Gaz - Aps5 - Act/nsw/nt/qld/vic/wa - Operational

**Contact**:hiringManagerName **Phone**: 08 9430 1964
**Period of Vacancy**:Ongoing
**Number of Vacancies**: Several

**Who can apply**:
Please note this opportunity is available to current Australian Public Service employees and all eligible members of the community.

**About the Department of Home Affairs**:
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The Department of Home Affairs is responsible for centrally coordinated strategy and policy leadership in relation to domestic national security arrangements, law enforcement, emergency management, counter-terrorism, social cohesion, the protection of our sovereignty, the integrity of our border and the resilience of our national infrastructure.

The Australian Border Force, an operationally independent body within the Department of Home Affairs, is Australia's frontline border law enforcement agency and Australia's customs service. The Australian Border Force's mission is to protect Australia's border and facilitate the legitimate movement of people and goods across it.

**Branch Overview**:
The Australian Border Force (ABF) College forms part of Workforce Command and has been established to deliver the ABF with a governance and policy framework for equipping officers for the exercise of their statutory powers and training them with the relevant and approved skills and equipment to undertake their duties. The Branch is a key enabler in ensuring the operational workforce is ready to meet the challenges of the ABF’s current and future operating environment.

The branch is managed by an ABF Commander, who oversees the delivery standards of all initiatives the Branch is accountable for. The Commander of the ABF College, leads a team of executive level staff responsible for both the delivery and development of policy and supporting practices.

The Branch is responsible for raising, training and sustaining the ABF workforce and supporting its law enforcement capability. The Branch provides career management support; workforce planning and development recruitment specifically in relation to meeting ABF’s workforce capability and operational needs; and a national standardised approach to training to ensure that ABF officers have the right skills to do their jobs.

**Section Overview**:
The Operational Safety Training Unit (OSTU) delivers operational safety (use of force) training programs to Border Force Officers. It designs, develops, implements, reviews and administers the operational safety training curriculum under the ABF College policy framework with endorsement from the Operational Safety Committee.

OSTU contributes to the ABF Workforce Command, maintaining effective states of operational readiness to conduct operations and to respond to significant incidents at the border. OSTU’s role is to ensure that appropriate operational safety training is provided to officers for a variety of roles and functions to maintain a safe operational environment. To achieve this, the unit works closely with internal and external stakeholders, to continually update the content and delivery of our training, to meet current and emerging operational requirements and best practice methodologies.

**About the role**:
Operational Safety Trainers (OSTs) deliver high quality operational safety (use of force) training to ABF Officers to ensure that officer safety is maximised during workplace and operational activities. As members of OSTU, OSTs are allocated projects that assist OST Supervisors to contribute advice provided to management on training, operations, resources, research and development, as well as on the continuous improvement of OSTU’s policies, processes and products.

OSTs are responsible for assisting in the development and delivery of operational safety training, quality assurance programs, including assisting in managing the delivery and administration of all operational safety training.

Under the Supervision of OST Supervisors, an OST will participate in a collaborative approach to training development at all times, and that training is delivered to a consistently high standard across the Organisation. The OST will be part of a team that delivers training programs that support the strategic direction of the Organisation, and that are flexible to support changes to evolving operational priorities and environments.

The OST is an excellent communicator, and is able to confidently impart learning outcomes to ABF Employees, and succinctly provide briefings to OST Supervisors. The OST can explain complex issues, and is comfortable in making and assisting OST Supervisors in implementing recommendations or directions that will invoke positive change within the Organisation.

**Specific Duties / Responsibilities**:

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