Temporary Resilience Officer

Role Responsibility

The post holder will work as part of the Resilience and Emergency Planning Service to strengthen Kent County Council’s Covid-19 pandemic emergency planning, business continuity and operational response capability. The role will have a particular emphasis upon the resilience of potentially vulnerable groups, where community transmission is a risk, such as residential care settings, mobile home and caravan sites. 

The post will run until 31^st March 2022, in recognition of potential additional workload arising from Covid-19 pandemic response through the winter period and cognizant that contingency planning undertaken will be implemented, assessed and validated throughout the current financial year.

Innovation and partnership working is fundamental to effective delivery of this role and the post holder will be required to work with colleagues at all levels across county council directorates as well as Kent Resilience Forum partners and a broad range of local communities and other organisations, including government departments and health and social care sectors.

Information administration, analysis and research is central to this role, including maintenance of datasets and their analysis, as well as drafting reports and briefings. Plan writing, the design and delivery of training and exercises, and supporting Kent County Council’s emergency response are core elements of this role.

The post holder will be based within the County Emergency Centre (CEC) at Strategic Headquarters, where they will also assist in this facility’s day-to-day maintenance, 24/7 mobilisation and operation.

Contact Details

For further information on this role please contact: Resilience@kent.gov.uk 

About the Company

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.