Emergency Planning Officer

Role overview

Preparedness and partnerships

• Promote emergency preparedness and resilience and build a diverse cohort of staff ready to support emergency response.
• Engage with the London Resilience Unit, other boroughs, and partners to strengthen preparedness and share learning.
• Maintain the Borough Risk Register and horizon-scan for emerging threats.

Planning and response

• Develop, improve, maintain, test, and validate emergency and major incident plans.
• Maintain emergency management rota systems and assist with business continuity requirements.
• Provide expert preparedness advice, including reviewing or testing plans for large-scale or high-risk events.
• Participate in emergency response and recovery, including out-of-hours and weekend work, advising the command team and escalating risks.

Service and compliance

• Ensure required SLAs set performance and response standards and escalation routes.
• Ensure purchasing and procurement comply with corporate guidelines and financial processes.
• Maintain effective emergency response arrangements and apply lessons from emergencies to local practice.
• Identify improvements to ways of working for an efficient service to victims.

Candidate requirements

• Detailed knowledge of emergency planning, business continuity, local government, and the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.
• Experience researching and developing plans and policies and building relationships with internal and external partners.
• A relevant degree or significant experience in Emergency Planning and Business Continuity.

Workplace and schedule

• Full-time role, 36 hours per week.
• At least one day per week is required in the Uxbridge office.

Benefits

• The council describes flexible working hours, holiday entitlement, leisure discounts, salary sacrifice options, pension access, and employee wellbeing benefits.