Resilience Officer – Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

About the Role

To be successful in the role, you will ideally have previous experience of working in a Local Authority, Category 1 organisation, Emergency Planning or Business Continuity environment or the enthusiasm to learn a variety of skills quickly. This role will include several identified planning workstreams which you will take the lead for writing plans and producing training and exercising. This role includes participating in the on-call rota once competent. This is a busy role with many competing demands. This role will involve meeting and working with a variety of staff and partners and attending and Chairing meetings both within the county and in neighbouring counties.

About you

You should have the ability to work independently and be able to prioritise competing demands and pressures to meet the deadlines. Excellent communication, attention to detail, numeracy and literacy skills including ability to gather and compile information in various formats, analyse and presenting the information in a clear way is essential for this role. You should have with the ability to use Microsoft applications effectively. You should be able to work within a team and have flexibility to adapt to challenging incidents that may disrupt planned work and may require out of hours working. You must be able to drive and live within an hour of Oxfordshire.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact – Andy Brett, Senior Resilience Manager (andy.brett@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Interview will take place on Monday 9 March 2026

Rewards and benefits

• Culture of flexible working
• Technology to support agile working where role permits
• 30 day’s holiday p.a. plus bank holidays
• Option to ‘buy’ additional holiday
• Employee Assistance Programme including access to health and wellbeing support
• Membership of the Local Government contributory pension scheme, with an employer’s contribution of up to 19.9%
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Local and national discounts for shopping and travel
• Great learning and development opportunities to support your ongoing development.