State Capability Officer

2 weeks ago


Brisbane, Australia Queensland Government Full time

Purpose of specific work area and position
The Bushfire Resilience and Operational Support Branch leads strategic and operational asset management, bushfire mitigation strategy and land use planning resilience for the Rural Fire Service Queensland (RFSQ). The Operational Support function, comprises of operational and non-operational staff within two teams - fleet enablement and centralised equipment management.
Mandatory requirements
- Must meet the mandatory requirements and attributes as outlined in the generic RFSQ Rural Officer Two (RFSO2) role description.

Highly desirable requirements
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders from rural and near rural communities.
- Knowledge of, or experience working with volunteers and/or within a volunteer organisation.
- Knowledge and experience in utilising firefighting assets.

Primary duties
This Role Specification Statement appends to the generic RFSQ Rural Officer Two (RFSO2) role description (key accountabilities and capabilities), and provides clarity on the duties of this role, and will see you lead by example and model QFD values and behaviours in the delivery of the responsibilities of the role, which includes:

- Lead development of induction packages, including content development and delivery through train-the-trainer models, to support the safe and effective operationalisation of fleet.
- Drawing upon a high level of experience in utilising firefighting fleet assets, undertake user acceptance testing to ensure new fleet are ready for delivery.
- Provide high levels of customer support to staff in the Regions, including assistance with issue resolution and provision of fleet management advice, ensuring alignment with organisational doctrine.
- Support the identification, implementation and evaluation of initiatives to enhance fleet management within RFSQ.
- Provide injections of general program support, as required, across other portfolios within the Operational Support Unit to ensure achievement of broader objectives and targets.

Additional information
- Be able to meet the attributes of the generic RFSO2 role description.
- Rural Officer One (RFSO1) or applicants with equivalent industry experience, appropriate skills, knowledge, are encouraged to apply.
- Volunteers and external parties with appropriate skills are highly encouraged to apply, noting that they may be asked to provide additional information to satisfy internal policies.
- Incumbents may be required to travel and work within their area of responsibility and may also be required to undertake intrastate, interstate deployment and travel.
- This is a day work position with flexible hours of work to meet functional demands, including working at night or weekends as part of the role.
- Officers appointed to this position will participate in a personal professional development program developed with their supervisor.
- Have proven commitment to maintaining competencies and operating in a team environment and will actively participate in an On-Call' roster system as required.

**Note**: Where there is a conflict between the Role Description and the Role Specification Statement, the Role Description will prevail.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.


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