About the role
This role is part of the Emergency Planning Team. The team works to make NNC ready for emergencies, by assessing hazards and threats, then making plans and procedures to respond.
The role will play a key part in making North Northamptonshire prepared for emergencies by working within the authority, with communities and other responders for the benefit of our residents.
The role is 37 hours a week, Monday to Friday. After a period of training, you will join an on-call rota that provides 24/7 cover for the council to respond to emergencies that can happen at any time. Although the role is predominantly completed in normal office hours, the nature of the work requires flexibility and a willingness to work unsocial hours as required.
This role is a fixed term contract for 12 months. There is the possibility of conversion to a permanent role at the end of the fixed term.
What will you be doing?
You will be helping NNC to be ready for all manner of emergencies and disruptive events.
You will support in assessing hazards and threats, and developing plans and procedures to help us deal with them, in line with our duties under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. You will help us to keep our plans, procedures and records up to date and ready for use during incidents.
You will work with other parts of the council, our communities and other emergency responders to support NNC's resilience strategy. You will help us to manage the authority's response to emergencies and major incidents and take an active part in our responses.
About you
Emergencies can happen any time, and we need to be ready for them. The successful candidate will be flexible and willing to meet the demands of emergency response and the needs of our residents. You must be willing to take part in an on-call rota to provide out of hours cover for the authority. This role can deal with some challenging subjects and a great deal of personal resilience can be needed.
Candidates should have sound knowledge of civil protection and emergency management arrangements in the UK and how local responders can deliver them.
Successful candidates must be keen problem solvers. They should be able to produce creative and pragmatic solutions to resilience challenges. Candidates should be used to working with basic IT applications. We often use maps, and candidates should be comfortable using maps to communicate geographic information.
A full description of the qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience we are looking for can be found in the attached job description and person specification.
Our benefits
We offer:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
About us
We are a new unitary council, established in April 2021; we are one of the largest unitary councils in the country. Our vision for North Northants is to be 'A place where everyone has the best opportunities and quality of life'.
Our priorities are:
- helping people live active fulfilled lives
- caring for our young people, providing them with high quality education and opportunities
- enabling a thriving and successful economy
- leading on a green and sustainable environment
- ensuring our communities are connected so they can shape their lives and where they live
- providing modern public services
Our values, as chosen by our staff, are - Customer-focused, Respectful, Efficient, Supportive and Trustworthy.
Your differences make us different - Achieve Together.
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