Emergency Planning Officer

4 weeks ago


Sutton, United Kingdom London Borough of Sutton Full time

About the Role

The role will support the Climate Action and Emergency Planning team in ensuring a safe and resilient borough. The post holder will work with colleagues across the Council to help deliver a robust programme of emergency planning, training and exercising. The role will also form a critical part of Sutton’s response to any incidents and provide specialist advice to help shape the response. 


Key activities include:

Coordinating the borough resilience forum Help ensure the Council are meeting the Resilience Standards for London. Commission and deliver emergency planning training to staff

Coordinating the council’s business continuity programme and providing support to services to develop business continuity plans

About Us Sutton has a long-standing commitment to reducing our impact on the environment. The council’s corporate plan, Ambitious for Sutton - commits to tackle climate change in becoming a net zero carbon borough. To enable delivery of these ambitions, the council uses its Environment Strategy and Climate Emergency Response Plan. As part of the Council’s forward thinking approach to adapting to climate change, the Council acknowledges the key role emergency planning has to play in response to our climate emergency by ensuring the borough is prepared and resilient for a broad range of incidents as the changing climate leads to more severe weather incidents. About You

If you enjoy a diverse role that gives you exposure to the broad range of Council services and thrive in working in a challenging yet highly rewarding environment, then we want to hear from you. 

You will have experience of working in emergency planning or business continuity, able to adapt to changes of pace and maintain a calm and professional demeanour while making decisions under pressure during any incidents. Within the role you will build relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders and be able to manage competing deadlines.

In order to successfully deliver the responsibilities of the role, you will need to demonstrate:

a good understanding of relevant contingency planning and integrated emergency planning legislation, regulations and guidance for the local authority context (essential);  the relevant experience working in an Emergency Planning and/or Business Continuity position(s), and possess the knowledge of how to effectively prepare for, respond to, and recover from, internal and external emergencies (essential); a commitment to personal development in order to meet the changing demands of the position (essential); effective problem solving skills and be confident in making decisions to resolve situations that arise, including under pressure (essential); experience of challenging and critically evaluating information and data, considering the bigger picture and wider implications to the service and Council (essential); the ability to confidently communicate effectively with various audiences, including members of the Council’s Corporate Management Team, Councillors, multi-agency partners, internal departments, residents, etc (essential); well-developed training and instructional skills in order to formulate training objectives and lesson plans leading to the design and running of training sessions and events (essential); the ability to work well under pressure, prioritise work and possess organisational skills to remain effective in the role (essential); good interpersonal skills in order to build sound working relationships with key stakeholders and partners (essential).

The postholder will be required to form part of the emergency planning out of hours on-call rota, which will necessitate some out of hours working including evenings and weekends due to the emergency planning on-call rota. There is additional remuneration associated with this. In-person attendance in the borough will also be expected during civil contingencies. 

Our Offer To You

As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.

In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps. Our Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme embraces new ways of working. It provides improved work life balance for our staff as it allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week.

Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:

Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply) Flexi-time (Please note, this applies to roles at grades 1-9 only) Three volunteering days per year in Sutton Comprehensive learning and development programme Local and national discounts for shopping, eating out and leisure activities Interest free season ticket loans Local Government Pension Scheme Car parking scheme Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme Zip car scheme Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses Confidential wellbeing and counselling support Subsidised gym membership

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