Emergency Response Team Lead

22 hours ago


Lismore City Council, Australia beBeeLeadership Full time
Senior Leadership Opportunity

This role offers the chance to lead a diverse team in emergency preparedness and response.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced leader to guide a high-performing multidisciplinary team. This position is pivotal in driving strategic outcomes through collaboration, innovation, and operational excellence across diverse functions.

Duties and Responsibilities
  • Lead professionals from various disciplines and reporting lines, fostering a culture of trust, accountability, and continuous improvement to prepare communities for emergencies.
  • Develop and maintain mature capability plans to ensure community safety through operational capability and readiness.
  • Work closely with stakeholders to deliver services to our volunteers and the communities we serve, aligning efforts with organisational goals.
Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  • Demonstrated experience in providing leadership and building cohesive teams across diverse disciplines and backgrounds in various geographic locations.
  • An ability to engage, motivate, and sustain commitment among volunteers, particularly in complex or high-pressure environments.
  • A strong understanding of leading and engaging a volunteer workforce to support communities before, during, and after emergency events.
  • Extensive experience in leading and managing the preparation and response to emergencies (or similar transferable skills).
  • The ability to travel, work on-call, and out-of-hours as required.
What We Offer
  • A 35-hour work week.
  • A competitive salary range.
  • Meaningful and rewarding work that contributes to saving lives and creating safer communities.
  • Attractive leave entitlements.
  • Opportunities to build valuable relationships across emergency service agencies and committees.
We Care About Our People

We value diversity, inclusion, and new ways of working. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender, ethnicity, cultural background, faith, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity.



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