Emergency Preparedness

**Title**:Emergency Preparedness & Management Advisor**:

- Requisition ID: 4401
- Location: Box Hill, VIC, AU, 3128 Eastern Health, VIC, AU, 3128
- Job Posting Date: 11 Sept 2025

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**Emergency Preparedness and Management Advisor**
- Permanent Full Time | 5 week’s annual leave + monthly day off
- Box Hill | Close to cafes, public transport and shops
- Experience career progression at a values-based organisation

**Eastern Health**
- Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.
- Our Employee Value Proposition is _“Being a part of Eastern Health means belonging to a welcoming team of healthcare experts”_.
- This statement aligns with our promise to our communities, patients, consumers and staff that we will be HEALTHIER TOGETHER. Bolder than a vision for the future, our promise calls us to action. We know that working together is the only way we can achieve what is necessary for a healthier future.

**About the role**
- The role will focus on improving, implementing, advising and actioning Eastern Health’s emergency prevention, preparedness, response and recovery related processes. Reporting to the Manager - Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity the role will engage and work with relevant business units and frontline managers across the organisation using high level project management, coordination and organisational skills to successfully achieve Eastern Health’s Emergency Management objectives.

**About you**
- To be successful in this role you will possess:

- Experience in delivering training to stakeholders on all facets of emergency management and business continuity
- Proven development and implementation of emergency management and business continuity systems including policy, procedure, local emergency procedures manuals, emergency coordination frameworks, incident management, education and instruction, business impact assessment, business continuity planning and training frameworks
- Highly developed interpersonal and leadership experience
- The ability to work as part of a diverse team
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Current Police History Check
- Current Victorian Driver’s Licence
- Healthcare workers are strongly recommended to follow COVID vaccination recommendations provided in the _Australian Immunisation handbook (based on ATAGI advice)_. Seasonal vaccination against influenza is a mandatory requirement of this role and an offer is conditional on this being up to date prior to employment._

**What we offer**
- Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here
- Mentor and Shadowing program
- Access to discovery days across our 50 sites
- Study and professional development leave
- Friendly & supportive teams
- Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Fitness Passport for work-life balance
- Employee Assistance program accessible for you and your loved ones
- Flexible working hours and excellent entitlements
- Salary packaging options and an employee benefits scheme
- Access to Private Health Insurance offers
- Digital upskilling, such as excel and Power-Bi training
- Cafes at all of our Hospitals

**Next Steps**
- If you are shortlisted, we will be in touch to arrange an interview, and you must complete a National Police Check.

**Good to know**:

- We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability - within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
- We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
- As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
- Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
- Advertising may end before the closing date.

Please

Contact Person: Dean Isles

Job Posting End Date: 12/10/2025

Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 (Option 1) | Medical Workforce Unit on (03) 9895 3469. [TA for Non Medical roles, MWU for Medical roles]

**Our Values in Action**:
Respect for all | Safe always | Partnering in care | Learning and improving every day