Resilience Officer

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall LE3 8RA

Salary: £35,451 – £39,165 per annum (pro rata for part time) (pay award pending) + standby allowance when on-call

Working Hours: 37hrs per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: Friday 4th September 2026

Interview Date(s): Thursday 17th and Friday 18th September 2026

Join the LLR Local Authority Resilience Partnership and help strengthen community resilience across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. You will work with local authorities, partner organisations and communities to improve preparedness, build resilience capacity and support effective planning for a range of risks and emergencies.

Are you interested in helping communities and organisations become better prepared for emergencies and disruption?

Leicestershire County Council is looking for a Resilience Officer to join the LLR Local Authority Resilience Partnership. The role will help strengthen community resilience across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland by supporting local authorities, partner organisations and communities to understand risks, develop practical plans and build their own resilience capacity.

You will work with a range of organisations to support emergency planning, business continuity, training, exercising and lessons learning. You will help partners prepare for risks such as severe weather, flooding, animal disease and pandemic flu, with a focus on improving readiness before incidents occur.

Incident response is part of the role through the Resilience Partnership Duty Officer rota, but the main focus is on preparedness, partnership working and building long-term resilience across organisations and communities.

As part of this role, you will be required to join the Resilience Partnership Duty Officer rota, which involves being on call for around 6 to 7 weeks each year.

• Degree or diploma in emergency planning, resilience, disaster management, community safety, public service, business continuity, or demonstrable relevant experience.
• Experience of developing, reviewing or supporting emergency, contingency, resilience or business continuity plans.
• Experience of working with communities, voluntary sector groups, public sector partners or other organisations to improve preparedness and resilience.
• Ability to build relationships with a range of organisations and support them to achieve shared objectives.
• Experience of developing or delivering training, briefings, workshops or exercise materials.
• Ability to communicate clearly with different audiences, including professional partners, community groups and elected members.
• Ability to support organisations to understand risk and improve their own resilience arrangements.
• Ability to work flexibly, solve problems and respond to changing priorities.
  
  Strong attention to detail and the ability to produce clear written work.

In addition, we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer.

We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

Tim Herbert - Senior Resilience Officer

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