be accepted.
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Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.
At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us.
Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve.
In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.
At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result.
We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups.
We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our ‘guaranteed interview scheme’ here
You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy commitments and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here
If you are unable to complete an online application form please contact the HR helpdesk on 01952 383601 or email hrhelpdesk@telford.gov.uk
- Website
- http://www.telford.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 01952 380000
- Location
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Telford & Wrekin Council
Darby House
Lawn Central
Telford
Shropshire
TF3 4JA
United Kingdom
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