Emergency Planning Officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic individual to join a small team at Herefordshire Council in emergency planning and business continuity. The team has a broad range of functions and the role requires someone with excellent communication skills to work with a range of people, internal and external to the organisation, to plan, prepare and respond to a range of emergencies and business continuity risks.
You will be required to assist the Emergency Planning Manager to deliver effective emergency planning arrangements and the corporate business continuity strategy.

You will require knowledge and experience of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 along with other emergency planning legislation and experience of effective collaborative multi-agency emergency planning and response or business continuity. You will be required to participate in the on-call emergency planning duty officer rota to respond to emergencies during and outside of normal office hours including weekends and bank holidays.
You will possess excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and have good numeracy and literacy skills demonstrating attention to detail and accuracy along with proven competency in using IT.
You will need to be able to prioritise your workload to ensure deadlines and targets are achieved and have a good understanding of effective partnership working and effective performance management.
You will need the ability to work as part of a team and also work under your own initiative and demonstrate a willingness and ability to obtain and/or train for development in this post.

Community Wellbeing is connecting and belonging to the place where you live, feeling safe and having pride in your community.
We welcome applicants whatever their personal characteristics or social identity. All requests for flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments will be considered.
The following candidates will be interviewed if they meet the essential criteria for the post they are applying for:

• Those who indicate that they have a disability. This is part of our commitment to the "Disability Confident" scheme;


• Those who indicate in their supporting statement that they are an Armed Forces Veteran or Reservist. This is part of our pledge to support the Armed Forces Covenant; and


• Those who indicate in their supporting statement that they are a Herefordshire care leaver. This is part of our commitment to supporting young people leaving our care.


Stronger Together, Building Brighter Futures

A competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement, and access to our contributory pension and staff benefits scheme, which includes:

• Starting Salary of £33,945 - £38,223 (plus £3,000 Welcome Payment for eligible roles).


• Pension Scheme Enrolment in the Local Government (LGPS)


• Career progression: clear pathways to progress


• Annual Leave: 31 days' annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays. You can also purchase an additional 10 days per annum with line manager approval.


• Flexible working: flexi-time, job-share, part-time hours and, in some instances, home working


• Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 access to support and counselling


• Payment of professional membership fees


• Pick your perks - our benefits include access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits. This includes savings, cash back and discounts.