Emergency Planning Officer

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Emergency Planning Officer

Appointment Type: Permanent

Salary: Grade 9 £37,938 – £40,476 per annum

Hours: 37 per week

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, professional and enthusiastic Emergency Planning Officer to join a small friendly team, based within Public Health & Wellbeing, ensuring that the Council is ready and able to respond to any number of disruptive challenges and emergency situations affecting Dudley, as defined under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.

This role will be key to the ongoing work of the team to meet the challenges for the future with regards to emergency management duties and supporting the business continuity function for the whole organisation.

This role requires some work outside of normal office hours and participation in the service’s 24/7 on-call duty rota is expected.

You will have previous resilience and business continuity experience preferably in a Local Government and/or a multi-agency setting and be:

• expected to lead on emergency planning and business continuity workstreams;
• experienced in coordinating the response to emergencies;
• an excellent communicator, confident in engaging with people within different communities and able to develop networks with colleagues and partners;
• expected to design and deliver training and exercises;
• well organised and have excellent attention to detail;
• able to work as part of a team, and individually, and prioritise an interesting and varied workload;
• a quick-learner and a desire to make a difference;
• good at working under pressure, working flexibly and at pace.
  
  
  

This is an agile working role which may involve working from home as well as in the office.

You must hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to your own transport. You are required to be within an hour’s drive of Dudley Borough during on-call duty periods.

Join us and you will enjoy a range of benefits including flexible working and development opportunities.

Contact Sarah Hill by email at [email protected]

So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application.

Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough.

All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.

Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.

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N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications

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About Dudley Council

It’s an incredibly exciting time to work in Dudley Council as we embark on numerous multi-million pound regeneration schemes which will be real game-changers for the borough. In addition to the exciting schemes such as the Midland Metro we also have the ongoing and very serious challenges of ensuring vulnerable people across the borough receive the services they deserve.

At Dudley Council we have a ‘one council’ ethos that builds an effective and dynamic organisation which grows the economy and creates jobs, creating a cleaner and greener place and supports stronger and safer communities.

We are rightly proud to be the historic capital of the Black Country and, working with our partners, Dudley Council is also committed to looking forward and helping to deliver our borough vision of ‘Forge a Future for all’ www.dudleyboroughvision2030.org.uk

We ensure communities influence council decisions and are committed to delivering services in partnership with communities. We provide flexible and responsive service in partnership and help communities help themselves.

In joining a local authority that serves 320,000 residents you will become an integral part of a council that:

• is ready to embrace change, providing an environment in which you will be encouraged to make your mark
• is aware of its key challenges and the need for a new energy to innovate the council, in order to find cost effective ways of delivering services
• has aligned its political and managerial leadership structures and is committed to protecting, securing and transforming the lives of children, families, the vulnerable and older people
• wants borough residents to have their say through our community forums
• dedicates time to meaningful consultation and listen to the views of our residents
• is working with the community to encourage active involvement of our residents
  
  
  

We want to leave a legacy of a better future for the borough that reflects Dudley borough’s potential and harnesses the ambitions of the people we serve. For more information see our Council Plan www.dudley.gov.uk/council-community/plan-policies-and-strategies/council-plan , Dudley Borough Vision for 2030, Forging a Future for All www.dudleyboroughvision2030.org.uk and key information about the borough and its communities at All about Dudley Borough www.allaboutdudley.info

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Website

http://www.dudley.gov.uk/

Telephone

01384 811300

Location

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Council House

Priory Road

Dudley

West Midlands

DY1 1HF

United Kingdom