Interim Emergency Planning and Resilience Manager – Harlow District Council
Harlow District Council
Interim Emergency Planning and Resilience Manager - Harlow District Council
Harlow District Council
Temporary, Part Time
£500.00 per day (umbrella) inside IR35
Location: Harlow
Closing Date: 6th November 2026
Essex County Council are delighted to be supporting Harlow District Council to recruit an Interim Emergency Planning and Resilience Manager on a 3-month agency contract basis. Please note that this post is being offered on a 3 days per week basis, and it requires the successful individual to be based on site for 2 of these days.
Harlow is a district of contrasts and an ideal location to both live and work. The town itself is thriving, with excellent shopping and leisure facilities for all ages. We have good road links to the M11 and M25 and excellent rail connections to London and Stansted Airport, just 35 minutes and 20 minutes away from Harlow respectively.
This role will require an individual who has demonstrable experience in emergency planning, resilience, response and recovering to manage the following areas:
- Upskilling and recruiting Local Authority Liaison Officers
- Ensuring rest centre equipment is suitable and rest centre managers are trained
- Training duty Incident managers
- Improving business continuity
- Training Members on their role during an incident
- Running emergency planning exercises
- Completing local risk assessments
- Managing the out of hours rota
Knowledge you bring:
- Comprehensive knowledge of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 related statutory duties, guidance and good practice
- Knowledge of risk assessment, local and regional risk registers, emergency planning, incident response and recovery
- Understanding of governance, audit trails, data protection and information security requirements
- Calm, resilient and professional under pressure
What you should do next:
If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website. If you have any queries relating to this post please email louise.butler@essex.gov.uk
Essex County Council are delighted to be supporting Harlow District Council to recruit an Interim Emergency Planning and Resilience Manager on a 3-month agency contract basis. Please note that this post is being offered on a 3 days per week basis, and it requires the successful individual to be based on site for 2 of these days.
Harlow is a district of contrasts and an ideal location to both live and work. The town itself is thriving, with excellent shopping and leisure facilities for all ages. We have good road links to the M11 and M25 and excellent rail connections to London and Stansted Airport, just 35 minutes and 20 minutes away from Harlow respectively.
This role will require an individual who has demonstrable experience in emergency planning, resilience, response and recovering to manage the following areas:
- Upskilling and recruiting Local Authority Liaison Officers
- Ensuring rest centre equipment is suitable and rest centre managers are trained
- Training duty Incident managers
- Improving business continuity
- Training Members on their role during an incident
- Running emergency planning exercises
- Completing local risk assessments
- Managing the out of hours rota
Knowledge you bring:
- Comprehensive knowledge of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 related statutory duties, guidance and good practice
- Knowledge of risk assessment, local and regional risk registers, emergency planning, incident response and recovery
- Understanding of governance, audit trails, data protection and information security requirements
- Calm, resilient and professional under pressure
What you should do next:
If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website. If you have any queries relating to this post please email louise.butler@essex.gov.uk