About The Role

Job Purpose

Act as the initial West Midlands Conurbation (WMC) Local Resilience Forum (LRF) partner focus for resilience challenges and to deliver project support to the LRF Coordinator (Strategic) to ensure the partnership is prepared to meet the resilience challenges including (but not limited to): coronavirus, winter pressures and severe weather

Provide critical support to and complete multi-agency and LRF plans, training and exercising, risk assessment as required by Sub-group Leads and LRF partners.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and prepare multi-agency & LRF emergency and BC plans,

meeting the statutory responsibilities of stakeholders

Prepare, deliver and review training and exercises alongside LRF

partners

Prepare and assist in the work done by the Risk Assessment Working

Group (RAWG)

Assist the LRF Coordinator (Strategic) in tendering and executing

projects from the funding schemes and others as identified by the
partnership

Provide management support to the LRF Support Officer, allocating

work where possible, and reporting into the LRF Coordinator (Strategic)
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Hours & Location

Monday to Friday (0700 - 1500 / 0800 - 1600). A degree of flexibility may be required. In the future, you may be required to be on call.

Hybrid role, which will include working from home and the workplace will be based at C3, Park Lane (B6 5DD). However you may be required to report at any of the partner sites, based within the West Midlands

Allowances

N/A

Selection Process

Closing Date: 17th September

If you pass the papersift

Online Questionnaire/Assessment: This will consist of the below in which if you are successful past the Interactive Verify G+, you will be invited for the OPQ assessment.

Interactive Verify G+

Verify Interactive G+ is a cognitive ability assessment designed to assess how you approach different types of problems. It measures general cognitive ability, including three key areas: Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning and Numerical Reasoning.

The assessment uses engaging, activity-based questions and can be completed on any device, including mobile phones. There are no specific knowledge requirements; it focuses on how you reason and solve problems.

OPQ

The OPQ helps you understand your preferred way of working, including how you typically approach tasks, interact with others and respond to different situations at work.

It is not a test of ability or intelligence, and there are no right or wrong answers. The OPQ32r is designed to provide insight into your workplace preferences and behavioural style.

Interview Date: 1st October 2026 at Centro House, Birmingham, West Midlands

Vetting

Successful applicants will be required to pass Management Vetting and Security Clearance scrutiny prior to commencing their role, this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.

Medical

Appointment to this role will be dependent upon successfully medical checks, which may include a drugs test and if required a hearing test.

West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a ‘ Disability Confident Interview Scheme ’ - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.

It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.

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