Specialist Capabilities: Emergency Planning Officer - Leeds, United Kingdom - British Transport Police

British Transport Police

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Leeds, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

BTP is the national police Force for the rail network throughout Great Britain, including London Underground, across which we ensure the safety and security of nearly 3 billion passenger journeys and over 100 million tons of freight every year.

The world in which we work is fast-paced, operationally and commercially demanding, and constantly changing.

As the
Emergency Planning Officer within E Division's Force Preparedness Team, you will promote the resilience of BTP by facilitating the assessment of risk and creation of our plans, policies and procedures relating to the management of CT and Major Incidents at operational, tactical and strategic level.

The post holder will occasionally be required to work flexible hours and days to account for incident response functions.

As the
Emergency Planning Officer you will be required to:

Ensure BTP is ready to respond to major incidents
Maintain accurate logs, records and reports on resilience projects and other activity, and take ownership of information management.
Work with a minimum of supervision, making decisions regarding activity, implementation, and development based on agreed parameters, working to yearly or threeyearly cycles.
Identify opportunities for emergency planning or preparedness improvements based on experiences during the delivery of learning inputs
Engage with line managers and peers in multiple departments regarding the recommendations that may result in a change to materials and processes.
Provide specialist guidance, advice and support to all commanders during major, critical, CT, or business continuity incidents.
Educated to Bachelors degree level or equivalent experience.
Certificate in emergency planning, business continuity or risk management or equivalent relevant experience e

g:
Certificate of the Business Continuity Institute.

Excellent understanding of the Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Programme (JESIP) and its supporting doctrine and principles for emergency service interoperability.
Good understanding of the roles, responsibilities and structure of Local Resilience Forums.

Desirable Experience and Skills

Familiarity and experience with emergency response systems including Airwave radio, Resilience Direct, and command & control software systems

In return for your experience, we can offer you:

Salary of
£36,529.65 per annum
Yearly base salary increments
Working from home allowance available to purchase suitable equipment for blended & home working
28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Family friendly policies including up to 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave
Bespoke benefits platform and access to Blue Light Card
Development opportunities including fully funded apprenticeships
Employee assistance programme and dedicated wellbeing hub
Excellent Pension scheme

BTP is an employer who cares about the impact we have on the environment and the wider challenges of climate change, and as such we are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and achieving Net Zero Carbon (NZC) through offsetting by 2035.

At BTP we are proud guardians of the railway and it is crucial that we represent the diverse communities we serve and protect.

As 'One BTP' across the UK, we know that diversity, inclusion and belonging help us improve our decision making, foster creativity and drive innovation so all our people can thrive.