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About the Role

Support the council's organizational resilience through business continuity arrangements, providing knowledge and expertise to departments. Assist in plan reviews, new plans, threat mitigations, impact and risk assessments, and testing arrangements. Support the delivery of statutory duties as a Category 1 responder under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, embedding operational resilience and business continuity across the Council.

Responsibilities

Support the implementation of the Council’s statutory duties as a Category 1 responder under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, working collaboratively to strengthen operational resilience and emergency preparedness across the Council.
Undertake an admin and coordination role in support of the Borough Resilience Forum and multi agency arrangements.
Support preparation of business impact assessments, risk assessments, and business continuity plans, and test business continuity arrangements.
Participate in the Council’s 24/7 corporate crisis response arrangements, supporting the coordination of the Corporate Emergency Response Team, associated resources and equipment.
Report to Corporate Directors and Directors undertaking Gold roles and provide timely advice and recommendations to senior officers and elected Members, up to Leader and Chief Executive level.
Assist in ensuring the council can open and manage the Borough Emergency Control Centre to co-ordinate the council’s response and provide the community with an emergency centre during an emergency.
Provide support to the Business Continuity Manager to assist briefings to managers on organisational resilience, emergency planning, and multi agency crisis response protocols.
Design and propose safety and security measures for events, security measures and respond to threats and risks to elected members, sending proposals to the Business Continuity Manager to approve mitigation measures.
Coordinate the council’s response to unplanned incidents, manage Local Authority Liaison Officers and Crisis Response Volunteers, and support emergency responders and recovery.
Maintain communication channels with emergency services and other responders at a tactical level.
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of civil contingency legislation, associated procedures and guidance and maintain competency for the role.

Requirements

Experience in the delivery of business continuity functions with the ability to deputise for the Senior Business Continuity Officer.
Experience of participating in a wide range of projects and activities including multi agency exercises.
Knowledge and experience of business continuity, multi agency crisis response protocols, regional plans, and recovery protocols.
Experience of applying principles of risk assessment to business continuity.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to demonstrate this with senior officers and stakeholders.
Skills to assess competency of crisis response team members against standards and identify training to meet development needs.
Ability to participate in the crisis response on call rota in either tactical response or advisor roles and attend the scene of incidents or other locations in the borough within 90 minutes of call out, reporting to corporate directors or directors as Golds.
Ability to maintain divisional emergency plans, working in conjunction with team managers.
Possess a flexible approach to new or emerging challenges affecting civil protection and resilience with the ability to prioritise work according to risk or threat.
Ability to work outside of normal office hours where required, as part of response to emergencies and attendance at events.
Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks.
Satisfactory declaration of interest.
Police Vetting

Skills

Business continuity
Risk assessment
Communication skills
Crisis response
Emergency planning
Multi-agency coordination

Location

London

Work Type

Full-time
Permanent

Salary/Compensations

£49,056 - £52,194

Benefits

Good Work Standard employer accreditation
Healthy, fair and inclusive workplace
Fair pay and conditions
Workplace well-being
Skills and progression
Diversity and recruitment
Flexible working options

About the Company

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.
A highly ambitious borough driven by culture and the innate creativity of its residents, developing new and innovative ways to build communities.
A Council focused on meeting the needs of existing and future residents, being resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded.
An accredited Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employer, committed to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace.

Equal Opportunity

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff.
The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population.
Uses statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace.
Committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: Promoting equality of opportunity, Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage, Ensuring workforce reflects diverse communities at all levels, Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all.
Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
Operates an anonymous shortlisting process to reduce the risk of bias in recruitment activities.
Operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first.
Considers candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme.
Keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments.
Will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council.