Job Introduction
Role Purpose
Fixed term Contract - 18 months
We are looking for an experience community leader to join the Community Engagement team as Community Resilience Officer.
The Community Resilience Officer will play in an integral role in ensuring that individuals, families and communities across the BCP Council area are prepared for and can cope with the immediate effects of an emergency such as flooding, severe weather and utility outages.
Main Responsibilities
- Ensure that higher risk/vulnerable communities develop community emergency response plans, and to assist with the development and testing and exercising of these plans.
- To ensure that all parish and town councils within BCP Council have community emergency response plans in place and that these are tested and exercised.
- To increase awareness of emergencies within the communities so they can better prepare themselves.
- To increase opportunities to engage priority communities through improving engagement with the Emergency Planning team.
- To work with communities to help them establish community emergency hubs which act as a community-led focal point of help and information in an emergency, where there are no existing community emergency plans or arrangements in place.
- To develop and enhance the community resilience leadership role of Councillors.
- To work closely with the Emergency Planning and Resilience Team, Communities and Corporate Communications as well as the Dorset Local Resilience Forum (LRF) Community Resilience Liaison Officer, LRF partners and voluntary and community organisations and networks.
- To participate and contribute to the Dorset LRF Societal Resilience Group.
- To develop a range of materials and products that can be used to promote community resilience.
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will have experience of engaging with communities. You must be able to perform calmly under pressure and you must be able to build strong relationships with a wide number of public and community stakeholders.
About BCP Council
BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.
Our Benefits
We offer an excellent benefits package to colleagues. Find out more on our website
As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation and colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. This is expected to be in place in 2025.
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