Principal Emergency Planning Officer

About the role

As our Principal Emergency Planning Officer you will join a small corporate team, planning and preparing to ensure that the County Council can respond effectively to major emergencies and business disruptions, discharging it's functions under the Civil Contingencies Act.

You will work with a range of partners to plan, prepare and practice how we will respond.

In the event of an incident occurring you will play a vital operational role leading aspects of the response, supporting the management of the incident, and enabling recovery and restoration following the event.

For more information, please feel free to contact Stewart Thomas, Head of Emergency Planning, at Stewart.Thomas@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

What will you be doing?

The Principal Emergency Planning Officer will

• Deputise for the Head of Emergency Planning as required
• Support the Director of Strategy and Partnerships and Head of Emergency Planning to deliver the Emergency Planning agenda
• Provide oversight and guidance in project management and delivery
• Support and develop the team and it's operational processes
• Provide professional direction and advice across the organisation   

About you

To fill this role you will

• be keen to contribute and oversee the operation of the team
• be confident and happy to show initiative and leadership
• be flexible and innovative in developing ways of working
• provide positive leadership in a small but talented team
• be happy to work under pressure
• enjoy working with a vast array of internal and external partners

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

• Flexible working
• Flexible Bank Holidays
• A comprehensive wellbeing package
• Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
• A comprehensive pension scheme
• IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
• Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
• An employee recognition scheme

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off.   We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered.  We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. 

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers

Attached documents

• Emergency Planning Principal Officer JD (final).docx