Resilience Officer
| Posting date: | 13 June 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 July 2025 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE3 8RA |
| Company: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 5469 |
Summary
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Leicestershire County Council, County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £34,350 – £37,950 (grade 10) + standby allowance when on-call
Working Hours: 37hrs per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 29th June 2025
Interview Date(s): 10th/11th July 2025
Join the LLR Resilience Partnership and make a difference to the communities of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
About the Role
Are you ready for an extraordinary role that puts you at the forefront of emergency planning? Leicestershire County Council is seeking passionate individuals to join the LLR Resilience Partnership, where you'll play a crucial role in preparing, responding to, and recovering from a diverse range of potential emergencies. From tackling severe weather and flooding to addressing animal disease outbreaks and pandemic flu, this is your chance to make a tangible impact on the safety and well-being of our local community.
As a Resilience Officer, you'll be at the heart of the action, working closely with partners to ensure effective emergency plans are in place for every possible scenario. Your expertise in contingency planning, crisis management, and emergency incident response will be put to the test as you lead multi-agency exercises and take charge of the initial response to emergencies on behalf of the LLR Resilience Partnership. Your dedication and strategic thinking will be paramount in safeguarding our community during times of crisis.
As part of this role, you will be required to join the Resilience Partnership Duty Officer rota, where you will have to spend 6-7 weeks a year on-call. You will also be willing to undergo vetting to SC level.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
- Degree or Diploma in Emergency Planning / Disaster Management or demonstrable experience of contingency planning / crisis management / emergency incident response
- Demonstrate experience in the development and production of contingency / emergency plans.
- Demonstrate experience of engaging and working with a range of organisations to achieve shared objectives.
- Demonstrate experience in the production of comprehensive training and exercise materials.
- Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Can you communicate clearly and effectively with diverse individuals and groups?
- Demonstrated Adaptability and Flexibility: Are you able to adapt to new environments and handle unexpected changes?
- Strong Attention to Detail: Do you take pride in your work?
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Helen Hardy, Resilience and Business Continuity Manager
Telephone: 07805 300 3035
Email: helen.hardy@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.
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