Senior Coordination Officer, North Coast

Senior Coordination Officer, North Coast

Department: Operations

Location: Lismore, NSW, AU, 2480

- Help shape safer, stronger communities—be the driving force behind disaster resilience across NSW.

- Ongoing full-time opportunity.

- Role based in Lismore, with flexible/hybrid working environment.

- Salary relative to experience, and ranges from $129,464 - $142,665 + super.

About the role

As a Senior Coordination Officer, you will be instrumental in supporting communities throughout disaster events, ensuring timely access to essential resources and services. You’ll work closely with local governments, partners, and not-for-profit organisations to design and implement community-led frameworks for mitigation, adaptation, preparedness, and recovery.

Your efforts will help align grassroots initiatives with broader government strategies, fostering resilience and long-term sustainability across NSW. This role is key to strengthening disaster response and recovery through collaboration, strategic planning, and community empowerment.

Key responsibilities

- Leading and delivering projects that enhance local government capacity to support infrastructure, utilities, and business continuity.

- Facilitating information sharing and coordinating resources to support community participation in disaster planning and recovery initiatives.

- Supporting communities through rebuilding and relocation processes, ensuring Authority programs align with local needs.

- Provide agency representation during times of disaster and recovery delivery working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.

- Driving best practices in community engagement, staff capability development, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

- Engaging in broad consultations with local governments, the private sector, and relevant agencies to assess disaster response and recovery capabilities.

- Preparing reports, correspondence, and briefs to support informed decision-making within the Authority and government bodies.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Demonstrated experience in disaster management & community engagement.

- Demonstrated understanding of emergency management arrangements within NSW.

- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.

- Excellent project coordination and resource management skills.

- Demonstrated experience working collaboratively with communities across regional and metropolitan areas for a positive outcome.

- Effective communication skills, including the ability to prepare reports, correspondence, and briefs.

- Adaptability and a proactive approach to addressing community needs.

- Tertiary qualifications or equivalent experience in a relevant field.

- An ability and willingness to travel within NSW and support other operational roles during disasters, emergencies and other events, consistent with skills, background and personal circumstances.

About the Agency

The NSW Reconstruction Authority is a statutory corporation and executive agency of the Premier’s Department, that will improve how NSW plans for disasters and ensure that we recover from them faster.

To reduce the severity and impacts of disasters, the NSW Reconstruction Authority will complete critical planning and preparation with communities, businesses and government. When disaster does strike, we will get recovery started swiftly and coordinate reconstruction efforts across agencies, communities and other stakeholders.

Joining our team

Joining our team with a rewarding job in a community-driven agency is just the start. The RA also offers:

- Contemporary workspaces and technology

- Access to learning and development opportunities

- Employee assistance and wellbeing program (with a cool app)

- Workforce that values inclusion

- Competitive pay and conditions

- Fitness Passport with a choice of 200+ gyms and pools across NSW

To Apply

If excited by the information above, we look forward to receiving your application, including a copy of your resume and cover letter expressing your interest and suitability for the role.

A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available over the next 18 months.

Looking for more information or assistance in applying?

Great people come from all walks of life. At NSW Reconstruction Authority we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible environment which reflects the community and customers we serve. We actively promote gender diversity in our workplaces, the employment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and the employment of people with a disability. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, cultural background or sexual orientation.

We encourage and support applications from people with a disability. If you require an adjustment to be made to the recruitment process (including alternate formats) please contact the Talent Team via talent.acquisition@reconstruction.nsw.gov.au or 0461 373 819 and reference the Job Title and Reference Number for the role in which you are requesting the adjustment for.

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