Job responsibilities Key Working Relationships The post holder will need to build and maintain constructive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including but not limited to: Internal ICB staff including managers, colleagues, and senior management as appropriate. National and regional colleagues at NHS England ICS partners, including portfolio leads, Local Authorities and Provider and Place Collaboratives Non-NHS organisations Members of the public and service users as appropriate Matrix work across all other teams to address interdependencies and ensure alignment of mutual objectives. External consultancy, as required. Key Duties & Responsibilities As a senior member of the EPRR Team, the post holder will ensure the ICB is working towards full compliance as a Category 1 Responder under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. Support the Head of Clinical Operations & EPRR with the annual assurance process across STW with check and challenge, evidence gathering and facilitation of Peer Reviews. Represent the ICB at Local Health Resilience Partnership and Local Resilience Forums, leading relevant multi-agency projects and workstreams at a strategic level. Contribute as a core member of the Local Health Resilience Partnership. Chair Shropshire Telford & Wrekin Local Health Resilience Partnership Practitioner sub-groups (i.e. risk, training and exercising). Lead system level planning and response arrangements to specific risks (i.e. energy resilience, evacuation and shelter, cyber). Support Managers across the ICB to embed EPRR arrangements at an operational level, as a Subject Matter Expert. Responsible for contingency plans being accurate, tested and validated. Lead the on-call mechanism on behalf of the ICB, ensuring Tactical and Strategic cover 24/7, 365 days a year. Represent the ICB at multi-agency exercises as a Subject Matter Expert. Lead the Training and Exercising Programme for the ICB, reporting quarterly assurance to the Board. Undertake training needs analysis annually. Develop and deliver exercises, both internally and externally, representing the ICB in a professional manner. Lead the Continuous Professional Development Portfolio workstream on behalf of the ICB. Responsible for the business continuity management system across the ICB. Lead internal Business Continuity Audits on behalf of the ICB, reporting findings to the Board. Facilitate structured debriefs for incidents and exercises across STW, and produce debrief reports which capture lessons identified, notable practice and recommendations. Responsible for ensuring all lessons identified from exercises, training and incidents are centrally recorded and reported on monthly. Analyse, evaluate and summarise highly complex data to a multi-disciplinary audience. Provide incident response support as a Tactical Advisor within the Incident Coordination Centre. Review national, regional, and local risk register to highlight any risk that could affect the ICB or system. Proactively identify and manage key emerging or increasing risks for the ICB and system wide. Manage the EPRR Risk Register and provide quarterly assurance to the Board. Provide leadership and line management to the EPRR Duty Managers and EPRR Administrator. Deputise for the Head of Clinical Operations and EPRR as required in their absence. Undertake personal development training to enhance skills/expertise and keep up to date with national guidance and best practice. Research and develop programmes to contribute to the advancement of emergency planning and a health context, and act as a source of expertise and professional point of contact on Emergency Planning and Business Continuity for the whole organisation Develop and contribute to professional relationships within the organisation, with commissioners and NHS funded organisations and multi-agency partners that facilitate the continual development of EPRR arrangements e.g. Local Resilience Forums, Local Health Resilience Partnerships and sub-groups. Operational Responsibility The post is responsible for providing professional expertise to the outcome of the business processes for the Department or Directorate. The post holder will define current processes, facilitate discussions and advise colleagues as to how best practice might be adopted in the definition of future processes, document those processes as they are agreed and oversee their delivery. Financial and Physical Resources Responsibility Budget holder for department/service Human Resources Responsibility Line manager for single function, department / several multiple departments Information Management Responsibility Responsible for the operation of one or more information systems for department/service, major job responsible Planning and Organisation Responsibility Formulate long term strategic plans, involving uncertainly, which may impact on the whole of the organisation. Policy and Service Development Responsibility Responsible for policy implementation and development for a directorate or equivalent Leads the development of policies and procedures for a major area of activity, ensures compliance with the corporate policies Research and Development Responsibility Undertakes surveys as necessary to own work. Freedom to Act Works within general policies, need to establish interpretation/required to interpret overall health service policy and strategy. Analytical and Judgemental Responsibility Highly complex facts or situations requiring analysis, interpretation, comparison of a range of options. Analyses a range of very complex situations which require deciding on the way forward where no precedent exists or options conflict. Communication Responsibility Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information; barriers to understanding; present complex, sensitive or contentious information to large groups. Provides and receives highly complex, sensitive or contentious information with significant barriers to acceptance in a hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere.