Emergency and Risk Mitigation Planner

Salary circa £36,000 (Dependant on Skills & Experience) 

12m Secondment, Full-time - 37 hours, with flexibility for part time  

Location: Flexible in office/home working, based in Lincoln

Make every drop of your potential count. Join our team, you’ll love it!     

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Emergency & Risk Mitigation Planning team as an Emergency & Risk Mitigation Planner, reporting to the Emergency & Risk Mitigation Manager!

This vital, busy & challenging role is ideal for someone who has emergency planning experience, thrives on having a large variety in their work, working in a planned way, but very quickly transitioning into a reactive response if we have an operational incident.  

About the role 

Reporting to the Emergency and Risk Mitigation Manager within Customer and Operational Services, the Emergency & Risk Mitigation Planner will work alongside three other Emergency & Risk Mitigation Planners.

The team are responsible for developing and maintaining processes and plans to prepare for and respond to operational incidents, to meet business objectives, national risks, operational risks and legal obligations under the Security and Emergency Measures Direction (SEMD) and the Civil Contingencies Act, Reservoir Act, and the ISO standards

Emergency Planning is a key role within our incident response structure, providing specific Emergency planning advise to the incident team, with their expertise and understanding of of our processes, plans and incident response playbooks. As incidents happen any time, being an Emergency and Risk Mitigation Planner requires flexibility to work out of hours when needed.

Benefits aligned to this role   

Our people are important to us and we want to make sure that we reward and recognise all of the great work that they do.  Your benefits will include:   

• Full private healthcare with no excess   

• 25 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion   

• A flexible working culture   

• Competitive pension scheme – we double-match your contributions up to 7% (21% total)  

• Life Assurance at eight times your salary   

• Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary   

• Bonus Scheme   

• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle   

• Paid time off when you’re physically and mentally unwell   

• An excellent Family Leave package – to help you support your family 

What does it take to be an Emergency Planner? 

We are seeking an experienced emergency planner or someone who has studied emergency/disaster planning, that is looking for an opportunity to apply their learning: 

• Knowledge and practical experience of emergency planning is desirable

• Flexibility to respond to changing priorities and incidents, with a requirement to work outside of normal working hours on occasions when supporting incidents  

• A confident and strong communicator 

• Ability to prioritise your own workload and make decisions in a pressurised environment 

• Adaptability to new and challenging situations and able to manage your own time 

• Confidence in presenting and communicating to key stakeholders, both within the organisation and externally 

• As you will be required to travel  across the Anglian Region, you will need a driving licence, therefore the status of your driving licence will be checked  

Closing Date: 15/11/26

#loveeverydrop