Resilience and Business Continuity Support Officer

Organisation:Leicestershire County Council

Work Location:County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA.

Worker Category:Hybrid Worker with a requirement to occasionally attend venues across Leicestershire and Rutland for training exercising and meetings

Salary: (Grade 8) 27717 - 30066 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Working Hours:37.5 hours a week

Contract Type:Fixed term 3 years

Closing Date:23^rd July 2025

Interview Date(s):5^th and 7^th August 2025

We are seeking a highly motivated and adaptable individual to join our team as a Resilience and Business Continuity Support Officer on a fixed-term contract for three years. As the Resilience and Business Continuity Support Officer you will be responsible for providing administrative support for resilience and in the main business continuity to the Leicestershire County Council Resilience and Business Continuity Team. You will help ensure that critical services can continue in the event of any disruption whether it be natural hazards technical failures or any other unforeseen circumstances.
Experience in setting up and running the administrative function of a busy team is essential. While some prior experience in resilience and business field continuity is desirable we welcome applicants who may not have direct experience in this area but possess relevant transferable skills such as project management and risk assessment.

About the Role

Key responsibilities:

• Provide resilience and business continuity support to the Council to assist in ensuring that critical services can continue in the event of any disruption whether natural disasters technical failures or other unforeseen circumstances.
• Work with several Council departments and teams to develop implement and maintain administrative support for resilience and business continuity management and strategies
• Assist in assessing risks and developing strategies to mitigate them
• Assist and eventually help deliver Council staff training for their preparation to respond to any emergency
• Provide administration for the monitoring and review of business continuity plans regularly to ensure they remain up to date and effective
• Provideadministration for the coordinating the testing and exercising of resilience and business continuity plans across all local authorities
• Longer term the successful applicant will have access to relevant personal training relating to the broadening of their knowledge of both business continuity and resilience

About You

To apply for this post you must have:

• Level 3 qualification in Business Administration or similar experience
• Ability to quickly learn on the job relating to business continuity and resilience
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels also with diverse individuals and groups
• Demonstrated adaptability and flexibility
• A proactive and self-motivated approach with the ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong attention to detail

In this role you will have the opportunity to work with numerous departments within a large county council. If you are a proactive and self-motivated individual with a passion for making a difference in your community we would love to hear from must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.

In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to provide evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working

We are keen to support employees in balancing their working lives with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances while still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style that determines where it can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories on theOur Working Stylespage on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:

Tim Herbert Senior Resilience Officer

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How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement explaining how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see theHow to Applysection on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.

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