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Emergency planning/management officer : Salary and conditions

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  • Typical starting salaries (e.g. emergency planning officer in the NHS): £24,000-£33,000
  • Typical salaries with three to five years’ experience (e.g. local authority senior emergency planning/business continuity officer): £27,000 - £33,000.
  • Typical salaries at senior level (e.g. civil contingencies manager): £46,000-£70,000 (all salary data collected February 2010).
  • As this is still an emerging profession, salary levels may vary broadly for similar jobs. Generally, the private sector pays more highly than the public sector. Employers may offer additional benefits, such as a healthcare scheme and pension plan.
  • Working hours may be fairly long. Emergency planning officers working in local authorities are required to be on call at evenings and weekends (often one week in every four or five depending on size of team).
  • Personal mobility may be helpful, particularly for a career in the public sector, as most local authorities have relatively small civil protection or emergency planning teams.
  • When visiting outside locations and industrial settings, you need to wear practical clothing, such as boots, a high visibility jacket and a protective hat.
  • Attendance at disaster or emergency sites may involve some risk to personal security.
  • Currently there are more men than women employed in this profession.
  • The changing nature of the role means you need to keep up to date with new procedures and technologies.
  • This is often a high profile role so you need to dress smartly for meetings, presentations and some site visits.
  • The job may be very pressured with a high degree of responsibility, not only when responding to emergency situations such as floods or terrorism threats, but also when managing a varied workload and meeting strict deadlines.
  • Travel may be a regular part of the role, with occasional overnight stays.
  • There are opportunities to work overseas for humanitarian organisations such as the World Health Organisation (WHO)  (see International aid/development worker for more information).
 
AGCAS
Written by Liz Holford, University of Portsmouth
Date: 
February 2010
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