Transport Resilience Officer

Transport Resilience Officer

Final date to receive applications: 12 July 2026

Department: Governance & Legal

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Sheffield Head Office

Reporting To: Stephen Breden

Compensation: £39,153 - £41,772 / year

• Hours: 37 hours per week
• Contract: Permanent
• Salary: £39,153 - £41,772
• Location: Sheffield (This is a hybrid role with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office)

We are seeking an ambitious Transport Resilience Officer to join our Emergency Preparedness and Corporate Security team.

This is an officer role working on critical work streams across business continuity, resilience and emergency planning within the transport function of the organisation. The role will play a vital part in building a more resilient network that is better prepared to tackle disruptions and emergencies in line with current and future risks.

NPPV3 vetting is required for this role.

Applications must be accompanied by a cover letter to detail how you meet the criteria as detailed within the role profile. (please see role profile attached). Please note, all applications should be made directly via our careers portal.

You will contribute to multiple work streams shaping how SYMCA’s transport function will respond to disruptions and emergencies whether that be internally through our business continuity programme or externally through engagement with Local Resilience Forum. As part of the team you will work to tackle a number of challenges across a broad range of transport modes.

Working closely with internal and external stakeholders you will create risk assessments, write emergency plans, train staff on their roles and responsibilities and validate these plans have been successfully created and understood. Engagement with a wide number of partners will be essential to understand their operating environment and how they can be best prepared to tackle emerging risks that may occur.

You have experience in working in the transport industry with experience of emergency planning, business continuity, risk management, exercising or operating within a Local Resilience Forum.

You are confident working across multiple interdisciplinary teams to deliver outcomes based in best‑practice adapted to the needs and requirements of the organisation.

You are able to work across multiple concurrent projects to deliver successful outputs in line with management and organisational priorities.

You are keen to work within multiple exciting projects and business areas within SYMCA, such as Bus Franchising to ensure that emergency planning and business continuity best practice is embedded across the organisation.

This role may be required to become part of an on‑call roster in the future. This will only occur based on discussions once appointed.

All colleagues have access to a Local Government Pension Scheme and the chance to be part of an organisation where you can really make a difference. Located in Sheffield City Centre, we are well‑placed for transport links and encourage employees to take advantage of the active travel facilities. Work/life balance is extremely important to us here at SYMCA with our recognised family/friendly policies, genuine work flexibility, recognition, and shared success.

In addition to the above, some of our benefits include:

• Holiday Entitlement – From 28 to 36 days annual leave entitlement (depending on length of service) plus bank holidays. Pro‑rata for part‑time colleagues.
• Annual Leave Purchase Scheme – The ability to purchase up to a further 15 days per year in addition to your normal annual leave.
• Hybrid working – Our offices are a space where we come together and collaborate. Most of our roles are offered on a hybrid basis with the exception of some support roles being onsite full time. Please note, unless specified within the job advert, we cannot accommodate remote working contracts.
• Flexible Hours Scheme – Most roles within SYMCA work under the Flexi‑Scheme which allows office‑based employees’ flexibility and discretion over their working hours. Under the scheme employees can accrue a defined amount of credit or debit of working hours, and to take…