Emergency Management Coordinator

Job No: CN2060

Location: Newcastle, NSW

Employment Status: Permanent Full Time

No. of Vacancies: 1

Closing Date: 4 Nov 2019 AEST

• Bring your solid knowledge around contemporary emergency management concepts to this role.
• Your project management experience will be key to delivering successful outcomes.
• Permanent full-time role - 35 hours per week.
• Flexible work arrangements available, including a 9-day fortnight.

 Located 160km north of Sydney, Newcastle is New South Wales’ second largest city, and offers the perfect lifestyle and career environment.

Our City is thriving and rapidly transforming. In recent years Newcastle has experienced a significant increase in development activity, with the 2017-18 Financial Year seeing building approvals top $1.2 billion.

We have recently moved our employees from our Office in the Civic precinct to 12 Stewart Avenue, Newcastle West. This creates a great opportunity to align staff with our organisational vision, values and strategic directions, and leverage the great work the organisation is undertaking which supports cultural improvement.

City of Newcastle (CN) is seeking an experienced Emergency Management Coordinator for the day to day management and strategic coordination of Emergency Management activities across CN.

Drawing on your strong professional experience and utilising your well-developed communication, problem-solving, and project management skills, you will provide advice to Council, executive leadership, committees and service units. You will establish and maintain effective relationships with appropriate organisations in respect to emergency management activities.

In this role you will be required to ensure the Emergency Operations Centre is suitably equipped, resourced, maintained and effective to support sustainable emergency operations, including the development and mentoring of support staff.

At CN our people are valued and have access to a range of benefits that help balance life at work and at home. These include flexible working arrangements, professional development opportunities and health and wellbeing programs.

To be successful in this job you will have:

• Tertiary qualifications in Emergency Management or a related field.
• Thorough understanding and knowledge of the Emergency Management Arrangements for NSW, State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989, and other associated legislation/policy and demonstrated experience working with external and internal stakeholders in implementing and fulfilling these arrangements.
• Detailed understanding of the concepts & principles of contemporary emergency management and their application.
• Knowledge and demonstrated experience in coordinating Emergency Management planning processes, control of emergency response and recovery operations, and operating in multiagency situations.
• Experience providing both strategic and operational technical advice and direction to multiple stakeholders, in highly stressful and time sensitive situations.
• Demonstrated experience in managing projects including development of project plans, managing and undertaking projects, tracking project expenditure, meeting deadlines and achieving successful outcomes
• Proven high-level relationship building, oral and written communication skills.
• Hold a current driver’s licence.

Desirable

• Extensive experience in a similar role within local, state or federal government or an emergency management agency.
• Proven ability in use of Microsoft Office, GIS and emergency management applications.

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City of Newcastle proudly promotes the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and fosters a culture of diversity to represent the community of our Local Government Area.

All candidates will be assessed against the selection criteria outlined in the position description. Suitable candidates may be placed on an eligibility list for future identical positions for a period of 12 months.

You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.

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Application Closing Date: 3 November 2019.

Remuneration: $106,032 + 9.5% Superannuation per annum for a 35-hour week.

Contact: David Guest, Acting Manager Legal, 02 4974 2627.