London, United Kingdom

Emergency Management & Business Continuity Officer

 Job Description:

We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Camden to assist with the appointment of an Emergency Management & Business Continuity Officer, on a 3-month contract, likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £23.75 - £30.13 per hour

Responsibilities:

  • To manage a challenging workload with conflicting priorities, this will include delivering and testing response and recovery plans for
    the council and external partners and to support colleagues to work collectively to this end.
  • To participate in the out of hours Duty Emergency Planning Officer rota, To lead and facilitate Camdens initial response and
    support to emergency responders in relation to an incident.
  • To lead on identification, design and delivery of projects that improves the councils and communities response to risks related to
    emergency or business continuity incidents.
  • To assess and develop training and exercising of Crisis Support Team and other Council staff in relation to their response roles.

Qualifications:

  • Detailed knowledge of emergency planning and business continuity.
  • Understanding of pan London and local government responsibilities and arrangements under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.
  • Knowledge and experience of risk within the context of emergency planning and business continuity.
  • Knowledge of and ability to manage sensitive intelligence and information securely and safely.

Please note:

  • You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
  • You should have right to work in U.K
  • This role requires an basic DBS

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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  Required Skills:

Discretion Business Continuity Pay BASIC Intelligence Emergency Government LTD Testing Planning Design Business Training Management