Contingency Planning Specialist

Key and Critical Responsibilities

<div><br></div><ul><li> Reviews existing plans to determine appropriateness and completeness and makes recommendations for improvement where necessary. </li></ul><ul><li> Ensures that plans are consistent with existing legislation and policies.</li></ul><ul><li> Assesses roles and functions of all partners.</li><li> Analyses the effectiveness of existing plans by gauging their use in past emergency situations.</li><li> Ensures that plans are in place for all possible hazards.</li><li> Develops a mechanism to track existing plans (e.g. their status, date of review etc.).</li><li> Contributes to the completion of the National Disaster Management Plan.</li><li> Ensures that plans are tested regularly in order to take into account changing situations such as hazard trends, legislation, policy and experiences gained from past events.</li><li> Produces guidelines to help with contingency planning at the regional and community levels.</li><li> Assists with reviewing disaster plan for Ministries and other national entities and provides technical input where necessary.</li><li> Contributes to the design and staging of simulation exercises (table-top and full-scale) to test plans.</li><li> Reviews and assesses the elements needed to support execution of plans (e.g. legislation, policies, resources, etc.).</li><li> Keeps the Chief Executive Officer of ODPM abreast of findings in order that these may be incorporated in the strategic planning process for the office.</li><li> Performs any other related duties as required. </li></ul>