Emergency Management Officer - Reigate, United Kingdom - Surrey County Council

Surrey County Council

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Reigate, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

The starting salary for this role is £32,173 per annum for working 36 hours per week.

About the role:

We are currently looking for an
Emergency Management Officer to work as part of the Emergency Management Team to ensure the wellbeing of residents and communities during an emergency, as well as to protect the economic prosperity of thecounty during periods of disruption.

To do this we are responsible for:

Working with partners in the Surrey Local Resilience Forum to ensure a coordinated response to emergencies
Ensuring the resilience of council services by maintaining a robust Business Continuity Management System to protect critical services to residents
Working with organisers of major events to ensure that safety requirements and the needs of residents are addressed as part of the event planning.

On occasions, the Emergency Management Team must respond immediately during and outside of working hours to the demands of a crisis.

During an emergency, the Emergency Management Officer will advise and support senior officers in the County and DistrictCouncils on their response to a disaster.

About you:

To be successful in this role, you will need to have direct experience of working with emergency services and local authorities.

As well as this, you will need to be able to work with the minimum amount of supervision as part of the Emergency ManagementTeam, providing an emergency planning service to all stakeholders in Surrey so that Surrey responds to a major emergency effectively.

You will have a good understanding of the aims and objectives of emergency planning, business continuity, and the Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles.

In addition, you will be expected to provide advice and support to designated stakeholdersin all aspects of integrated emergency management, working collaboratively to improve and report on their levels of preparedness.

Direct experience of working with emergency services and local authorities
An ability to provide advice and support to designated stakeholders in all aspects of integrated emergency management, working collaboratively to improve and report on their levels of preparedness
Ability to work with a minimum of supervision, providing an emergency planning service to all stakeholders
A good understanding of the aims and objectives of emergency planning, business continuity and the Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles
You will require a degree or the relevant experience in the Emergency Management and Resilience field.

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Additional Information

Additional Information
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 11/02/2023.

Interviews will take place week commencing 20/02/2023.

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Benefits
From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. A laptop and mobile will be supplied if applicable to your role.

You will benefit from 26 days annual leave, rising to 28 days after 2 years'service, a generous local government salary related pension, as well as the option to join our car lease scheme.

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