Resilience Staff Officer
| Posting date: | 10 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £34,233 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 September 2025 |
| Location: | Milford Haven |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 423585/7 |
Summary
Have you got experience working in an emergency planning role?
Are you able to work flexibly and adapt to changing situations?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has a requirement to meet its obligations under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (the Act) with regards to emergency preparedness, accident and disaster response, and business continuity arrangements. HM Coastguard (HMCG) deliver these responsibilities by ensuring there are suitable arrangements in place for managing foreseeable risks and for planning and responding to incidents that require a multi-agency response. This is undertaken through the development and management of plans and procedures that are validated and tested to mitigate and ensure continuity of business in respect of these foreseeable risks and threats.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Find out more about what it's like working at MCA: Maritime and Coastguard Agency - Department for Transport Careers
The role holder will support the Civil Resilience Lead in the development of plans, procedures and capabilities relating to Civil Contingencies matters that ensure HMCG complies with its duties under the Civil Contingencies Act, and to enable HMCG, through its officers and its partner responder agencies, to deliver its core Coastguard missions, and an effective and comprehensive response to major and other multi-agency incidents. The role holder will support preparedness, response planning and command structures in response to complex and protracted incidents and liaise with other emergency response partners and agencies to facilitate a joint shared understanding of risks and capabilities for responding to multi-agency incidents and civil emergencies within Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
Assist the Civil Resilience Lead in developing HMCG strategy in meeting its obligations under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004Be a point of contact for advice on business continuity arrangements for HMCGContribute to planning and delivery of professional and technical development of Coastguard staffProvide advice for HMCG Directorate staff on Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles (JESIP)Provide support to assist other responder agencies and partners understanding of HMCGs functionsProvide guidance and support to HMCG Directorate staffFor further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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