Senior Resilience Officer - Kent Resilience Team

Being a part of Kent Fire and Rescue Service 

Everyone is unique. Everyone has value. Everyone helps to make Kent Fire and Rescue Service a great place to work. We are one team. Together with our customers we are creating a safer future for Kent and Medway.

Being a Senior Resilience Officer

Working within the Kent Resilience Team, based at KFRS HQ in Maidstone, you’ll be part of a nationally renowned multi-agency team delivering the strategic aims of the Kent and Medway Resilience Forum, supporting the partnership in delivery of local and national priorities.  

You will be required to travel as part of this role therefore a driving licence is essential.

What you’ll do

• Work in a multi-agency team consisting of emergency services and local authorities from across Kent and Medway
• Work collaboratively with partners, other Local Resilience Forums and government departments to promote and develop resilience in the County
• Help develop and deliver risk assessment, plans and training and exercising to partners

What you’ll bring

• Good communication skills to liaise with and influence senior managers and customers across all agencies, internal and external order to deliver recommendations to support the delivery of an effective resilience programme
• An understanding of the Civil Contingencies legislation, integrated emergency planning and national resilience strategies
• Experience of working with in contingency planning or with emergency services, local authorities, Armed Forces or other resilience partners.

Benefits

• Automatic membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Blue Light Card discount scheme supported by a number of high street retailers
• A range of family friendly policies including promoting work-life balance
• Access to health and wellbeing services and advice
• Free parking
• Above all you’ll become part of a service that is committed to the safety of our community

How to apply

Please complete an online application and CV by midnight on Thursday 23rd July 2026.

Interviews will take place week commencing 17th August 2026.

If you would like to discuss the role further, please contact the KRT on 01622 212406. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy upon receiving a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this role we recommend that you submit your application at the earliest opportunity

Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We know that great minds don’t think alike, so we rely on diverse thoughts, feelings, beliefs and backgrounds to create the best working environment that we can possibly offer.

Kent Fire and Rescue Service, its employees and volunteers, are committed to safeguarding, protecting and supporting children, young people and adults at risk. As part of our safer recruitment process, we will undertake pre-employment checks to verify your suitability for the role. These checks will include your references and a standard or enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Enhanced DBS check with barred lists are carried out for roles with direct and unsupervised access to children, young people and adults at risk. Risk assessments will be undertaken on any disclosures identified as part of the pre-employment checks.

As a Public Sector organisation with added responsibilities under the Equality Act, 2010 the candidate must demonstrate an understanding of what is meant by Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and how this fits in with their everyday work.