TVLRF Resilience Officer (Secondment/Fixed term contract until 01/09/2025)
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work with the Thames Valley Local Resilience Forum (TVLRF) team. You will work within a small team supporting multi-agency partners from across Thames Valley that make up the TVLRF including emergency services, local authorities, the NHS, the Environment Agency and others. You will play an important role in providing emergency planning and resilience support to TVLRF partners to enable them to fulfil their duties under the Civil Contingencies Act (CCA) 2004. This will include the multi-agency assessment of risk for the Community Risk Register, development of emergency plans, undertaking debriefs and the delivery of training and exercising.
We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to negotiate and influence others through developing productive working relationships with a range of stakeholders. You will have a proven ability to plan, prioritise, implement and monitor programmes seeing the work through to completion as well as excellent writing skills for a variety of audiences is considered essential. You will be self-motivated and able to use your own initiate to deliver work. You will be competent in using Microsoft applications and able to learn new systems in a short period of time. You will have current knowledge of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and Joint Emergencies Services Interoperability Principles (JESIP) or have a willingness to develop your knowledge.
Please note the successful candidate must have capability to travel to different locations across the Force and undertake all assignments in a timely manner. Due to the requirement to work flexibly, unsocial hours and personal safety for lone working; public transport may not be available or suitable at these times. For this reason a full UK driving licence is considered essential
If you are a permanent member of staff applying for this role, please note it will be offered on a secondment basis. Important: All secondments are assumed supported and that your line manager and Head of Department/Commander or Deputy are aware of your intention to apply. If the secondment is not supported then a strong business rationale must be sent to RecruitmentPoliceStaff@thamesvalley.police.uk quoting the reference number for the role.
Please note: Shift allowance, on-call or other job related allowances from the previous role will not be protected unless they are attached to the new role for the duration of the secondment.
As part of the Thames Valley Police family you will enjoy a fantastic range of benefits including 24 days annual leave per annum, pro-rata for part time (plus Bank Holidays), flexible working conditions, a wide range of lifestyle discounts, career development opportunities and have the option to join a local government pension scheme. To view a full list of our benefits, please click the below link.
If you have any queries please contact the Recruitment Team at RecruitmentPoliceStaff@thamesvalley.police.uk quoting reference 123456. We will endeavour to respond to your query as quickly as possible.
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The closing date for enquiries and receipt of completed applications is Sunday 14th April 2024.
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Vetting. All posts require a level of Police Vetting as per the National Vetting Code of Practice. The residency requirement is necessary to enable all applicants to be checked in an equitable manner. Thames Valley Police will allow applicants to apply who do not necessarily reach the criteria as long as they have proven UK residency and supporting evidence where necessary. Applications will be considered on a case by case basis.
This opportunity is closed to applications.