Maidstone Borough Council
Risk & Resilience Coordinator
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Risk & Resilience Coordinator
We're looking for an organised, proactive and detail-focused Risk & Resilience Coordinator to join our Emergency Planning and Resilience Team.
This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in helping the Council prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies, while supporting our wider business continuity, risk management and health and safety responsibilities.
Working alongside experienced specialists, you'll help ensure our systems, processes and records remain accurate, effective and up to date. Your work will contribute directly to keeping services resilient, supporting compliance, and enabling the Council to meet its statutory obligations.
As a central member of the team, you'll coordinate and maintain a range of corporate systems and records, including accident and incident reporting, risk assessments, business continuity plans, training records and risk management processes. You'll also support the delivery of training, exercises, meetings, audits and awareness initiatives, helping to ensure actions are followed through and improvements are embedded across the organisation.
What You'll Be Doing
- Maintaining corporate systems, databases, registers and records to ensure information is accurate and up to date.
- Supporting accident and incident reporting processes and the administration of health and safety systems.
- Monitoring compliance with business continuity, health and safety and risk management requirements.
- Coordinating training programmes, exercises, meetings, audits and inspections.
- Tracking and monitoring actions arising from exercises, debriefs, inspections and reviews.
- Working closely with managers and services across the Council to gather information and monitor progress against agreed actions.
- Supporting the management of first aider and fire warden records, risk assessment registers and related compliance processes.
- Contributing to the ongoing development and improvement of the Council's emergency planning, resilience and health and safety arrangements.
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This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys working collaboratively, has excellent organisational skills and takes pride in ensuring that important processes run smoothly and effectively.
This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week on a 12 month fixed term contract. This role offers the benefit of hybrid working, combining office-based working with home working, according to business needs.
About You:
The ideal candidate will have:
- Experience providing administrative, coordination or business support within a busy team, service or project environment.
- Strong organisational skills, with experience maintaining accurate records, databases, spreadsheets and action logs.
- Confident IT skills, using Microsoft 365 applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams and SharePoint.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work independently and to work collaboratively, liaising with a range of stakeholders and to produce clear reports and documentation.
- An understanding of, or interest in, health and safety, risk management, business continuity or emergency planning, with a willingness to undertake further professional training and development.
Our Offer:
A range of benefits including:
- Highly flexible hybrid working opportunities – with some office working for the purposes of specific meetings or team working
- 7am to 7pm flexi time to suit personal circumstances for most roles
- Generous holiday entitlement which increases after 5 years LG service plus bank holidays with the option to buy additional leave.
- Additional 3 days leave given to enable a close down of the offices between Christmas and New year.
- Free parking
- Range of flexible working opportunities to accommodate people’s home/work life balance including compressed hours, 9-day fortnight, part time.
- Invitations to staff events to celebrate success and support wellbeing that include holistic therapies and outdoor activities
- Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential & independent information and access to counsellors
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with valuable life cover and financial protection for your family.
- Life Assurance – three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
- Season Ticket Loan - to help with the cost of your rail/ bus journey, to & from work
- Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand-new car. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax.
- Annual flu vaccine
- Cycle to work scheme
- Staff benefits discounts on leisure, eating out, holidays and shopping
- Excellent learning and career opportunities for committed individuals
- A professional fee payment, if required for the role
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Selection Process:
Following the submission of your application form, it will be reviewed by the recruiting manager. Those that are successful in securing an interview can expect a job specific interview presentation, followed by an interview.
Maidstone Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employee and volunteers to share this commitment.
If you would like to discuss this position, please contact Uche Olufemi, Enterprise Risk & Resilience Manager on 01622 602562.
Closing Date: 25th October 2026
Interview Date: 6 November 2026
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