The Role
Post: London Resilience Officer
Salary: £39,669 per annum
Grade: FRS E
Salary range: £39,669 - £47,384 per annum
Contract type: Permanent and Fixed Term (Fixed term until 24/07/2023)
Working pattern: Full-time
Application closing date: Thursday 20 October 2022 at 16:00 GMT
One permanent and one fixed-term opportunity have arisen in the role of London Resilience Officer within the London Resilience Group, hosted by the London Fire Brigade. The fixed-term appointment will be initially no longer than a year.
We are currently looking for a talented and dynamic emergency planning professional to join the London Resilience Group (LRG) in key roles with significant responsibilities to improve the resilience of London. LRG is at the heart of multi-agency emergency planning and large-scale incident response in London. LRG also provides secretariat support to a myriad of partnership and resilience fora.
You will have responsibility for interpreting and applying the relevant legislation and guidance to drive forward the preparation for, response to, and recovery from emergencies in London. You will be involved in all aspects of emergency planning working closely with partners from all agencies in London. These posts will also have a pivotal role in supporting the response to any large-scale incident, working as a supervisor within the response team, supporting the duty manager.
To do this you will have experience of working in the emergency planning field, with a thorough understanding of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (in particular the London Chapter of its associated guidance) and knowledge of the London Resilience Partnership structures is desirable. Excellent organisational and analytical skills are required to problem solve and effectively manage competing deadlines. You will have very strong communication and interpersonal skills to in order to convey complex information clearly and efficiently, and build effective working relationships with key stakeholders among the Partnership. Experience of supervising project groups and response teams would be advantageous.
The role will have an emphasis on capability development, including the design and delivery of training and exercises, internally, with Local Authorities, and other London Resilience partners. You will be expected to fully participate in exercises and testing activities to ensure our own response arrangements remain at the highest professional standard and will be required to participate in an on-call rota ready to respond to incidents across London. An on-call allowance of £4,053.56 / annum is payable
The successful candidate for this post will be required to participate in an on-call rota and will receive an on-call allowance.
Further information about the main duties and responsibilities of the role are detailed in the job description. If you are unable to see the job description please visit our jobs pages at https://jobs.london-fire.gov.uk/alljobs/ to access the full advert.
Benefits of working for LFB
• 26 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Option Absence Scheme (which can result in an additional 12 days annual leave for staff at this grade)
• Flexible working including job share
• Welfare Scheme
• Use of Brigade Medical Adviser/physios
• Season ticket loans
• Equality Support Groups
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Opportunity to access affordable accommodation
Eligibility
We are keen to hear from anyone with the ability to do this job to help us achieve a workforce as diverse as the communities that we serve.
We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across London. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
Assessment Overview
To apply, please complete the online application, provide a cover letter clearly outlining the relevant experience, skills and knowledge you have to successfully perform this role (see the highlighted areas on job description below) and upload a copy of your up-to-date CV. Please note that we will review and score the cover letter based against the competencies highlighted on Selection Criteria in Job Description.
Stage 1
Online application, CV and cover letter (sift). Shortlisted candidates will be invited to stage 2.
Stage 2
Assessment for this role is due to take place early November. Please be advised that if you are unable to make the scheduled assessment date, we may not be able to make alternative arrangements.
Please note: Should you be shortlisted you may need to be able to conduct an interview over Microsoft Teams (a video conferencing service). You will be asked to provide relevant contact details for that to take place if shortlisted.
Additional Information
Please ensure you give yourself enough time to complete and submit your application. Late or un-submitted applications cannot be accepted.
Please note any correspondence received from us will be via e-mail and sent to the address you provide on your application form.
In line with the Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) employment checks will be completed by successful candidates, which will include a basic criminal records check. Successful candidate will be required to declare any convictions for offences which are not spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and any offer of employment is subject to the LFC receiving a criminal records disclosure which it considers satisfactory. Successful candidates should apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to get a copy of their criminal record and share the original disclosure certificate with the LFC. The check will only show convictions that are not ‘spent’. It will cost the successful candidates £23 (current charge) and usually takes up to 14 days.
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