Resilience Officer

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Planning & Performance

Resilience Officer (Emergency Planning and Resilience)

Full-time, 36hrs – 6 Month Fixed Term (Band 6)

We’re looking for a dynamic and proactive Resilience Officer to join our Planning and Performance team and help enhance NHS Borders’ emergency preparedness and response capabilities.

This exciting opportunity will see the successful candidate working closely with services to lead and support vital aspects of Emergency Planning and Business Continuity across NHS Borders. You’ll play a key role in ensuring our organisation is ready to meet the challenges of major incidents, emerging threats, and system-wide disruptions - whether through direct planning, training and exercising, or post-incident learning.

You will contribute specialist advice on resilience, while collaborating with both internal stakeholders and key external partners such as Scottish Borders Council, Emergency Services, and the Local Resilience Partnership.

We are looking for someone with excellent communication, analytical and organisational skills, and the ability to influence and motivate others - especially when it comes to embedding resilience and Business Continuity Planning in day-to-day practice.

This post offers variety, responsibility, and the chance to make a meaningful difference in how NHS Borders prepares for and responds to risk.

Applicants should be educated to degree level or have equivalent relevant experience, with a solid working knowledge of emergency planning, business continuity, and resilience principles. Experience in delivering training, leading exercises, and working across multi-agency environments is essential.

The base will be BGH but can offer hybrid working when appropriate currently offering opportunities and encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.

If You Would Like An Informal Discussion, Please Contact Callum Cowan – Emergency Planning and Resilience Manager

Email: [email protected]

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.

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As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.

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It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form

***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***

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