Rugby Borough Council
Senior Safety and Resilience Officer - Resilience
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Senior Safety and Resilience Officer
£36,363 - £40,777 - Pay award pending
Full time - 37 hours a week
Rugby Borough Council is dedicated to both Community and Colleague growth. With a focus on wellbeing and personal development, we offer a range of career opportunities where you can take pride in the positive changes you help create. Join an organisation committed to the success of one of the Country’s fastest-growing boroughs and the people who make it thrive.
About the Role
Rugby Borough Council is seeking to strengthen its Safety & Resilience Team with a Senior Safety & Resilience Officer specialising in emergency planning and business continuity.
This role complements the existing team by providing dedicated leadership on the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the Council’s emergency planning and business continuity arrangements.
- Key Responsibilities:
- Play a key role in enhancing organisational resilience, ensuring robust preparedness, response, and recovery capabilities, while supporting the wider Health & Safety function.
- Lead on ensuring the Council is prepared for a range of emergencies and disruptive events, including risk assessment and the development, maintenance, and testing of plans, procedures, and records in line with the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.
- Support and, where required, participate in the Council’s response to emergencies and major incidents.
- Work closely with the Warwickshire Local Resilience Forum (LRF) as a partner agency, coordinating the Council’s engagement, including attendance at meetings and delivery of actions arising, ensuring effective collaboration and representation.
- Work with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to actively promote a culture of resilience across the organisation.
- Contribute to a high-performing team that drives a proactive, compliant safety and resilience culture across the Council, ensuring adherence to corporate policies, procedures, and statutory requirements.
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Hybrid working is available, with an expectation of 2–3 days per week in the office. Occasional travel and out-of-hours working may be required to support partner engagement and incident response.
About You
- Substantial experience in emergency planning and business continuity, supported by a relevant professional qualification (e.g., degree in Emergency Planning, Disaster Management, DipHEP or equivalent).
- CBCI qualification and/or NEBOSH General Certificate is desirable, or a willingness to work towards these to support the wider Safety & Resilience function.
- Excellent organisational, planning, and communication skills, with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
- Strong knowledge of UK civil protection, emergency management, and business continuity frameworks.
- A proactive problem-solver, capable of developing pragmatic and innovative solutions to resilience challenges in a fast-paced environment.
- Confident using standard IT applications (MS Office, SharePoint), with the ability or willingness to learn systems such as GIS mapping and ResilienceDirect.
- Flexibility and resilience, with the ability to respond to incidents as required. This may include occasional evening and weekend working.
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Benefits
- 35 days leave (including 8 Bank Holidays and 3 extra days normally applied at Christmas)
- Generous Local Government Pension Scheme
- Flexi time scheme
- Annual leave purchase scheme
- Structured Induction Program
- Learning and Development opportunities including Future Leaders programmes
- Payment of a professional subscription for approved professionals
- Family Friendly Policies
- Independent Support for your health & wellbeing
- Generous compassionate leave
- Extra Benefits including Retail Discounts, Cycle to Work scheme, and more
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