Job Description

Corporate Resilience Advisor (Prepare and Protect)

50,574 - 53,607 per annum

Fixed Term 12 months

London Borough of Newham is seeking an additional Resilience Advisor (PO5) to join the existing Emergency Planning & Corporate Resilience (EP&CR) Team. This will initially be on a 12 month fixed term contract with potential for the position to be offered on a permanent basis later in the year. The role will report to the Community Safety & Corporate Resilience Manager.


Applicants

MUST

have knowledge

AND

experience of emergency planning and corporate resilience within

local/central government

and/or the

emergency services.

For this specific role and in anticipation of Martyn's Law requirements, there will be additional focus on counter-terrorism strategy (CONTEST) and the 'Protect' and 'Prepare' strands. As such, the successful applicant will be expected to have specific experience and expertise in protective security of places, premises, and public events. Relevant qualifications, certifications, and/or professional memberships in this field are therefore extremely desirable as is experience of engaging partners and local communities in this area of work.


As part of the wider EP&CR team, the postholder will contribute to the other service responsibilities including producing emergency plans and exercises, assisting with wider business continuity and resilience standards, supporting office administration and coordination, and major / critical incident management. The postholder will be expected to communicate effectively with a range of senior and political stakeholders up to/including the Council Chief Executive and the Mayor.


The postholder will be expected to be (re)trained as a Council 'Silver' major incident command and participate in the on-call rota (24/7) as required. This attracts an additional daily/weekly payment. Other occasional evening and weekend working may be required for meetings and events.


The job description and person specification contain the relevant criteria that should be evidenced within your supporting statement/cover letter (max 2 sides of A4) and CV.


Please note that only suitably qualified and experienced applicants are invited to apply. Speculative applications otherwise are strongly discouraged.


Closing date 19/5/25


Please view JD here

IMPORTANT: If you are an LBN member of staff and applying for this role as a secondment you should note that secondments are subject to the agreement of your current employing service. Please ensure that you inform your line manager of your intention to apply for the post in the first instance.

Additional Information

We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that's all that matters to us.


The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Please attach your supporting statement, explaining in no more than x2 A4 sides why and how you meet the criteria for this role.

We practice anonymised recruitment. Please ensure that you remove all personal information from any documents that you upload.

The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn .



*About Us

The London Borough of Newham is located only 5 miles east of London. It is well positioned with access to all major networks in London and the south east. It is well connected by public transport with, bus, tube and DLR. When the Crossrail service opens it will call at Custom House close to our council offices and also Stratford station and from there to central London. The London City Airport which serves major European cities is located at Royal Albert Dock. Newham has the youngest overall population in the country. It was one of the six host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics and contains most of the Olympic Park including the London Stadium. It has a thriving arts quarter with the Theatre Royal Stratford East offering excellent entertainment for all the family. There is the University of East London which has two campuses in Newham, one in Stratford and another next to the regenerated Royal Albert Dock. It also has a large Westfield shopping Centre in Stratford which has all the major retailers there.*