Data & Project Support Officer - Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom - Kent County Council

Description

The post will provide a range of project support roles for a professional multi-agency team responsible for the co-ordination of multi-agency planning and preparation work across the Kent Resilience Forum, in accordance with the Civil Contingencies Act and other relevant legislation and regulations.

This role will also support multi-agency emergency management and operational response functions in furtherance of the County Council's emergency planning and business continuity duties
To support planning for and implementation of specific time-limited projects.

Support a project portfolio informed by the business plan ensuring the service is able to deliver its statutory duties, undertaking straight forward problem solving, and passing more complex queries to senior officers.

To support the Risk, Plans & Capabilities, Training & Exercising, and Lessons Identified / Lessons Learned workstreams within the Kent Resilience Team, and more widely in the Kent Resilience Forum.

Support the operation of systems, procedures, and guidance within the Kent Resilience Team.
To deliver support during incidents and other emergencies affecting the Kent Resilience Forum as appropriate (this may sometimes require working out of hours)

Support innovation by highlighting new ways of working and improvements to the current way of working by identifying how improvements can be made to improve the delivery of emergency planning and resilience processes and procedures.

To undertake other tasks and duties as may be required by the KRT Management Team, including maintaining rotas, financial and administrative systems.

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Location Kent Fire and Rescue Headquarters, The Godlands, Maidstone , United Kingdom
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