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Emergency Response Officer

British Red Cross

Emergency Response Officer

Location: Merseyside Area (Hybrid Working Pattern)

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £23,263 Per Annum

We’ve got an opportunity…

We have a fantastic new opportunity for an Emergency Response Officer to join our team where you will coordinate the Emergency Response Volunteers within the area.

You will deliver a wide range of activities within the area, including responding to major incidents, fires and floods. You will work as part of the emergency response team to further develop the British Red Cross emergency planning role, to engage with external organisations and support our volunteers to build local resilience to emergencies.

The post requires regular evening work, being part of a regular 24 hour duty officer on-call rota and potential emergency response duties at any time throughout the year.

Say hello to the team…

The Independent Living (IL) & Crisis Response (CR) service (IL/CR) supports people in the space between hospital and home and responds to the needs of people in crisis following an emergency; maintaining an extensive network of external relationships across health, social care, and emergency services.

To be successful in this position you must have the following skills and experience:

  • Experience of delivering high quality services to the public
  • Ability to create and monitor budgets
  • Experience of developing or working in multi-sector partnerships at a tactical and/or operational level
  • You will be comfortable dealing with complex situations and tasks where every day is different
  • Strong IT proficiency; experience of using email, word processing and spreadsheet packages
  • Ability to contribute to the development of operating plans
  • Knowledge of Health and Safety practices
  • Knowledge of legislation relevant to emergency response and planning
  • An understanding of how to improve service quality
  • Ability to collate and interpret a range of management information including statistical information and user feedback
  • Full driving licence and access to vehicle as travel within the area and occasionally across the UK is necessary

Closing date for application is 23.59 on 27th November 2022 with interviews to follow.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits, these include:

  • 36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
  • Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
  • Up to 6% contributory pension
  • Flexible working policy

Click here for further details on our staff benefits

Connecting human kindness with human crisis

How to apply

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