Senior Relief and Recovery Officer

• Senior Regional Relief and Recovery Officer - Grampians
• Ongoing, full time, Flexible Work Location
• Attractive VPS5 salary between $ 113,022 - $136,747 + superannuation

DJCS Emergency Management includes the department's emergency management accountabilities delivered through Emergency Management Victoria, Emergency Recovery Victoria, Sector

Performance and Reform and emergency management statutory entities and offices. The work of the group supports the emergency management sector to work together and to strengthen the capacity of individuals, communities, government, agencies and business to achieve our shared vision of safer and more resilient communities and to rebuild and recover after an emergency.

Emergency Recovery Victoria

Emergency Recovery Victoria (ERV) is responsible for state and regional relief and recovery coordination for all emergencies to help communities -emerge stronger after a major disaster. ERV is a business unit within the Department of Justice and Community Safety. Working directly with impacted communities, all levels of government, agencies and industry, ERV coordinates real, effective and timely support that communities need to recover after a major emergency. As well as providing strategic leadership on whole-of-government relief and recovery activities and delivering state recovery outcomes, ERV supports locally led relief and recovery efforts by supporting councils to ensure community is at the centre of relief and recovery activities.

What will the role do?

The Senior Regional Relief and Recovery Officer is an integral part of ERV's regional coordination team, which leads divisional and regional planning for relief and recovery response during and after a disaster.

In this role, you will primarily be part of a team based in the Grampians region, however it is expected you will have capability and capacity to work across multiple geographical areas to support relief and recovery operations and be able to be deployed by ERV (sometimes at short notice) to support relief and recovery operations in other areas of Victoria You may be required to work outside of normal business hours and on operational rosters or standby arrangements.

Some responsibilities include:

• Actively contribute to the research and problem solving of issues and evolving policy to address challenges in relief and recovery by collaborating with peers and stakeholders, ensuring emerging issues are identified and resolved in accordance with statutory responsibilities, emergency management and recovery governance arrangements, and government policy.
• Stakeholder engagement and relationship building is key, as you assist local governments to optimise community outcomes including by assisting them to understand and excel at relief and recovery funding protocols and processes.

Please refer to the position description for more detail.

What skills and knowledge should a Senior Regional Relief and Recovery Officer have?

Working effectively in situations under pressure, you will have the capacity to work across a wide range of agencies and communities, be a trusted relationship builder, have the ability to project manage, possess strong communication and interpersonal skills, be highly motivated, passionate and have the ability to forward plan in a highly complex environment.

You will be a self-motivated and committed individual, with initiative and the ability to adapt to changing priorities and work proactively to ensure the best use of time. You will have excellent administrative and organisational skills, as well as exceptional relationship management capability in order to liaise with a range of government, non-government and community stakeholders.

You will also have strong planning and report writing skills, and highly developed interpersonal skills. Experience working directly with diverse community groups and across multiple levels of government and shared service providers is desirable, as is experience and familiarity with community resilience and the delivery of trauma-informed relief and recovery practices.

• Please note, a full Victorian driver's licence is required due to the need to respond to emergencies across the State at short notice and outside business hours as required. This role requires work-related travel across metropolitan and regional Victoria, on occasion at very short notice. The department will consider all reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability.
• A tertiary qualification in fields related to emergency management, community services, community engagement or business management highly desirable.
• Experience in disaster relief and/or recovery highly desirable.

If you have any queries, please contact Kendra Clegg, Regional Relief and Recovery Manager, Grampians, via

If this sounds like a compelling job that you believe your skills would be a great match for, please APPLY NOW. Applications close 11.59pm on Wednesday 3 December 2025.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT:

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.

How to apply

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.