Emergency Planning Officer Appointment Type: Permanent Salary: Grade 9 £37,938 – £40,476 per annum Hours: 37 per week We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, professional and enthusiastic Emergency Planning Officer to join a small friendly team, based within Public Health & Wellbeing, ensuring that the Council is ready and able to respond to any number of disruptive challenges and emergency situations affecting Dudley, as defined under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. This role will be key to the ongoing work of the team to meet the challenges for the future with regards to emergency management duties and supporting the business continuity function for the whole organisation. This role requires some work outside of normal office hours and participation in the service’s 24/7 on-call duty rota is expected. You will have previous resilience and business continuity experience preferably in a Local Government and/or a multi-agency setting and be: expected to lead on emergency planning and business continuity workstreams; experienced in coordinating the response to emergencies; an excellent communicator, confident in engaging with people within different communities and able to develop networks with colleagues and partners; expected to design and deliver training and exercises; well organised and have excellent attention to detail; able to work as part of a team, and individually, and prioritise an interesting and varied workload; a quick-learner and a desire to make a difference; good at working under pressure, working flexibly and at pace. This is an agile working role which may involve working from home as well as in the office. You must hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to your own transport. You are required to be within an hour’s drive of Dudley Borough during on-call duty periods. Join us and you will enjoy a range of benefits including flexible working and development opportunities. Contact Sarah Hill by email at sarah.j.hilldudley.gov.uk So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application. Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough. All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK. Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK. If you require support completing an online or paper application form and or interview techniques, please contact Dudley Adult and Community Learning on 01384 818 143 or acldudley.gov.uk who can support with Digital Skills and Job Applications. If you have a disability and require assistance in making an application please contact the HR Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcingdudley.gov.uk If you are experiencing a problem whilst applying for a position, please follow the link below to the WM Jobs Help Page in the first instance https://help.wmjobs.co.uk/ If the WM Jobs Help Page does not resolve your issue then please contact the HR Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcingdudley.gov.uk Dudley Council will check the information that you have provided against any details already held for accuracy and completeness. The Council will check, share and cross match your information both internally within the council and with external organisations to protect public funds and prevent or detect crime, only where the law allows us to do so. The Council’s full Privacy and Disclaimer Statement can be accessed on the website at http://www.dudley.gov.uk/ N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications LI-DMBC2019 Attached documents Job Description Personal Specification Benefits List