Incident Training and Exercise Advisor - 31164
Incident Training and Exercise Advisor - 31164
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Job Description
The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from all sections of the community wishing to join a workforce which embraces difference and welcomes everyone.
Job Description
The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from all sections of the community wishing to join a workforce which embraces difference and welcomes everyone.
This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled and enthusiastic professional to join us in developing the Environment Agency’s incident management service in Hertfordshire and North London. Within a team of emergency planners, you will lead our incident training and exercising portfolio. You will work with local and national colleagues to ensure our staff working at strategic, tactical and operational levels are prepared to respond to all types of environmental and flooding incidents.
You will:
* Develop and maintain an incident training and exercising plan, prioritising needs around the risk and resource available
* Coordinate a local network of incident role leads; advise on and participate in the creation and delivery of training and exercising, ensure it is delivered competently and effectively by using assured standards
* Collaborate with colleagues nationally, contributing to the development our incident training and exercising across the wider organisation
* Support the team to carry out its wider functions including reviewing existing and emerging risks, emergency planning, and training and exercising with internal & external partners
* Support our multi-agency work with external partners through participating in Local and Borough Resilience Forum engagement
Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident. This may attract an additional payment and full training and workplace adjustments will be available to support you with your incident role.
The team
The Area Incident Team coordinates and assures our incident management activities. We ensure the best delivery of incident response to protect communities and the environment, whilst fulfilling our responsibilities as a Category 1 responder. We work with internal teams and external partners through Local Resilience Forums to assess risks, plan, train, exercise, respond effectively, recover, and learn & improve.
Experience/skills Required
You will have:
* Experience of producing and delivering high quality training and exercising to suit a range of learning styles
* Practical experience of responding to incidents; knowledge of emergency management and JESIP principals, and an understanding of the Environment Agency’s role as a Category 1 responder
* Effective written and verbal communication skills, able to influence and collaborate with others to achieve shared outcomes
* A drive for continuous improvement
* Confidence working on your own and as part of team, with the ability to lead and support working/task groups and organise/facilitate effective meetings
* Strong organisational skills
* Resilience and adaptability under pressure, with the ability to prioritise and make evidence-led, risk-based decisions
* Commitment to a culture that promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion; health safety and wellbeing, and to tackling the impacts of the climate and ecological emergency through your work
Contact and additional information
We are committed to having an inclusive and diverse workforce that represents the communities we serve. This is a full time vacancy, however we support flexible working and welcome applications for alternative working patterns, including part time.
You will be based from our Welwyn Garden City office. There will be an expectation of regular travel to the office as well as the flexibility to work from home.
Interviews will be in person at our Alchemy office in Welwyn Garden City.
For further information on the role, please download the candidate pack. If you have any further questions, please contact: wfpg_hnl@environment-agency.gov.uk.
Competence 1
Incident Planning
Description
Please describe your experience of planning for, responding to and/or recovering from incidents.
Competence 2
Coaches Others
Description
As part of this role you will advise on the development, delivery and assurance of incident training and exercising.
Please describe your experience of using a variety of training delivery methods to deliver effective and assured training with successful outcomes.
Competence 3
Achieves Results
Description
To balance the competing demands of your varied workload you will need to be well organised, whilst remaining flexible and adaptable.
Please describe how you have met a challenging objective in the face of changing circumstances and/or competing priorities. How did you prioritise tasks and resources to ensure high standards were maintained?
Competence 4
Influences and Persuades Others
Description
In this role you will need to work effectively alongside colleagues and other partners to deliver improvements to our incident planning and response.
Please give us an example of how you have successfully influenced others to implement a change or improvement with multiple benefits?
Please note that your answers to the capability questions will be used for shortlisting purposes. Your examples do not necessarily have to be work related, please use the best example from any area of your life. You may find researching the STAR technique (Situation, Task, Action, Result) useful when answering the questions. It is highly recommended that you read this and the EA capability framework before answering.
If you are applying from the Civil Service please note that the Environment Agency is not a part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. Therefore, you will not be eligible for continuous service. For applicants who currently work in local government or other bodies listed in the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government etc) (Modification) Order 1999, you may be eligible for continuous service for the purpose of calculating any future redundancy payment. If you are unsure of your status then you should contact your own HR Team.
We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.
We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
The Environment Agency, as a Non-Departmental Public Body, is committed to providing value for money and utilises Central Government frameworks and contracts for all external recruitment needs. For this reason, we are unable to engage with the market directly through post, email or phone calls. Should you wish to become a support supplier on one of these frameworks or contracts please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier/becoming-a-supplier-through-the-crown-commercial-service-what-you-need-to-know for more information.
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