Aps5 - Act - Nema Planning Officer

**National Emergency Management Agency**:
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) was established on 1 September 2022 as a single, accountable Commonwealth authority that delivers a whole-of-nation approach to reducing disaster risk, planning, preparing for, responding to and recovering from all hazards across the emergency management continuum.

NEMA works closely with states and territories to deliver the best outcome for communities across Australia. To help communities respond and recover, while preparing Australia for future emergencies, we:

- Fund programs and initiatives, big and small, that help communities in times of emergency, as well as to recover and prepare, including through disaster recovery funding and the Disaster Ready Fund to help reduce the risk and impact of disasters;
- Have officers located across Australia, working in partnership with states and territories to support disaster-affected communities to collectively build resilience, reduce risk and harm, and effectively respond to and recover from disasters
- Provide national leadership to share knowledge, situational awareness, and trends in disaster efforts to inform, guide and shape the national picture and decision-making at the Commonwealth, state and local Government level - including through policy development and strategy to improve risk reduction, resilience and recovery; and
- Provide round-the-clock all-hazards monitoring and operational coordination for domestic and international emergencies, including supply chain disruptions, critical infrastructure outages, biosecurity risks and widespread cyber-attacks, and through supporting preparedness and response activities, including through the operationalisation of the Australian Government Crisis Management Framework.

**Overview of the Branch and Section**:
The National Emergency Management Agency’s (NEMA) Crisis Analysis and Planning Section conducts planning ahead of and in response to domestic and international all-hazards crises affecting Australia or Australian interests. The section also manages the activation of national emergency response plans and requests for Australian Government non-financial assistance, including providing logistics support and managing Crisis Coordination Teams.

The section engages broadly across Government, with the states and territories, and with capability owners that provide federal and jurisdictional assistance for domestic and offshore crises.

The section is part of the National Crisis Operations Branch (NCOB), which is in NEMA’s Emergency Management and Response (EMR) Group. The NCOB is responsible for capability development and intelligence analysis functions, including 24/7 situational awareness (through the National Situation Room) and open-source interrogation and reporting. The NCOB provides awareness of unfolding and potential situations, predictions of potential community impacts and consequence assessments to support decisions for current and emerging crises.

These functions support NEMA Crisis Coordination Teams (CCTs) to prepare for, and respond to, nationally significant events through the activation of national emergency response plans and coordination of Australian Government non-financial assistance.

**About the role**:
NEMA is seeking highly motivated, curious, critical thinkers who enjoy working in a dynamic environment and delivering positive outcomes for communities. You will have an interest in emergency management and a desire to build knowledge, capability and relationships to ensure the success of Australian Government assistance in times of crisis.

The Planning Officer, within the Crisis Analysis and Planning Section, operates under reasonable direction to contribute to NEMA’s planning ahead of and in response to domestic and international hazards affecting Australia, or Australian interests. In a dynamic and rapidly evolving environment, the Planning Officer contributes to the delivery of high-quality planning products and advice, response options and logistics for domestic and international requests for assistance.

The Planning Officer works in close collaboration with other Australian Government agencies, jurisdictions’ emergency and response agencies and domestic and international partners to inform and support decision-making and planning. The Planning Officer also contributes to high level advice, including ministerial briefings, and supports capability development projects across EMR Group. All staff in the section support the CCTs, which may require work outside of standard business hours, particularly during the higher-risk weather season.

**Specific duties/responsibilities**:

- Operate in highly stressful and complex environments to contribute to strategic priorities.
- Contribute to planning products for executive decision-makers.
- Participate in CCTs as required, including deploying domestically or internationally.
- Support capability development projects across EMR Group.
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