Community Risk Reduction Officer

South Australian Country Fire Service
Job reference: 578064
Location: 5035 - KESWICK
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Primary Purpose:

• Support Manager partnerships Team in the development of mechanisms to support consistency, effectiveness, and quality of SA CFS community engagement/Risk Reduction and resilience programs, including volunteer driven and delivered programs.
• Development, coordination of presentations, training, mentoring, and coaching for staff and volunteers in SA CFS on effective community engagement and Risk Reduction strategies.
• Contribute to the development of monitoring, evaluation and reporting frameworks for SA CFS community engagement/risk reduction and resilience Programs.
• Lead the development of SA CFS’ specialised community engagement/Risk Reduction and resilience programs, with a focus on at-risk, CALD, ATSI communities, businesses, industry and child and youth.
• Research and provide advice on strategy, and effective approaches to engagement with behavioural impact.
• Represent SA CFS at Regional and State committees and groups relevant to the position’s specialisation, including delivering presentations and education programs.
• Support the coordination of engagement events delivered and/or attended by the team (e.g. MFS Open Day, Bushfire Resilience Day).
• Establish and maintain CFS partnerships, and with external stakeholders to support Risk Reduction and Resilience in communities and the as a state.
• Undertake a CFS operational role in the State Command Centre, on an on-call roster throughout the annual Fire Danger Season.

Essential Qualifications:

Tertiary qualification in Sociology, CommunityDevelopment, Social Psychology, Education or related field.

Remuneration:
ASO6
$97,022 - $102,626

SpecialConditions:
Engagement will be subjectto a satisfactory Emergency Services Sector Criminal HistoryCheck.  For all special conditions, please refer to the RoleDescription.

Enquiries:
Alison May
Director, Community Risk and Resilience
Ph: 0427 614 ***
Email: **********@eso.sa.gov.au

Application Instructions:
Applicants are required to address the criteria outlined in theApplication Guidelines document.

Applications must be submitted online.

The South Australian Country Fire Service is an equalopportunity employer committed to providing a working environmentthat embraces and values diversity, inclusion and supports aculture of safety and respect.

We welcome and encourage applications from diverse communitygroups to help us build a workforce that reflects the communitieswe serve.

Applications close: 28/02/2024 11:45 PM

Attachments:
- 240131 application_guidelines_emergency_services_sector - ASO6 Officer Partnerships Team.pdf
- Final Role Description - ASO6 - Community Risk Reduction Officer (signed).pdf
- Pre-Employment-Declaration_240522.pdf

Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.