Exercise Advisor – Counter Terrorism

Salary up to £32,561 (plus a £2,000 South East Allowance per annum for individuals based at Culham) plus a generous benefits package

Based at Culham, Oxfordshire or Calder Bridge, Cumbria (hybrid working). This role will require travel to our other sites on a regular basis

Permanent, 37.5 hours per week

The Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) is an armed police service that’s dedicated to the nuclear industry. Our vision is to be recognised as a provider of a world-class service for the protection of nuclear material and facilities. Given the critical nature of our work, it’s vital that we recruit skilled and committed professionals to our hard-working team.

We’re looking for an Exercise Advisor to provide specialist advice and support on the planning and delivery of our rolling programme of nationwide Counter Terrorism (CT) exercises. You’ll lead on the design and implementation of exercise scenarios that are relevant to our CNC mission and the current National Threat Assessment levels; supervising throughout and analysing the performance of exercises to make recommendations for future exercises.

The role will also involve:

Ensuring all records are maintained, regular reporting and compliance with the Government Security Classifications.
Provide advice in relation to policies, procedures and the exercise strategy.
Maintain up to date and accurate records of all exercises, to supervise the drafting of the final exercise report (PXR) and to provide regular reporting to the Exercise Manager or others.
Working with key stakeholders on scenario development and exercise delivery.
Supporting the wider mission of the Exercise and Resilience Team.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience :

Ideally experienced with emergency planning and understand risk management principles. Prior experience or knowledge of the police service and the nuclear industry would be of benefit
Excellent planning and recording skills to ensure the smooth running of exercises.
Able to build relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
Ability to be discreet and deal with sensitive information
This role will require travel to our other sites on a regular basis

Your application

Interested?

Please submit your CV and Cover Letter detailing your experience against the Knowledge, Skills Experience listed above. Please provide examples that demonstrate experience against each of the points to strengthen your application.

Please contact the Police Staff Recruitment team for the full job description or would like to discuss the role further- policestaffresourcing@cnc.police.uk.

As police staff the public expect us to display the highest standards, values and professional qualities at all times. The CNC values and Code of Ethics applies to all police staff and sets out the principles and standards of behaviour we expect to see, and it is imperative you display and deliver these.

Benefits of working for the CNC:

27.5 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
Additional 30 minutes time worked during the week to accrue additional leave, which can be used for period between Christmas and New Year
Generous pension scheme (20.7% employer contribution)
Flexi-time working scheme
Bonus scheme – dependent on organisational performance, up to a maximum of 7% of salary
Officers and staff also have the opportunity to join the national Blue Light Card scheme which offers discounts on a variety of products and services to those working in the emergency services, NHS and Armed Forces
Free parking on site
Subsidised Costa Coffee on-site at Culham
Enhanced family friendly and wellbeing policies
Cycle to Work scheme

Please review the video links below which will give you an overview of the vetting process that you will be required to go through if you are successful in your application to join the CNC: