Emergency Preparedness Officer - Stansted Airport

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Date: 22 Jan 2026

Location: London Stansted Airport, GB

Company: MAG

Summary

 

  • Emergency Preparedness Officer
  • Business Continuity & Resilience team
  • Permanent role
  • Band 6 - £35,266 rising to £39,092 after a successful 3 month probationary period 
  • You will be required to be on call for this role.  An additional allowance of £197 per month is payable, if you meet the full critieria
  • 40 hours, Monday to Friday.  Office based, hybrid working.  Based at London Stansted Airport

 

Why MAG?

 

Every year, London Stansted Airport connects 30 million passengers with more than 190 destinations across the globe. Part of the largest UK owned airport operator group, MAG, London Stansted Airport supports over 11,600 jobs onsite and generates around £7.75bn each year for the region. 

 

Sustainability is one of our core values, and it shapes everything we do. We're committed to protecting the environment and supporting our local communities.  Our programmes include airport and airline decarbonisation, comprehensive education, skills and employment support and community engagement initiatives including volunteering opportunities. 

 

At MAG, we recognise creating a first-class journey for our customers starts by creating a first-class career journey for our colleagues and we are committed to building inclusive environments in which our people can thrive.  

 

You’ll also have access to some great benefits including: 

 

•    Flexible and generous company pension plan with various company contribution options (up to 10%) that you can change to suit your personal needs 
•    24 days holiday plus bank holidays 
•    Free parking 
•    Subsidised public transport 
•    Huge range of company discounts 
•    2 volunteering days per year 
•    Free Virtual GP service, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 
•    Care Concierge service   

The role

 

This is a key position in maintaining the safety culture at London Stansted Airport and ensuring we are set up to deal with unexpected challenges facing the operation. This role will be primarily focused on Governance and Assurance.   The key responsibilities will be: 

  

  • Generating regular reports to identify gaps and improvements, escalating with relevant stakeholders 
  • Support first line assurance program for Business Continuity and Resilience 
  • Audit prioritisation based on risk assessments and regulated activities 
  • Escalation of assurance activities through governance 
  • Ensuring effective communication and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders 
  • Support the assurance of compliance with regulations outlined by the Civil Aviation Authority 
  • Deliver the actions from the strategy in line with business needs, supporting the operation and stakeholders across the business. 
  • Support the coordination of emergency preparedness training sessions. 

What will make you successful in the role?

 

In order to be successful in this role, you will possess the following: 

  

  • Understanding of Emergency Management principles, practises and regulations
  • Aptitude for identifying risks within existing processes
  • An understanding of internal and external audit processes and methodologies (desirable)
  • Familiarity of working with data and using this to produce clear and actionable reports
  • Attention to detail, being thorough
  • Analytical thinking, break down complex problems and situations
  • Communication, good at explaining things clearly both in writing and speaking
  • Problem solving, quickly and effectively solving issues as they arise 
  • General familiarity with Microsoft Office suite

 

Equal Opportunities & Reasonable Adjustments

 

At MAG we believe in the importance of diversity & inclusion for all. We are committed to creating a workforce that is reflective of our society. As such we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

 

We’re also committed to well-being with a focus on mental health and supporting colleagues from underrepresented groups through our Colleague Resource Groups.

 

As a Disability Confident employer we are committed to creating an environment where candidates and employees can perform at their optimum. Please let us know if we can provide you with any reasonable adjustments to aid your application or interview process.

 

You can contact the team by emailing HR.Recruitment@MAGAirports.com

 

Our Colleague Resource Groups include: Women’s Network, Embrace - Race & Ethnicity Group, Fly With Pride (LGBTQIA+), Mental Health, Parent & Carers, Disabilities including neurodiversity