Emergency Preparedness Specialist

• Lead AusNet's operational preparedness program for incidents and crises.
• Work cross-organisationally to enhance emergency preparedness systems, processes and capability.
• Join a high-performing team driving operational excellence and assurance in emergency management.

When you choose AusNet, you'll join genuine people working together making Real. Progress

At AusNet, we're the link between renewable energy sources and local communities, playing a key role in the clean energy transition and providing essential energy to every Victorian family.

Help us lead the way, while enriching your career with real people who encourage you to bring your best and make real impact – for your career, our communities, and Australia's cleaner energy future.

Purposeful work with genuinely good people. That's refreshing.

Group operations will guide AusNet to rapidly mature and provide outstanding strategic-level technical and operational capabilities, whilst ensuring cross-business coordination and collaboration. It will also provide strategic procurement & supply chain delivery to the Group

As a member of the Emergency Management Team, the Emergency Preparedness Specialist collaborates and coordinates cross-organisationally to further enhance our ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from disruptive events that escalate to an incident and/or crisis.

This role ensures that AusNet emergency management infrastructure, systems and teams are prepared, available and ready.

The role is based in Melbourne and is part of the Emergency Management Team within Group Operations.

This role will deliver real outcomes, including but not limited to:

• Overseeing the end-to-end coordination of the AusNet Incident Management Team Program, including rostering and readiness.
• Working with Regional and Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committees as it relates to emergency and risk planning.
• Developing and maintaining enterprise emergency management plans, procedures and processes.
• Collaborating and consulting with lines of business to ensure a consistent and integrated approach to emergency management.
• Supporting emergency management governance arrangements.

You don't need to check every box; however, we are looking for a good combination of:

• Tertiary qualification or formal training in emergency management, or another relevant field would be advantageous, particularly:
• Course in the Australasian Inter-Service Incident Management System
• Facilitate Emergency Planning Processes (PUAEMR021)
• Coordinate Resources for a Multi-Agency Incident (PUAOPE017)
• 3+ years demonstrated industry experience (in a critical infrastructure sector and/or emergency management type role)
• Emergency management experience including development and maintenance of plans and arrangements
• Operating in an emergency management function including State and Commonwealth legislative and regulatory requirements
• Experience in coordinating a roster with lines of business, teams or departments, including maintaining a model of cover and adherence to a payment policy
• Technical knowledge or understanding of energy transmission and distribution networks will be beneficial

A real place to belong 

 
We celebrate unique voices, refreshing perspectives and diversity in our team. Engage and connect through our social club, family day, wide range of events or by joining one of our Employee Network Groups.  

We believe in more than just competitive pay. Here's what sets us apart:

• Flexibility: whether this is hybrid work, flexible hours, or part time arrangements, we'll work with you to help balance work and life.
• Leave: more than typical personal leave and a generous 14 weeks of paid parental leave, with no minimum service.
• Community giving: a paid day to volunteer with our social impact partner, Foodbank, or for a cause that matters to you.
• Perks: we offer all the other perks you've come to expect like purchased leave, income protection insurance, novated leasing, corporate discounts, private health cover discounts and more.

As an industry in transformation, we're excited by the possibilities ahead.

So, if you're passionate about our purpose and committed to making real progress, bring your energy and join AusNet. Together, we can shape a new way forward.