Executive Manager

2 weeks ago

Brisbane, Australia Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Full time

About us

As a department our purpose is to help the community to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from the impact of fire and emergency events.

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) is the primary provider of fire, rescue and emergency management programs and services throughout Queensland. The department encompasses the Fire and Rescue Service, disaster management services, the Rural Fire Service and the State Emergency Service, and also supports other volunteer groups providing emergency response to Queenslanders.

QFES is one department with many services, many capabilities and many partners.

Purpose of the role

SES Strategy and Planning Branch delivers on SES organizational priorities and objectives, providing strategic management of SES future and developing capabilities and functions. This is achieved through the provision of strategic planning support to SES Regions and volunteers, delivering on the QFES Commissioner's responsibilities as described in the Fire and Emergency Services Act 1990, Division 2, section 131 (a), (b), (c) (ii).

Reporting to the Director, Strategy and Planning, you will be responsible for leading and managing a multi-disciplinary team to develop and implement the SES Strategic Planning Framework and operational planning policy and procedures for the service. You will also be required to provide high level advice on issues of strategic planning relating to severe weather and disaster management activities. You will also represent the service at state and interstate forums and committees to negotiate and deliver on program objectives.

Key requirements

Highly desirable requirements
- Knowledge and experience of the national Australasian Inter-Service Incident Management System (AIIMS) framework.
- Knowledge and experience in developing and implementing high level operational planning products, services, policies and procedures, relating to disasters and emergencies.

Special requirements
- This role supports SES operational activity through representation in either an SES Operations Centre, State Disaster Coordination Centre, SES Regional Operations Centres and/or Incident Control Centres and/or Emergency Operations Centres as required.
- The incumbent will be appointed as a staff member of the SES and the hours of duty applicable to this role are pursuant to the Queensland Public Service Officers and Other Employees Award - State 2015: specifically, the spread of ordinary hours for SES staff are 0600 to 2200, Monday to Sunday.
- It is expected that the incumbent may participate in an out-of-hours on-call roster during emergency operations. This may require work outside of normal hours (e.g. night shift), including weekends, working extended hours and may include deployment to other parts of the state.

Your key accountabilities

Your part in the ongoing success of our department, in supporting key frontline services will see you responsible for a variety of work, including, but not limited to:

- Lead and manage the development and implementation of best practice strategic planning frameworks, incident and disaster management policy, governance, risk management and technical controls.
- Manage the development, review, assessment and implementation of competency-based operations programs and training, ensuring alignment with national and industry standards.
- Provide high quality advice and recommendations arising from strategic planning and engagement.
- Prepare, review and provide high-level reports, briefs, submissions and other correspondence in accordance with departmental requirements.
- Develop strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure requirements for strategic planning objectives are achieved.
- Represent, liaise and negotiate agreed outcomes for SES on high-level committees and working groups to mitigate the effects of disasters in communities.
- Undertake management activities including operational and strategic planning, workflow and quality management, utilising human, financial, including budget management and other resources.
- Lead and manage a multi-disciplinary team, fostering teamwork and managing human resource activities including developing of staff through performance, planning and review.

Capabilities

To determine your suitability for the role, you will be assessed on the following Leadership Competencies for Queensland behavioural profiles that link to the "key accountabilities" for this role:
Leadership Competency Stream - Program Leader (leading teams and/or projects)

Vision
- Stimulates ideas and innovation
- Leads change in complex environments

Results
- Builds enduring relationships
- Drives accountability and outcomes

Accountability
- Fosters healthy and inclusive workplaces
- Demonstrates sound governance

Once you join us we will want you to exemplify the QFES shared values:

- Respect
- Integrity
- Trust
- Courage
- LoyaltyThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3

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