Emergency Preparedness Manager

At the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) our mission is to provide health security for the nation by protecting from infectious disease and external hazards. We are a trusted source of advice to government and to the public, focusing on reducing inequalities in the way different communities experience and are impacted by infectious disease, environmental hazards, and other threats to health

UKHSA is a Category 1 responder as defined by the Civil Contingencies Act, 2004 and Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) is an important element of its activity. This role is pivotal in ensuring that UKHSA delivers and maintains a high quality service in this area.

The Emergency Preparedness Manager (EPM) provides the UKHSA Region with expert advice and support for health Emergency Preparedness and resilience working in conjunction with the EPRR Team. Assisting in ensuring governance and audit of all regional and UKHSA Region emergency plans and may be required to attend Local Resilience Fora and their sub-groups. Work with the Senior EPM to implement recommendations from lessons identified from response to incidents both major and other less significant incidents and expected to deliver training in EPRR issues to different professional groups within and outside UKHSA.

Location

Role available one of UKHSA’s locations - Chilton, Fareham, Horsham & Ashford with regular travel within the geographical area of responsibility and travel elsewhere/nationally as maybe required by the post.

Depending on office location the Salary will differ, Fareham - SEO National £38,724 - £44,393 / Chilton, Horsham & Ashford (Kent), Outer London £40,721 - £46,231

There is currently an on call requirement for this post but these arrangements are subject to review.

Essential Criteria:

It is important through your application and Statement of Suitability of 1500 words that you give evidence and examples of proven experience of each of the essential criteria (for full details of all essential criteria please refer to the attached job description, you must review this to produce your statement of suitability):

Essential

• Degree, NVQ level 4 or equivalent level vocational expertise in an emergency planning discipline
• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in the specialist area
• Experience of managing risks and reporting
• Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at SMT level
• Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients
• Consistently looks to improve what they do, looks for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation
• Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with people from a wide variety of personal and professional backgrounds
• Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
• Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
• Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Experience of working as part of a multi-agency team

Desirable

• Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment