Fire Safety Officer

Job No: CN2545

Location: Newcastle

Employment Status: Permanent full-time

No. of Vacancies: 1

Closing Date: 12 Jul 2021 AEST

• 2.5 year fixed-term contract
• 35 hour working week with flexible working arrangements
• Optional 9-day fortnight

City of Newcastle (CN) is looking for a Fire Safety Officer to join our Regulatory, Planning & Assessment team (RPA), reporting to the Senior Investigations Officer (Fire Safety). If you have been looking for an opportunity where you can make a significant contribution, gain exposure to high profile development projects ($800M- $1Billion per year), whilst being supported by a team of highly experienced, passionate and driven professionals, this could be your next career move.

What’s it like working in Regulatory, Planning and Assessment (RPA)? 

The RPA Service Unit is responsible for leading strategic land use planning, development assessment, regulatory and compliance functions and processes to facilitate, enable and regulate development and related activities across the Newcastle Local Government Area. 

The RPA Service Unit ensures compliance with legislative requirements, provides advice and undertakes assessment to inform evidence-based decision making throughout and across City of Newcastle (CN). The Service Unit has significant direct community and stakeholder engagement through its land use planning, development assessment and regulatory functions.

What’s the focus of this position? 

This position is critical in providing City of Newcastle (CN) with delivering an evidence-based professional, objective, investigative and assessment service relating to the non-compliance with fire safety legislation in buildings within the Newcastle Local Government Area (LGA). The Fire Safety Officer will assist with fire safety regulatory investigations within the Regulatory, Planning and Assessment Service unit of CN.

Interested to know more?

Find out more about your potential new career here.

CN 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.

Application Closing Date: Sunday 11 July 2021.

Remuneration range: $87,979.17 + 9.5% Superannuation per annum for a 35-hour week.

Contact: Anthony Taylor – Senior Investigation Officer - 02 4974 2529.

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