Emergency Planning Lead

• This role will be responsible for building internal relationships with key stakeholders to build a collaborative response to incidents and emergency planning.
• This role will be responsible for working with Local Resilience Forums to ensure industry best practice is adopted at South East Water. The role will actively participate in LRF working groups, contributing towards area-specific water disruption plans.
• Undertake incident reviews, identify areas for improvement and implement actions:
  • This role will support our internal incident review process, working closely with the Operational Resilience and Security Manager to identify opportunities for improvement.
  • This role will be responsible for ensuring improvement opportunities are recorded, implemented, and tested.

Develop, Implement, and Own South East Water’s Emergency Planning Framework:

• This role will be responsible for aligning operational, tactical, and strategic plans within our Incident and Emergency Plan.
• This role will be responsible for reviewing our existing emergency planning policies and where necessary updating.
• This role will be responsible for creating new emergency planning policies, and where possible aligning with the multi-agency response approach.

Internal Incident Management Training:

• This role will be responsible for an ongoing programme of incident management training.
• This role will be responsible for developing training material for all roles on our incident management rota.
• This role will be responsible for ensuring the principles of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Command are understood and implemented.

Business Continuity Planning:

• This role will be responsible for wider business continuity, by assessing potential threats and conducting impact assessments to inform business continuity plans.
• This role will be responsible for updating our existing business continuity plans and ensuring a clear line of sight to South East Water’s Emergency Plan.

You'll Need:

Skills / Qualifications / Experience

• Good standard of secondary education and able to demonstrate a good standard of numeracy and literacy skills.
• A formal qualification in incident management and/or emergency planning would be advantageous.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage diverse audiences and build strong working relationships.
• Highly organized, methodical, and adept at managing time effectively.
• Able to simplify complex topics and issues to engage with a wider range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven ability to plan effectively and deliver against deadlines, even when facing significant obstacles.
• Willingness to undertake continuous professional development in emergency planning and incident management.
• Proven track record in managing teams, projects, or large-scale programmes.
• Proficiency as a technical author, capable of creating structured business templates and procedural documentation.
• Practical knowledge of emergency planning and incident response processes, including development and maintenance of plans and procedures.
• Experience working in emergency planning, business continuity, or incident response. Ideally within the water industry or an operational environment.
• Awareness of the Security and Emergency Measures Direction (SEMD) and a working knowledge of the Civil Contingencies Act.
• Experience supporting or contributing to emergency exercises, post-incident reviews, and training.

Employees are required to be flexible and to be prepared to perform duties and other tasks within their capabilities. The nature of our business is such that the contents of any job profile are subject to change from time to time.

Grow a Career with a Meaningful Purpose

We know the communities we serve are diverse. We recognise creativity comes from diversity not similarity. That’s why we are enthusiastic about creating inclusion across age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, and identity. You will experience our dedication to equal opportunities and fair treatment for all: through your recruitment, employment, and career progression with South East Water.

Benefits Package:

• Excellent Stakeholder pension scheme, up to 10% employer contribution.
• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays per annum, increasing to 6 weeks with length of service.
• Flexible annual leave policy to buy or sell holiday leave.
• Paid volunteering days.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Health cash plan.
• Life assurance.
• Wellbeing related benefits.

What Can You Expect from Your Recruitment?

To apply for this position, please submit your CV on our careers website. It is necessary for you to have the legal right to work in the UK when you begin employment with South East Water. Additionally, as part of the employment offer, you will need to pass background, identity, and employment referencing checks.

If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, apply now!

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Compensation Package:

Up to £60,000