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Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response Manager

The closing date is 18 November 2025

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Job summary

Join our dynamic team to ensure our Trust is always ready for any emergency! As an EPRR Manager, you'll develop and implement vital emergency plans, manage risks, and coordinate responses to incidents. Your expertise and role will be crucial in keeping our community safe and resilient.

Main duties of the job

  • Support services to conduct business impact assessments

  • Support the preparation of business continuity plans and supporting arrangements

  • Develop and deliver business continuity training and exercises

  • Provide business continuity and resilience related support and advice to Directors, managers, staff and other stakeholders

  • Monitor NHS, technical, statutory, regulatory and other sources for changes to guidance and standards

  • Take responsibility for business continuity and resilience related document controls and information security

  • Take responsibility for progress and assurance reporting and support to audits

  • Provide written reports and status updates as required

  • Guide the emergency planning strategy and work programme in order to develop service delivery and response to emergencies, or incidents

  • Prepare emergency plans and arrangements

  • Develop and deliver emergency response training and exercises

  • Develop and maintain external EPRR liaison with partner agencies

  • Monitor NHS and other sources for changes to guidance and standards

  • Maintain documentation version control and access on EPRR documents

  • Provide incident response related support and advice to the Incident Management Team - this may require work outside normal office hours

  • Monitor and analyse risk information to support incident decision making by Directors and managers

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

  • Caring for and about you is our top priority
  • Committed to providing good quality, safe services
  • Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

  • Flexible working options to support work-life balance
  • 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
  • Generous NHS pension scheme
  • Excellent learning and career development opportunities
  • 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
  • Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
  • Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
  • Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
  • Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
  • Free parking across Trust sites

Details

Date posted

11 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£50,008 to £56,908 a year per annum ( Incl of HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

371-CS316

Job locations

Chief Operating Officer , London House

Bracknell

RG12 2UT


Job description

Job responsibilities

The must have's for this role:

  • Understanding of the principles of risk management and assessment

  • Negotiating, influencing and persuading skills

  • Ability to work on own initiative, either alone or with a range of people, and to be an effective team member

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to call: Mike Rennie mike.rennie@berkshire.nhs.uk who'll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The must have's for this role:

  • Understanding of the principles of risk management and assessment

  • Negotiating, influencing and persuading skills

  • Ability to work on own initiative, either alone or with a range of people, and to be an effective team member

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don't hesitate to call: Mike Rennie mike.rennie@berkshire.nhs.uk who'll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications/Training

Essential

  • HND and Degree level education or equivalent

Desirable

  • Possession of, or evidence of working towards, professional business continuity/risk management qualification: oCertificate or Diploma in Health Emergency Planning / oMembership by qualification of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI)

Continuous Professional Development

Essential

  • Evidence of continuing professional development in the field of EPRR

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Experience of Business Continuity
  • Development and delivery of specialist training and exercise programmes
  • Must have a good understanding of: The healthcare sector in general and Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in particular / Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and any associated regulations and guidance oDepartment of Health Emergency Planning Guidance and any associated or subsequent guidance issued by the Department or by the NHS / Business continuity standards and processes
  • Advanced presentation skills: oral and written communication skills, and the ability to use presentation aids such as PowerPoint
  • Advanced IT skills (Excel, use of MS Office 365 etc.)
  • Time management skills - ability to meet deadlines, prioritise and manage workload

Desirable

  • High levels of confidentiality when receiving and dealing with complex, sensitive or contentious information relating to major incidents or emergencies

Additional Requirements

Essential

  • Holder of full driving licence
Person Specification

Education/Qualifications/Training

Essential

  • HND and Degree level education or equivalent

Desirable

  • Possession of, or evidence of working towards, professional business continuity/risk management qualification: oCertificate or Diploma in Health Emergency Planning / oMembership by qualification of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI)

Continuous Professional Development

Essential

  • Evidence of continuing professional development in the field of EPRR

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Experience of Business Continuity
  • Development and delivery of specialist training and exercise programmes
  • Must have a good understanding of: The healthcare sector in general and Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in particular / Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and any associated regulations and guidance oDepartment of Health Emergency Planning Guidance and any associated or subsequent guidance issued by the Department or by the NHS / Business continuity standards and processes
  • Advanced presentation skills: oral and written communication skills, and the ability to use presentation aids such as PowerPoint
  • Advanced IT skills (Excel, use of MS Office 365 etc.)
  • Time management skills - ability to meet deadlines, prioritise and manage workload

Desirable

  • High levels of confidentiality when receiving and dealing with complex, sensitive or contentious information relating to major incidents or emergencies

Additional Requirements

Essential

  • Holder of full driving licence

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Chief Operating Officer , London House

Bracknell

RG12 2UT


Employer's website

https://www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Chief Operating Officer , London House

Bracknell

RG12 2UT


Employer's website

https://www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

EPRR Manager - Chief Operating Officer

Mike Rennie

mike.rennie@berkshire.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

11 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£50,008 to £56,908 a year per annum ( Incl of HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

371-CS316

Job locations

Chief Operating Officer , London House

Bracknell

RG12 2UT


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