Emergency Preparedness Officer Airport

Emergency Preparedness Officer - Stansted Airport

Band 6 – £35,266 rising to £39,092 after probation

On-call allowance: £197/month (subject to eligibility) 40 hours, Mon–Fri | Hybrid (4 days office)

Location:

London Stansted Airport

Every year, London Stansted Airport connects 30 million passengers with more than 190 destinations across the globe. Part of the largest UK owned airport operator group, MAG, London Stansted Airport supports over 11,600 jobs onsite and generates around £7.75bn each year for the region.

You’ll also have access to some great benefits including:

• Flexible and generous company pension plan with various company contribution options (up to 10%) that you can change to suit your personal needs
• 24 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Free parking
• Subsidised public transport
• Huge range of company discounts
• 2 volunteering days per year
• Free Virtual
  
  GP service, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Care Concierge service

This is not a typical risk or admin role. You’ll join a fast-paced team keeping Stansted running during disruption—from incidents to VIP movements and global risks.

Resilience includes:

• Business Continuity
• Emergency Planning
• Incident & Crisis Management
• Risk & Governance

Prepare for incidents and exercises

Create briefings for senior leaders

Work across airport teams

Support live incident response

• Support resilience activity
• Maintain risk and governance records
• Produce reports and briefings
• Assist audits and improvements
• Support training and exercises
• Contribute to incident response (on-call)

You’ll learn quickly, be proactive, and add value from day one.

• Fast-paced, varied work
• Supportive team
• Opportunity to drive change
• Exposure to senior leaders
• Hands-on incident experience

Ideal for someone seeking challenge and real-world resilience experience.

We’re less interested in deep technical expertise, and more interested in how you operate.

• Proactive, adaptable and organised
• Confident communicator
• Delivers quality work at pace
• Curious with a desire to learn
• Calm under pressure
• Team-focused

Experience in resilience, risk or operations is helpful but not essential—attitude and transferable skills matter most.

Equal Opportunities & Reasonable Adjustments

At MAG we believe in the importance of diversity & inclusion for all. We are committed to creating a workforce that is reflective of our society. As such we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We’re also committed to well-being with a focus on mental health and supporting colleagues from underrepresented groups through our Colleague Resource Groups.

As a Disability Confident employer we are committed to creating an environment where candidates and employees can perform at their optimum. Please let us know if we can provide you with any reasonable adjustments to aid your application or interview process.

Our Colleague Resource Groups include:

• Women’s Network
• Embrace - Race & Ethnicity Group
• Fly With Pride (LGBTQIA+)
• Mental Health
• Parent & Carers
• Disabilities including neurodiversity