Resilience Manager - FTC

Overview

About You Make a real impact where it matters most. At the Mining Remediation Authority, we’re dedicated to protecting people, places and the environment across former mining areas. Every day, we work to keep communities safe by managing mining‑related hazards to strengthening long‑term resilience across Great Britain's coalfields. Our work is meaningful, fast‑paced and always evolving and we’re looking for someone who shares our passion for making a difference.

About the role

We’re excited to offer an opportunity for a skilled and proactive Resilience Manager to join our Resilience team on a 12‑month fixed‑term contract. In this role, you’ll play a key part in ensuring the organisation is fully prepared to anticipate, respond to and recover from incidents that affect our people, services, and the communities we serve. You’ll help shape and strengthen our business continuity and emergency response arrangements, build capability across the organisation, and support multi‑agency working in a dynamic, nationally important environment.

If you thrive on collaboration, problem‑solving and leading with confidence during high‑pressure situations, this is a role where you’ll truly make an impact.

• Proactively developing and enhancing the MRA’s business continuity and emergency response arrangements
• Supporting colleagues across the organisation to build deeper resilience knowledge and confidence
• Leading and contributing to incident response, recovery and structured debriefs
• Delivering training and mentoring staff in a multi‑agency context
• Building strong relationships with internal teams and external partners
• Identifying improvements, future risks and opportunities through continuous horizon scanning
• Representing the MRA professionally at multi‑agency meetings and sector forums

You’ll bring solid experience in resilience, emergency planning or business continuity, along with the confidence to advise, influence and support others at all levels. You’ll be comfortable working in fast‑moving situations, making decisions and providing clear, calm leadership when it matters most.

Role location: Hybrid working (on average 2‑3 days working out of our Mansfield office)

Schedule: Final date to receive applications: 1st February 2026;
Sifting date: 3rd February 2026;
Interviews: w/c 9th February 2026

Security: Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.

Our benefits:

• A cutting‑edge pension scheme with an impressive employer contribution rate of approximately 28.97%.
• Experience our values‑based recognition scheme that celebrates your contributions.
• Flexibility in working patterns, whether it's full‑time, part‑time, or compressed hours.
• Embrace flexible working arrangements tailored to your needs.
• Enjoy a generous holiday allowance of 27.5 days annually, plus the flexibility to add 6 extra days to that, alongside 8 public holidays.
• Benefit from a comprehensive parental leave policy with 26 weeks of full pay (subject to eligibility).
• Get support to further your professional qualifications and payment for one annual professional subscription.
• Access a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your well‑being.
• Unlock exclusive employee discounts
• Ensure your well‑being with an annual health check and receive £15 monthly towards well‑being activities.
• Enjoy the convenience of on‑site free parking, along with complimentary tea, coffee, and soft drinks at our Mansfield office.

We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview. With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important.

Here at the Mining Remediation Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas. We carry out a…