Emergency Planning and Resilience Lead

Environment

Planning

Salford City Council

Salford City Council

Salford Civic Centre

Chorley Road

Swinton

Salford

M27 5AW

Emergency Planning and Resilience Lead

Grade: 5B, £53,213 - £55,083 per annum

Working Hours: 36 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Salford Civic Centre, Swinton

Closing Date: Monday 20th May 2024

Shortlisting: Tuesday 21st May 2024 (candidates not required)

Interviews: Friday 24th May 2024 (in person)

For further information about the role, you can contact the recruiting manager David Seager david.seager@salford.gov.uk, for discussion.

About us

This is a fantastic time to join team Salford. The city is being transformed through unprecedented levels of development and investment and this growth trajectory is set to continue. Significant economic growth has been experienced in recent years across key strategic locations in the city including Central Salford and Media City, leading to new jobs and homes, and establishing ourselves as the fastest growing location in Greater Manchester.

The Council employs 3400 people across its 4 directorates. This position sits within the Place Directorate that is made up of 1350 people providing a full and diverse range of services on behalf of Salford residents. The role of the emergency planning and resilience officer and the work of colleagues is vital to many of the day to day operations of the Council and there are many working relationships with Place and wider Council colleagues as part of the services delivered by the team.

About the role

This is a brand-new role to support the Head of Community Safety, Resilience and Neighbourhood Management at Salford City Council and is an excellent opportunity to make this role your own.

The Service lead will take responsibility for emergency planning arrangements for Salford City Council in addition to supporting the Council to respond to a wide range of incidents and emergencies. The role will also lead the coordination of business continuity across the Council. The role works very closely with our partner agencies and bodies in particular Greater Manchester Resilience Unit (GMRU)

Responsibilities include-

• Assisting in ensuring the Council meets its duties under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004

• Providing a comprehensive, effective, and efficient emergency planning and business continuity function which manages risk and ensures the Council’s preparedness and response to incidents are appropriate and compliant with current legislation and takes account of best practice.

• Development and implementation of emergency planning policy

About you

You will have previous experience of emergency planning and business continuity; the role operates within a partnership environment therefore experience of working in partnership cross multiple partner organisations would help you within this role. You will be a people centric person and have the ability to work with others. You will be able to confidently enforce a high support, high challenge culture within our outcome’s resolution duties. To be a skilled communicator across all sectors and levels, who communicates with clarity, conviction and enthusiasm and is able to demonstrate integrity, create rapport and build trust and confidence.

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About your benefits

You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged and you will have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel, pension and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition to this we offer a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.

Continuous service commitment

New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council’s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr

We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel by way of a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme. Our application forms ask you to indicate if you meet any of the criteria within this scheme, and so to find out more and if you qualify please visit: GreaterManchester Guaranteed Assessment Scheme | greater jobs

salary from

£53,213

contract

permanent

working hours

full time

application deadline

9 00 am

20th May 2024

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