The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
The Role:
You will be part of a small team responsible for the management, development, and delivery of a wide portfolio of contingency planning work streams in compliance with the requirements under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. These include the council’s emergency scheme, corporate business continuity arrangements, and borough risk profiling.
Southwark is one of the biggest social landlords in the country, which will give you plenty of frontline operational experience in dealing with incidents and offer a great deal of job satisfaction of being able to make a difference to residents in the borough during an emergency. This is an exciting opportunity to join the team in shaping the council’s emergency preparedness, response and resilience.
The Requirements
You will come to us with substantial experience of business continuity and emergency planning together with a proven track record of project management. Confident managing, supervising, and training staff and reporting to partners, you will have the drive to improve on traditional ways and encourage others to look for new ideas and approaches. You will have the ability to work unsupervised with the confidence to make key decisions and implement the chosen solution whilst working in unfamiliar circumstances.
Additional Information:
An additional on call allowance of up to £2584 will be paid for candidates undertaking specific roles within Southwark's emergency scheme
If you would like to discuss any aspects of the vacancy please contact the Emergency Planning and Resilience manager Andy Snazell at andy.snazell@southwark.gov.uk.
Benefits and more information:
https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
Recruitment timetable
Application Closing date: 11:59 pm on 8th January 2023
Interview date: W/C on 16 January 2023
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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