Apprentice Emergency Planning Officer

Suffolk County Council

Suffolk, IP1 2BX

Closes in 6 days (Wednesday 30 October)

Posted on 16 October 2024

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Summary

We are looking for an motivated individual who has a desire to seek a career in emergency planning within the Local Authority as well as achieving a recognised qualification in resilience and emergency planning. During your apprenticeship we will support you to meet your full potential through a mixture of hands on training and academic study.

Annual wage
£23,114 a year

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£23,114 per annum rising to £26,421 per annum half way through the apprenticeship. This role includes performance related pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase.

Training course
Resilience and emergencies professional (level 6)
Hours
Monday to Friday. Hours per day to be agreed with manager upon appointment.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 2 December

Duration

3 years 6 months

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

You will work towards the role of Emergency Planning Officer, which would include:

  • Lead specific emergency preparedness related areas in one or more local authorities in support of their planning and preparation for responding to emergencies and serious disruption to normal services
  • Participate in local authority emergency response and recovery as appropriate (tactical management and liaison)
  • Give professional advice to officers and elected members of the authorities to ensure the safety of the public during an emergency

Where you’ll work

Endeavour House

Russell Road

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP1 2BX

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

COVENTRY UNIVERSITY

Your training course

Resilience and emergencies professional (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents
  • Apply policies, legislation, regulations and guidance to ensure compliance and resilience.
  • Apply relevant governance structures, standards, policies, and frameworks to evidence and assure performance, impacts, and resilient outcomes.
  • Contribute to the debriefing process (post-exercise or post-incident).
  • Contribute to the accountability process for performance, impacts, resilience outcomes, and areas for improvement to stakeholders.
  • Support lesson learning, improvement and sustainable change.
  • Keep records of decisions, actions, those responsible and rationale.
  • Collect and analyse information in support of resilience and emergencies.
  • Use and improve systems, processes, or applications to gather, manage, visualise, and share information.
  • Scale, coordinate, or integrate activities to maximise resilience and ensure interoperability (locally, regionally, sector wide or nationally as appropriate to role and employing organisation).
  • Assess the information needs across the emergency cycle.
  • Identify, engage, and communicate information with a range of stakeholders.
  • Project manage initiatives or activities within area of responsibility.
  • Evaluate the risk context.
  • Identify and assess risks.
  • Make timely and evidence-based decisions.
  • Facilitate the development, maintenance, or implementation of resilience and emergency capabilities (for example, early warning, communications, technical specialisms, safety, security, resource and supply).
  • Assess the effectiveness and relative value (for example, economic, environmental, and societal) of risk management options.
  • Contribute to the development and delivery of resilience and emergency training.
  • Contribute to the design and delivery of emergency exercises.
  • Apply an all-risks approach.
  • Scope, document, review and update emergency, crisis or continuity arrangements.
  • Support emergency response within scope of responsibilities (in an incident or as part of an exercise).
  • Assess and prioritise recovery needs.
  • Apply recovery plans and exit strategies to a real or simulated emergency or crisis (during an incident or as part of an exercise).
  • Consider financial implications of resilience or emergency activities.
  • Monitor dynamic situations and the effectiveness of interventions.

    • Your training plan

    Resilience and Emergencies Professional Level 6. 

    80/20 split between on-the-job (academic) training vs off-the-job (workplace) training. There will be a requirement for you to attend Coventry during your apprentice period.

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    A Level in:

    • Any subject (grade Pass or above)

    Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

    Skills

    • Communication skills
    • IT skills
    • Attention to detail
    • Organisation skills
    • Problem solving skills
    • Administrative skills
    • Team working
    • Initiative

    About this company

    ABOUT US As a modern and effective council, we offer a wide variety of careers to suit people with a range of skills, abilities and ambitions. We offer working options that flex to reflect the way people work today and take the time to understand and support your individual needs. We’re driven to make a positive difference to the world around us and encourage everyone with drive and focus to join us and build an influential and impactful career. Reimagine the possibilities. In return, you’ll enjoy: up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase training and encouragement to expand your knowledge a variety of career development opportunities across our organisation diverse and active staff networks flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day plus more! If you would like to know more about our benefits, values and equality commitments please visit our Suffolk County Council careers website (careers.Suffolk.gov.uk).

    https://www.careers.suffolk.gov.uk/ (opens in new tab)

    Company benefits

    If you want to know more about our benefits, values and equality commitments please visit our Suffolk County Council careers website (careers.Suffolk.gov.uk).

    Disability Confident

    Disability Confident

    A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

    You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

    After this apprenticeship

    After the successful completion of this apprenticeship, you will have developed the skills. experience, qualifications and attributes which will allow you to pursue a career in emergency planning as an Emergency Planning Officer.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    Suffolk County Council

    Stephen Henthorn

    stephen.henthorn@suffolk.gov.uk

    01284 758460

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000282501.

    Apply now

    Closes in 6 days (Wednesday 30 October)

    When you apply, you’ll be asked to sign in with a GOV.UK One Login. You can create one at the same time as applying for this apprenticeship.

    After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.

    Company’s application instructions

    Find more information on how to apply, in the 'How to apply' section on the advert on our Suffolk County Council Jobs Board.