Emergency Planning and Resilience Specialist

**Emergency Planning and Resilience Specialist | Oak Flats with travel to all locations**

Most of us want to know we’re doing work that matters. But a lot of us struggle to build careers that allow for it, so we end up working long hours in demanding roles.

At Warrigal, you’ll get to swap the hustle for a career with purpose. One that makes a positive difference to the lives of older people and their families.

For us, there’s no greater honour. When we bring joy and quality of life to older people, we give them the dignity, community, and belonging they deserve. We allow them to enjoy better quality time and build lasting memories with their families, and we create a society that celebrates and respects aging.

No matter your role at Warrigal, each one of us is contributing to this legacy, ensuring it’s passed down from generation to generation.

**The opportunity**

You will play a key role in shaping the safety and resilience of Warrigal’s services, ensuring the well-being of our residents, staff, and support teams across residential care, retirement villages, home care, and isolated workers. Your expertise will guide the development of comprehensive emergency management plans, lead engaging evacuation drills, and provide tailored training to ensure everyone is prepared for any situation. You’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact by developing and maintaining business continuity strategies, conducting risk assessments, and ensuring compliance with the latest standards. Working closely with emergency services and senior management, you’ll drive continuous improvement and help create a culture of safety and preparedness. This exciting opportunity spans Warrigal’s locations across the ACT, Regional NSW, and Illawarra, giving you the chance to make a lasting difference in a rewarding and supportive environment.

**The benefits | Recognising your value**
- Base salary of $100k
- $125k based on experience + packaging benefits + super
- Not For Profit salary packaging benefits - pay up to $18,550 less tax per year, meaning more money for you
- Career break schemes, additional purchased leave and more
- Commitment to on-going professional and career development
- Subsidised access to your local gym and 200+ more across the country with a Fitness Passport
- 24/7 access to mental, physical, social and financial support via the LifeWorks app

**The requirements | What it takes to do this work**

**Essential**:

- Tertiary qualifications in Emergency Management, Work Health and Safety (WHS), or a related field.
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
- Proven experience in a similar role within aged care, healthcare, or multi-site service settings across ACT, Regional NSW, and Illawarra.
- Strong knowledge and experience in emergency management and business continuity in aged care or healthcare environments.
- Solid understanding of disaster preparedness and recovery principles.
- Familiarity with relevant legislation and standards, such as Aged Care Quality Standards, AS 3745, and ISO 22301.
- Proven ability to deliver training, conduct evacuation drills, and develop strategic plans and policies.
- Excellent communication skills, particularly in managing high-stress situations.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams and external stakeholders, including emergency services.
- Valid Class C driver’s licence.

**Desirable**:

- Certification in Business Continuity Management (BCM) or Fire Safety and Emergency Response Coordination.

**What our people love about working here**:
**A supportive, passionate culture**: It’s a community filled with inspiring, big-hearted people. We back each other, listen without judgement and lead with kindness, respect and unwavering support - for our customers, residents and each other. This is encouraged from the top down and worked hard at - every day.

**Leaders who value you**: It’s important you feel valued. To us, this is not a one-off task. But a commitment to creating an environment where you feel seen, heard and valued - every day. Leaders and managers go out of their way to understand you, respect your opinions and hear what you have to say. This creates greater unity and collaboration with each other.

**Time for a life that matters**: We want you to feel part of our community, to have a place to belong, while respecting your life outside work. You’ll have the flexibility to fit work around your needs, take career breaks and purchase extra leave to make time for the people, places and life that matters to you.

**One team, united in our purpose**: We support older people to have great lives. We put older people first in everything we do. On an everyday level, we help them age with dignity, independence, happiness and connectedness. On a big picture level, we’re challenging ageist thinking in Australia. This is the Warrigal Way.

**Who we are | A community who cares**

Warrigal has firmly established itself in the aged care community for over 60