The Head of Emergency Planning, Resilience and Response (EPRR) and System Resilience will be responsible for leading the organisations work in respect of Emergency Planning Resilience and Response (EPRR) and System Resilience working with the Deputy Director of EPRR, the Deputy Director of System Resilience and the wider EPRR and System Resilience Teams. They will be expected to deputise for the Deputy Directors of EPRR/System Resilience as required. The postholder will support the Deputy Directors of EPRR/System Resilience in ensuring that the organisation is compliant with its legal responsibilities under the Civil Contingencies Act and the NHS England EPRR framework, providing assurance of the same to the ICB Governing Bodies and regulators, and providing strategic and operational leadership to the resilience function across Sussex. This role will be required to work closely with other Sussex-wide or place based functions (including but not limited to Sussex-wide Urgent Care function, Sussex-wide planned care functions, Resilience, Community and Primary Care commissioning, Contracting, Performance and Intelligence, Finance and Quality to ensure any local developments and commissioning initiatives are framed in way that is consistent within the wider Sussex-wide approach and taking into account the strategic direction of other directorates. The post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective EPRR and System Resilience programme for the NHS within the Sussex geography. Working with the Sussex EPRR and Operational Resilience teams, they will have responsibility for the strategic and operational development of plans and policies to ensure a safe and effective response to EPRR and System Resilience across Sussex.