Lwu Emergency Management Officer

Ready to make a splash in your career? WaterNSW is seeking an experienced **LWU Emergency Management Officer** (Full-Time, 12 Month Term)** to join our team.

**Parramatta** is the preferred location but open to considering the **Hunter Hub**, **Nepean Dam**, **Albury**,** Dubbo** or **Tamworth**.

This is an opportunity to work with an essential organisation creating a more sustainable future for the state.

This role offers the flexibility to work around life, your contribution will be valued, and you’ll be supported to build a rewarding career.

**Our **perks** and Benefits**:
At WaterNSW, we believe that our employees should be as well taken care of as our rivers, dams, and pipelines, that’s why we offer a load of benefits.
- Flexible working
- Work a 9-day fortnight at Full pay on the Enterprise agreement
- Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
- Fertility leave
- Yearly corporate wear allowance
- Professional development and educational assistance
- Remote Area Benefits based on work location
- Salary Range from $108,085.00 + Super
- And so much more

**What **you’ll** do**:

- Coordinating the development and implementation of dam safety emergency preparedness and response plans for LWUs (Local Water Utilities), assisting them with regulatory compliance, as well as ensuring laws and regulations are incorporated and interpreted into all aspects of training.
- Reviewing and updating dam emergency plans for LWUs, to ensure the LWU meets legislative compliance requirements.
- Designing and facilitating dam safety emergency exercises for LWUs in accordance with legislative compliance requirements.
- Assisting the WaterNSW Dam Safety Emergency Management team in the delivery of activities to ensure WaterNSW’s continued compliance with Dam Safety Emergency Preparedness regulatory requirements, including the review and update of Dam Emergency Plans and the facilitation of Dam Safety Emergency Exercises.
- Conducting activities in support of WaterNSW Incident Management Teams during real-world responses to incidents and emergencies.
- Actively participating in the project meetings, manage reporting requirements and tasks to ensure delivery of specific project and program requirements.

**What we are looking for**:

- Relevant qualifications in emergency management or a related field and/or demonstrated relevant experience
- Certificate IV Training and Assessment and/or demonstrated relevant experience.
- Experience in emergency and incident management and/or business continuity management.
- Knowledge of current federal and state laws, ordinances, regulations, established procedures, approved principles, practices and organization of emergency management and business continuity work to ensure compliance and best practice.
- Knowledge of **Incident Management Systems** and relevant incident command procedures and methods, including emergency support functions, integration of entities into incident management, and roles and responsibilities in incident management, ideally with knowledge of:

- AS3745 - Planning for Emergencies in Facilities
- AS/NZS5050 - Business Continuity - Managing Disruption Related Risk
- ISO22301 - Societal Security - Business Continuity Management Systems
- Current NSW Drivers Licence

**How we will support you**:

- At WaterNSW, we balance flexibility - and the way we work - with the needs of the business, our teams, and us as individuals.- When it comes to working in an office, we work in a hybrid way. If you’re required to be in the field or on site, the benefits of flexibility can be achieved in other ways, such as through a condensed work week.- We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer and are committed to providing equal opportunities for women. Visit our WORK180 page to access our benefits and career development opportunities.**More about our team/ culture**:

- No matter how or where you work, safety is the number one priority. This means the physical and mental safety of you, your colleagues, and the public.**Who is **WaterNSW**?**

WaterNSW operates the state’s dams, capturing and storing water, and then supplying it ready for distribution - for the environment, agriculture, industry and the community. With 41 major dams and hundreds of waterways across the state, we play a vital role at the source of the state’s water, delivering two thirds of all water used in NSW.-
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