Apprentice Resilience Officer - Thrapston, United Kingdom - North Northamptonshire Council

North Northamptonshire Council

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Thrapston, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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About the role
This role is part of the Emergency Planning Team.

The team works to make NNC ready for emergencies, by assessing hazards and threats, then making plans and procedures to respond.

The role is 37 hours a week, Monday to Friday.

After a period of training, you will join an on-call rota that provides 24/7 cover for the council to respond to emergencies that can happen at any time.

Although the role is predominantly completed in normal office hours, the nature of the work requires flexibility and a willingness to unsocial hours as required.

This role will be completed alongside a Level 4 Associate Project Manager Apprenticeship, delivered with the University of Bedfordshire, which incudes one day per week of study.

This role is initially a fixed term contract until 31st July 2025. There is the possibility of conversion to a permanent role at the end of the fixed term.

What will you be doing?
You will be helping NNC to be ready for all manner of emergencies and disruptive events.

You will support in assessing hazards and threats, and developing plans and procedures to help us deal with them, in line with our duties under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.

You will help us to keep our plans, procedures and records up to date and ready for use during incidents.

You will also be completing an apprenticeship in project management, to help develop skills in designing and implementing programs of work to promote resilience across North Northamptonshire, its communities and its partners.

About you

A full description of the qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience we are looking for can be found in the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are a new unitary council, established in April 2021; we are one of the largest unitary councils in the country.

Our vision for North Northants is to be 'A place where everyone has the best opportunities and quality of life'.

Our priorities are:
- helping people live active fulfilled lives
- caring for our young people, providing them with high quality education and opportunities
- enabling a thriving and successful economy
- leading on a green and sustainable environment
- ensuring our communities are connected do they can shape their lives and where they live
- providing modern public services

Our values, as chosen by our staff, are - Customer-focused, Respectful, Efficient, Supportive and Trustworthy.

Your differences make us different - Achieve Together.

We are undertaking consultation with the Trade Unions on terms and conditions and the future NNC pay structure and during this time are appointing new employees on interim spot salaries. You will be advised of the outcome and any impact on your role once this work is complete._

Our benefits

We offer:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (27 days, rising to 32 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.