Corporate Resilience Advisor (Prepare and Protect Focus)
Corporate Resilience Advisor (Prepare and Protect Focus)
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Corporate Resilience Advisor (Prepare and Protect)
per annum
Fixed Term 12 months
London Borough of Newham is seeking an additional Resilience Advisor (PO5) to join the existing Emergency Planning & Corporate Resilience (EP&CR) Team. This will initially be on a 12 month fixed term contract with potential for the position to be offered on a permanentbasis later in the year. The role will report to the Community Safety & Corporate Resilience Manager.
Applicants MUST have knowledge AND experience of emergency planning and corporateresilience within local/central governmentand/or the emergencyservices.
For this specific role andin anticipation of Martyns Law requirements there will be additionalfocus on counterterrorism strategy (CONTEST) and the Protect and Prepare strands. As such the successful applicant will be expected to have specific experience and expertise in protective security of places premises and public events. Relevant qualifications certifications and/or professional memberships in this field are therefore extremelydesirable as is experience of engaging partners and local communities in this area of work.
As part of the wider EP&CR team the postholder will contribute to the other service responsibilities including producing emergency plans and exercises assisting with wider business continuity and resilience standards supporting office administration and coordination and major / critical incident management. The postholder will be expected to communicate effectively with a range of senior and political stakeholders up to/including the Council Chief Executive and the Mayor.
The postholder will be expected to be (re)trained as a Council Silver major incident command and participate in the oncall rota (24/7) as required. This attracts an additional daily/weekly payment. Other occasional evening and weekend working may be required for meetings and events.
The job description and person specification contain the relevant criteria that should be evidenced within your supporting statement/cover letter (max 2 sides of A4) and CV.
Please note that only suitably qualified and experienced applicants are invited to apply. Speculative applications otherwise are strongly discouraged.
Closing date 19/5/25
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IMPORTANT: If you are an LBN member of staff and applying for this role as a secondment you should note that secondments are subject to the agreement of your current employing service. Please ensure that you inform your line manager of your intention to apply for the post in the first instance.
Additional Information
We are committed to creating an inclusive antiracist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age disability ethnicity faith gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values and you bring the experience and skills we need thats all that matters to us.
The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Please attach your supporting statement explaining in no more than x2 A4 sides why and how you meet the criteria for this role.
We practice anonymised recruitment. Please ensure that you remove all personal information from any documents that you upload.
The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud other unlawful or dishonest conduct malpractice and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights can be found by Experience:
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