Senior Emergency Planning and Events Manager

Environment

Emergency Planning, Events and Highways Operations 

Ref: G8/OL-

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £40,221 - £44,428 per annum (Grade 8)

Hours: 36.66 per week

Based: Moorhey Street Depot, Moorhey Street, Oldham, OL4 1JF

Closing Date: Sunday 2nd June 2024

Interviews: Friday 21st June 2024

Job Description & Person Specification.docx

Role Overview: 

Working within the council’s emergency planning and events team you will be at the forefront of shaping emergency preparedness and events from a strategic role, includes being the lead for the development and collaborative projects and providing a comprehensive and efficient emergency planning function, which manages risk and ensures the Council and all its key partners are prepared to respond to incidents and imbedding best practice for emergency preparedness and events planning.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Leading on preparing, auditing, reviewing, managing and co-ordinating corporate contingency and tactical emergency plans and processes, in accordance with government legislation and guidance, to ensure a continually improving service. Ensuring all plans are compatible with Greater Manchester.
• Devising, implementing and delivering a continuous programme of training and exercises to test plans and develop the skills of the Response Command Structure and Business Continuity Service Leads in connection with all aspects of emergency preparedness.
• Responsible for liaising with external event organisers and advising on all associated applications. Ensuring that all event information is collected and effectively passed on to all relevant council teams
• Management of all information associated with an event before, during and after to ensure that information is tracked, saved and distributed to relevant Event Group participants.
• To be responsible for reports presented to the Events Group, arranging and attending regular status meetings. Undertake project debriefs following key events.

Key Requirements: 

• To succeed in this role, you will need as a minimum: Experience in cross sector partnership working e.g. Health, Local Authority, Police, Voluntary and Community Sectors or in contingency planning in a large organisation
• Good strategic planning and organisational skills; monitoring performance, assessing and mitigating risks, managing competing priorities and delivering outcomes within the required deadlines
• Experience of using IT software/Microsoft applications to prepare quality written material for a range of audiences, accurately recording notes and actions, and maintaining key service and project documents

Oldham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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NB. - Any candidate that meets the criteria of our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme and meets the essential criteria of the role, will be guaranteed the first stage of assessment (whether that is an interview or another assessment, as appropriate).

Our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme supports candidates with disabilities, carers, those who are aged 24 or under and have previously been in or currently in care, and those whose last long term substantive employer was the Armed Forces.

Diversity and Inclusion:

At Oldham Council, we are committed to creating a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We aim to develop a culture of respect, where differences are recognised regardless of background. We aim to be an employer of choice by engaging in fair and open recruitment processes and Applications are encouraged from all communities across the borough to create a workforce that represents the diversity of our population.

About Us:

Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough.  Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.

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