
Biosecurity Officer
7 days ago
APS 4 - $74,882 - $81,521 per annum plus superannuation
- Biosecurity Operations Division
- Sydney, NSW
- Want to work in government to support & protect our agriculture industry?
- Are you inquisitive and curious?
**Who we are**
**Biosecurity Operations Division (BOD)** delivers nationally integrated biosecurity and imported food regulatory activities to ensure goods, conveyances and travellers meet Australia's import requirements. Division operations include policy and regulatory control setting across imported food and biosecurity risk pathways, as well as the delivery of assessment, inspection, community engagement and contact centre services. The division also partners with industry to improve the delivery of regulatory functions. The division spans a range of regulatory activities that plays a critical role in reducing risk and shaping our nation to become one of the few countries in the world to remain free from the world’s most severe pests and diseases.
**Cargo Operations** **Inspections **are responsible for the inspection of imported food, goods, vessels, aircraft, animals and animal genetic material and the assessment of documentation to confirm compliance with Australia’s biosecurity and export market requirements. The team are also responsible for managing goods that do not comply with import/export requirements and capturing information to support evidence-based decisions. Cargo Inspections mainly operate within core business hours between 06:30 and 18:30, with overtime available outside of these hours where required. Additional wage allowances are provided for working outdoors and at wharf environments. The roles are combination office/field based work.
**Mail Operations** delivers regulatory screening and inspections of goods, at the border to verify compliance with Australia's biosecurity requirements. Mail Operations works with policy and risk owners within the department to influence and inform operational policy and deliver regulatory functions in accordance with legislative requirements, national standards, and a risk-based operating model. The pathway has a presence in international mail facilities (referred to as gateway facilities) located in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
**Maritime Operations** delivers regulatory assessment and inspections of arriving international vessels to ensure compliance with Australia’s biosecurity requirements. This pathway works with policy teams within the department to influence and inform operational policy and deliver regulatory functions in accordance with legislative requirements. The pathway has a national footprint with a presence in all capital cities and major regional ports. These roles are combination office/field based work.
**Travellers Operations** delivers regulatory screening and inspections of travellers and their goods, at the border to verify compliance with Australia's biosecurity requirements. Travellers Operations works with policy and risk owners within the department to influence and inform operational policy and deliver regulatory functions in accordance with legislative requirements, national standards, and a risk-based operating model. The operations group has a national footprint with a presence at international airports and seaports in all capital cities.
**The Job**
The duties of a Biosecurity Officer may include, but are not limited to:
- Performing a range of screening, inspection, assurance and scheduling related activities associated with cargo, conveyances and people entering Australia.
- Assessing documentation to confirm compliance with Australia’s biosecurity requirements.
- Managing goods that do not comply with import/export requirements and capturing information to support evidence-based decisions.
- Identifying trends in biosecurity risks and escalating these to assist in targeting intelligence and risk-based activities.
- Managing, modelling and monitoring compliance with appropriate standards of behaviour in line with departmental expectations and including the APS Code of Conduct and Values.
- Promoting and complying with departmental WHS and Rehabilitation policies and guidelines and being alert for and reporting risks to local management and WHS.
- Providing on-the-job coaching and assisting and supporting other employees on biosecurity issues.
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**Please note** that this selection process will be used to fill multiple vacancies, both ongoing and non-ongoing, in operations. Non-ongoing contracts will be offered for an initial period of 12 months with the possibility of extension up to a maximum of two years in total. Some of these non-ongoing position(s) may become ongoing. Should a position become ongoing then the merit pool established through this selection process may be used to fill the vacancy on an ongoing basis. The merit pool established through this selection process, which is valid for a perio
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