Senior Resilience Advisor

The Transport Resilience, Analysis, International and Sanctions Directorate within DfT is home to the Resilience Division. The Divisions main objective is to ensure that the Department can prepare for, mitigate and respond to a major incident impacting the UK transport network and wider UK Government interests.The Division is responsible for leading the Departments identification and preparedness for catastrophic and other security and resilience risks; and developing and implementing a new approach to resilience within the Department through a transport Resilience Strategy.As a part of this Division, you will work with partners across DfT, other government departments, and academia and industry, to build the departments resilience to future threats and hazards. These could range from terrorist incidents and cyber attacks to catastrophic flooding and volcanic eruptions.One of the roles will focus on leading the exercising and lessons portfolio for the Department. There will be some scope for individual tailoring of focus areas according to expertise and interest, and plenty of opportunity to expand your skills and knowledge, particularly in leadership.These roles are ideal for individuals looking to take on a challenge and broaden their experience. There will be opportunities to brief senior officials and Ministers and represent the Department at cross-Whitehall discussions and multinational fora.ResponsibilitiesKey accountabilities of the role include:Leading the departments exercising and lessons programme.Collaborating with modal policy experts to understand the impacts of different risks facing the department, and escalating appropriately to senior leaders.Undertaking capability assessments on the departments ability to mitigate and manage civil emergencies.Implementation of the transport Resilience Strategy.Supporting the planning for major events to ensure transport is factored into central government Concept of Operations.Leading the departments contingency and response planning for catastrophic risks such as nationwide blackouts, severe space weather events, and biological attacks.Building relationships with analysis, science and research teams, and with experts across government and beyond, to provide evidence for the teams work.Deputising for the Head of Risk and Resilience Strategy and/or Head of Major Events Planning, Exercising and Lessons and/or Head of Catastrophic Contingency Planning at internal management, cross-Whitehall and external meetings.For an in-depth insight into the role please refer to the Role Profile.