Emergency Management Officer – Operations Support and Training

Job description

Agency Department of Health Work unit Office of Emergency Management

Job title Emergency Management Officer – Designation Administrative Officer 7

Operations Support and Training

Job type Full time Duration Ongoing

Salary $113,938 - $122,574 Location Darwin

Position number 39690 RTF Closing 30/09/2025

Contact officer Nicola Hunter on or

About the agency

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APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR

TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS.

Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans

The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates

people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or

job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go

to the OCPE website.

Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go

to the OCPE website.

Primary objective

To provide high level support, administration and advice in relation to the development, improvement and promotion/delivery of

emergency management and business continuity training and operational support during activations. To ensure organisational

preparedness, and the capability to respond to, and recover from all-hazards emergencies and events, and minimise disruption to

the delivery of health services.

Key duties and responsibilities

1. Conduct training needs analysis of emergency management and business continuity training and exercise requirements and

develop annual training/exercise programs to ensure organisational all hazard preparedness, response and recovery.

1. Collaborate with and support emergency management regional staff in the development and coordination of emergency

management, business continuity training packages including on-line, face to face, and externally provided training courses.

1. Maintain training records and a skills database of NT Health staff trained in the relevant emergency management training.

2. Establish and maintain equipment, facilities, stores, system access, fly-away kit etc. required to support emergency and business

continuity operations including any emergency operations centre requirements. Represent NT Health, as a Liaison Officer as

part of a multi-agency response.

1. Provide emergency management operations, training and business continuity advice, guidance and assistance to NT Health

staff members through multi-source researching, gathering and investigating industry and best practices.

1. Maintain the skills and knowledge of NT Emergency Management Arrangements and NT Health agency capability and capacity.

Where appointed, lead and supervise an Incident Management Team function.

1. Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken

to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.

Selection criteria

Essential

1. Demonstrated comprehensive working knowledge of contemporary Emergency Management and Business Continuity

Management principles and practices as it relates to the NT and/or health care environment.

2. Demonstrated ability and experience in development, assessment, and delivery of emergency management related training.

3. Demonstrated skills, knowledge, and experience in the application of Incident Management System (e.g. Australasian

Interagency Incident Management System) in emergency response and recovery operations.

4. Proven skills and ability to represent the agency as a liaison officer, or in a functional capacity, within multi-agency activations

or at a jurisdictional meeting.

5. Demonstrated effective written and oral skills including stakeholder communications and engagement skills.

6. Ability to work outside of normal business hours and as part of an on-call Emergency Management Duty roster.

Desirable

1. Tertiary or Certificate IV qualification in Training and Development, or Workplace Training and Assessment.

2. Tertiary qualification in a discipline relevant to Emergency Management (EM) or significant previous experience in an emergency

management role(s).

Further information

Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance notice

and criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant criminal history.

For immunisation requirements - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances) or Category B (indirect contact with

blood or body substances), check with contact person for requirements.