Job responsibilities
As part of the London Region EPRR team, help develop and deliver a high-quality, high-performing EPRR function, supporting the London Region and its partners in preparing for and responding to emergencies and incidents affecting London.
Responding to incidents and emergencies
- Fulfill in and out of hours duties as part of the regional EPRR duty rota, to support emergency response
- Deliver, tactical, and operational support to facilitate UKHSAs response to emergencies and incidents in an out of hours
- Ensure there is robust, coordinated, secure and resilient communication within UKHSA and with partners and coordinate teams and arrangements to support the response
- Lead the review and debriefing of UKHSAs response to incidents, to ensure lessons are identified, shared and lead to future improvements Education, Training & Exercising
- Design and deliver education and training to a range of internal UKHSA and external stakeholders, to improve knowledge, skills and experience in emergency planning, incident response, business continuity and related issues.
- Contribute to the assessment, design and exercising of response systems, ensuring that UKHSA is fully engaged with and involved in UK, regional and local multi-agency exercises.
- Contribute to the review of exercises to ensure lessons are learned, shared and improvements made for the future
- Contribute to audit and research relating to EPRR responsibilities to capture, refine and disseminate learning.
Engagement
Develop strong working relationships and communication with a wide range people and stakeholders, within and outside UKHSA, including:
- UKHSA colleagues in London, other regions, the National Response Centre and other directorates
- stakeholders and partners including the NHS, Integrated Care Boards, Local Resilience Fora, Local Health Resilience Partnerships, Local Authorities, DHSC and other departments, and other responders under the Civil Contingencies Act .
- Represent the UKHSA at multi-agency meetings, such as Local Resilience Fora and Local Health Resilience Partnerships, to share information, contribute to risk assessments and strategy development, and facilitate cross-agency collaboration
Team working
- Work flexibly and collaboratively as part of the London Region EPRR team to deliver expert, high-quality EPRR, business continuity and response function to support the London Region
- Work with UKHSA and London EPRR colleagues, as part of an EPRR network, providing mutual aid across regions and teams where appropriate
- Where appropriate, manage any Emergency Preparedness Officer(s) in the team.
- Carry out any other duties, reasonably required by your line manager.
Personal And Professional Development
- Participate in organisational and professional appraisal and revalidation, as required under UKHSA and professional policy.
- Take responsibility for your own CPD, including maintaining any statutory and mandatory training, developing your personal development plan and seeking opportunities to improve your knowledge, skills and experience with the support of your line manager
Essential criteria
- Degree, NVQ level 4 or equivalent level vocational expertise in an emergency planning discipline or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in the specialist area.
- Knowledge of emergency and resilience planning methodologies.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholder as required.
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often challenging timescales.
- An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of the public sector.
- Experience of working as part of a multi-agency team.
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques, and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project.
Selection Process Details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
Stage 1: Application & Sift
You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the listed 9 essential criteria, and this will be in the form of a:
- Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application)
- 1500 word supporting statement.
This should outline how you consider your skills, experience and knowledge provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria. You will receive a joint score for your application form and statement. (The application form is the kind of information you would put into your C.V please be advised you will not be able to upload your CV. Please complete the application form in as much detail as possible). Please do not email us your CV.
Longlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we will longlist into 3 piles of:
- Meets all essential criteria
- Meets some essential criteria
- Meets no essential criteria
If used, the piles Meets all essential criteria and Meets some essential criteria will proceed to shortlisting.
Shortlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we may conduct an initial sift, on the lead criteria of:
- Knowledge of emergency and resilience planning methodologies.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholder as required.
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often challenging timescales.
Desirable criteria may be used in the event of a large number of applications/large amount of successful candidates.
If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview & assessment.
Feedback will not be provided at this stage.
Stage 2: Interview
You will be invited to a single face to face interview.
If face to face interviews are planned, in exceptional circumstances, we may be able to offer a remote interview.
Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills will be tested at interview.
There will be a Presentation. The presentation question will be: "Describe the process of identifying and assessing a risk, through to developing adequate control measures to prevent/control/respond to that risk, and how you would influence senior leaders to commit resource for the arrangements agreed."
The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be:
- Communicating and influencing (Lead behaviour)
- Seeing the big picture
- Changing and improving
- Making effective decisions
- Working together
- Working at pace
Interviews dates to be confirmed.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Location
This role is being offered as hybrid working based at our core HQ in London, Canary Wharf. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month)working at our office. Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport links and benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).
Security Clearance Level Requirement
Successful candidates must pass a standard disclosure and barring security check before they can be appointed.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Security Check.
For meaningful National Security Vetting checks to be carried out individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 5 years as the role requires Security Check (SC) clearance. UK residency less than the outlined periods may not necessarily bar you from gaining national security vetting and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder/Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice.
Eligibility Criteria
External: Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including internal applicants).
Salary Information
If you are successful at interview, and are moving from another government department, NHS, or Local Authority, the relevant starting salary principles for level transfers or promotions will apply. Otherwise, roles are offered at the pay scale minimum for the grade, but in exceptional circumstances there may be flexibility if you are able to demonstrate you are already in receipt of an existing, higher salary. Pay increases are through the relevant annual pay award for the role and terms.
