Resilience Officer

Transformationunitgm; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in Liverpool is seeking a Resilience Officer to manage the Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response system. This permanent full-time role (Band 5) involves ensuring compliance with training and operational plans. Candidates should hold a degree and possess experience in business continuity or EPRR. The role offers a salary range of £31,049 - £37,796 per annum, with a strong emphasis on diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Qualifications

• Degree level education or relevant qualifications.
• Experience in business continuity or EPRR.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and risk management methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Manage Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response system.
• Synchronize training plans and ensure compliance.
• Support the EPRR & Business Continuity Manager.

Skills

Use of Microsoft Office packages

Data collection and analysis

Understanding of governance, risk and compliance

Document information systems management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Educated to degree level

EPRR and Business Continuity related qualifications

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Main area Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 158-25-310-GOV

Employer The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - The Spine Town Liverpool Salary £31,049 - £37,796 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 26/01/2026 23:59

Resilience Officer

NHS AfC: Band 5

In cases where we receive a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to automatically close any vacancies prior to the specified closing date - all vacancies are capped at a sufficient number; you are advised to submit your completed application form as early as possible.

Please note that applications are accepted only by completion of our application form. If you have any needs that prevent you from applying in this way and participating in our online recruitment process, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0151 5565176 or [e-mail] at the earliest opportunity to ensure that support can be provided. Adjustments can be made for you during application and interview.

If you do not receive confirmation that you have been shortlisted for interview, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. It is with regret that we are unable to provide feedback to non-shortlisted candidates.

Right to work: Candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing their circumstances against criteria specified on thegov.uk website.

Job overview

Right to work: We actively promote diversity and inclusion. This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. We recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Main duties of the job

Operate on a day to day basis the system underpinning Clatterbridge Cancer Centre’s Emergency Preparedness Resilience and response (EPRR) and Business Continuity framework.

Ensure that plans for training, exercise, policies procedures etc. and validation are developed, synchronised, maintained, implemented and status tracked. Promote a culture of EPRR/Business Continuity, continuous improvement, ensure that that risks are managed and actions/improvement initiatives are tracked and reported through to completion. Implement processes that facilitate good practice to ensure statutory obligations are met and compliance status is understood and evidenced. Support the EPRR & Business Continuity Manager deputising where appropriate including EPRR/Business Continuity governance, operational support and membership of the Incident Control Centre team when it is activated as a result of disruptive events.

Working for our organisation

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man.

Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.

Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level
• Working/willing to work towards additional relevant qualifications and professional body membership (e.g. BCI, RSPH, EPS)
• EPRR and Business Continuity related qualifications

Knowledge

• Use of Microsoft Office packages, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel, MSTeams
• Understanding of governance, risk and compliance fundamentals
• Able to collect, analyse, interpret and report data
• Competence in managing document information systems
• Understanding of quality systems

Experience

• Previous experience in EPRR, business continuity, business analysis governance, risk or compliance
• Use of Microsoft Office packages, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel, MSTeams
• Experience of working in NHS/regulated industry.
• Experience of using a risk management methodologies
• Experience of delivering staff training

If you are successfully shortlisted, you will be invited for an interview via email. Please ensure you regularly check your emails (including junk folders) following your application and let us know if you have any problems. If you would prefer for us to communicate with you in a different way, or need adjustments to the interview process, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0151 556 5176 or [e-mail] .

The cost of processing a new DBS application is met by the successful applicant. DBS costs are recovered via salary deduction following commencement in post - further details including cost are available from the Recruitment Team. It is a Trust recommendation that candidates requiring a DBS check subscribe to the DBS Update Service - further details are available here - https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service . Candidates who withdraw post-DBS submission will be invoiced for the full cost of the check including administration fee.

The Trust takes active responsibility for meeting national guidance and legal requirements in relation to our Safeguarding Policy, including local arrangements for the protection of adults at risk.

The Trust is committed to providing high standards of both patient and staff experience. To support us in doing this the Trust, in partnership with Trade Un has developed and embedded key values and behaviours that all staff are required to demonstrate throughout their employment. The Trust's values and behaviours support the Trust Vision 'to provide the best cancer care to the people we serve' our Mission 'to improve health and wellbeing through compassionate, safe and effective cancer care'.

We promote and support diversity in our workforce. The Trust have staff networks for LGBTQ+, disability and long terms conditions, international and ethnically diverse staff and a menopause network. The Trust also hold Disability Confident Level 2 Status and provide supporting policies and processes to enable staff with disabilities and long term conditions to work in a way that best meets their needs.

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