Emergency Management and Business Continuity Officer

Salary: £48,969

Level: Level 4, Zone 2 
Location: 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG/ Hybrid
Hours per week: 36, Full-time
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday 2nd February 2025

 

About us

 

In Camden we are building somewhere everyone can thrive, by making our borough the best place to live, work, study and visit. We’re home to UK’s fast-growing economy and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind.

 

What You’ll Be Doing

 

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Council’s Emergency Management & Business Continuity Team, a critical function in the Council’s planning and response to Civil Emergencies and Major Incidents. Example of emergency incidents include large scale emergencies such as the pandemic, as well as shorter term such as in the event of a fire. 

The team lead on the Council’s planning, testing, exercising and response arrangements for emergency and business continuity incidents. This is a fantastic opportunity to undertake a role with leadership responsibility.  The role will involve management and development of support teams brought together in response to an incident. 

You will be part of the Emergency Management & Business Continuity Team, and as such will be expected to join the on-call rota for responding to incidents. The role comes with full training and you will be supported by other members of the team to help you transition in to the role. 

All About you

 

The role will report to the Resilience and Public Security Manager.

You will be expected to build and maintain relationships with many partners and stakeholders, internally and externally acting as a point of expertise.  The list below highlights some of those relationships.

·       Borough Resilience Forum – this is made up of “category one and two” partners (such as the Police, NHS and London Fire Brigade)

·       Emergency Planning and Business Continuity professionals across London (particularly from our neighbouring boroughs in the North Central);

·       Other Council teams, and members of any support team brought together in response to a Crisis

·       The Director of Resilience, especially Directors on call (Duty Silver) as part of the duty rota

·       Senior managers

·       Camden Corporate Resilience Assurance Group (CRAG) – the steering group of Exec Directors and Directors responsible for overseeing Resilience arrangements in the Council

Technical knowledge and experience:

·       Experience of working in Emergency Management/Business Continuity, ideally in a Local Authority or another Cat 1 responder

·       Understanding of the Civil Contingencies Act (2004)

·       Technical knowledge of Business Continuity Planning (preferably with a professional qualification)

·       Detailed knowledge of Camden Council, structure, services

·       Understanding the role of the EMBC team.

·       Ability to influence and engage effectively with senior decision makers from across the Council and partner agencies

·       Understanding of Council services and the role they play in response to emergency incidents

·       Capacity to show resilience and tenacity in the face of problems and work effectively to resolve these

·       Ability to make decisions under pressure often based on limited information, with wide ranging implications for the Council, partners and community

·       Knowledge of and ability to manage sensitive intelligence and information securely and safely

The resource available to the role is plentiful (the below is not exhaustive just a snap shot):

·       Local Authority Liaison Officer (LALO) – officers on call to attend the scene of an emergency incident and coordinate the Council response on the ground.  There are always two LALOs on call each duty week Friday 0900 – Friday 0900

·       Other staff from the Council who can make up a Crisis Support Team:

o   BECC Managers/Operatives (Borough Emergency Control Centre – a central team of people who help coordinate the response)

o   Emergency Rest Centre Staff and Managers

o   Loggist (for decision making)

·       The Director Resilience  (Director Public Safety) and Duty Silver (rolling rota of Directors on call to perform the duty)

·       Borough Resilience Forum

·       London Resilience Group (coordinating London resilience)

o   LLACC (London Local Authority Co-ordination Centre which is activated if coordination across London is needed)

o   Sub Regional Resilience Forum Workshops (Camden operates within a North Central London cluster)

o   Annual exercise(s) to test and learn our arrangements

·       Peer support

o   Members of the EMBC team to sense check and seek guidance.

If you have any questions or would like to know more about the role and the expectations please do not hesitate to contact Michael Hrycak, Resilience and Public Security Manager.

What We Offer

 

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits including:

• 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 31 days after 5 years
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexible working opportunities;
• Interest free loans
• Access to our incredible staff networks
• Career development and training
• Wellbeing support and activities

 

 

Visit ' www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits ' for more details.

 

Additional information

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