The COO will be the right-hand person to the CEO, a key voice on the AR Board and a senior leader for AR colleagues and external partners.

Leading on AR enabling functions, including Finance, Business Development, Project and Performance Management, Contracts and Pipeline and AR's Consultancy Services, you will ensure AR remains efficient and effective while sustainably growing.


This role requires two key skill sets - resource management, including finance, projects, work force resource and outreach and client management, as well as subject matter expertise in a key resilience field. This might include emergency planning, business continuity, crisis communications, counter terrorism and/or experience of working at Senior/Mid-Senior level within Local Authority, Emergency Services, Armed Forces, NHS or Business Consultancy.

How we operate is articulated in the AR Values and so these should chime with you.

This role is suited to a person who thrives on managing a lot of important and high impact work, can engage effectively with a wide range of people and who has the experience and drive to make effective change.

You will support the CEO in translating strategic objectives into deliverable daily operational work programmes, while also acting as a senior subject matter expert in resilience areas.

• Support the CEO and AR Board of Directors to develop and embed organisational vision and strategy.
• Act as deputy to the CEO, including during emergency response.
• Take responsibility for enabling functions, specifically Business Development & Outreach, >Financial Planning, Performance and Project Management.
• Lead AR's Consultancy Services, specifically outreach and projects, project delivery, stakeholder engagement and resource management.
• Develop and deliver sustainable growth to AR services (details to be developed by COO and CEO and agreed by AR Board of Directors).
• Support the CEO and AR Team with contract work plan development and delivery.
• Champion AR Values as a Strategic Leader.

Applied Resilience is a national operator, and some travel will be expected to ensure effective team, partner and prospective partner working. All travel expenses are paid by AR. Substantial home working is offered, combined with a highly flexible working hour arrangements, allowing colleagues to work when most productive and manage life outside of work more effectively.

This role is subject to at least a Base Line Personal Security Standard (BPSS) with the potential for higher vetting necessary, including to Developed Vetting (DV) if required.

This COO is expected to support AR's emergency response, acting as a deputy to the CEO in and out of hours as necessary (within the context of our policies, including our Family Friendly Policy).

We are very serious about this role and that is why it is at Board Level. We want you to help grow Applied Resilience, protecting, enhancing, and expanding the current service delivery and standards. In exchange this role comes with substantial power to identify and action change.

Generous remuneration is important at all levels, and this role comes with a circa £65,000 starting salary with no upper salary limit and a generous bonus scheme linked to individual and company performance. Longer term, there is also the option of company equity, so you will benefit from your efforts and company successes.

Work life balance is also key. Flexible working has been core to how we operate since our formation. Face time with colleagues, partners and prospects is important, but you can balance your hours with maximum flexibility and can work from home often if preferred, with state-of-the-art ICT.

This post also benefits from 30 days annual leave, excluding public holidays, highly comprehensive private medical and dental insurance and substantial training and development opportunities.

You will be joining a small and happy team, made up of a range of backgrounds, specialisms, and expertise, all working to support our partners to be resilient, helping them and the public respond more effectively to major emergencies and disruptions.