AddressOperations Readiness Officer, Clerk Grade 5/6, South Eastern Zone, NSW SES
- Exciting opportunity to grow and develop your emergency management experience
- Work in a Volunteer-based agency supporting communities of NSW
- Full time ongoing employment
- Role is located in Goulburn
- Salary up to $102,941
About the opportunity
The Operations Readiness Officer undertakes diverse and interrelated tasks with a focus on maintaining the readiness of Incident Control Centre (ICC) facilities and systems across the Zone. They maintain operational reporting requirements to the State Operations Centre and coordinate the duty roster systems within a designated zone, as required by operational response.
About the NSW SES
Our Mission: NSW SES saving lives and creating safer communities.
Our Vision: A trusted volunteer-based emergency service, working together to deliver excellence in community preparedness and emergency response.
The NSW SES serves the NSW community as the lead agency for floods, storms, and tsunamis as specified by the State Emergency Service Act 1989. We are recognised as the most versatile and widely used emergency service organisation in NSW. Our volunteers are highly skilled, experienced, and well- trained in the wide variety of roles they perform.
Each NSW SES Unit is as unique and varied as the community it serves, reflecting the vast mix of risks faced and roles required in the diverse locations and communities across the state. In addition to flood, storm and tsunami, our Service provides specialist capabilities that include general land rescue, vertical rescue, road crash rescue, and alpine and remote area search and rescue. The NSW SES responded to over 64,000 requests for assistance from the community over the 2021-22 year.
The NSW SES has over 10,000 volunteer members, including reserves, and a
full-time equivalent workforce of over 450. There are 262 volunteer Units across the State and our volunteer Units are either local, community-based Units, State-wide or regional Units established to provide specialist capabilities. They are varied and unique in their capabilities, designed to address specific risks to communities of NSW.
About you
To be successful in this role you will:
- have a sound knowledge and understanding of contemporary emergency response practices;
- have the capacity to obtain Incident Management Team principal officer qualifications for Level 2 Incidents within 12 months;
- be prepared to work on-call and out of hours as required;
- have a thorough knowledge of AIIMS principles and processes or be willing to obtain competence within 12 months.
What we can offer you
- Employment with attractive leave entitlements including parental leave, recreation and flex leave and other leave entitlements.
- Attractive salary package of up to $102,941 (salary range $93,295 - $102,941) + 15% field allowance + leave loading + superannuation.
- Flexible work options working within operational requirements.
- Mental Health & Wellbeing programs and services.
- Access to our Corporate Partner Fitness Passport at any of their gyms across the state entitling you to a reduced rate when joining a participating gym.
- Operational and leadership training and development opportunities via LinkedIn Learning and other training avenues to build and maintain skills.
- Comprehensive immunisation programs including the flu vaccine.
- Opportunities to build invaluable relationships across emergency service agencies, emergency service committees and other Government and community organisations.
How to apply
Your application should include as separate attachments:
- A cover letter (maximum of one page) briefly responding to the essential requirements and your interest in the role;
- Responses to each of the targeted questions (maximum of one page per answer); and
- An up-to-date resume of no more than four pages detailing your skills and experience relevant to the role.
Targeted Questions
1. Outline your experience in dealing with a range of stakeholders to gather written and verbal information on a topic, analyse it and produce a written report in a high stress environment.
2. As an agile organisation reacting to natural disasters, reliable communications are critical. What strategies would you use to ensure the correct resources are available to deliver critical communications across diverse audiences?
Want to know more?
If you want to know more about this opportunity, please contact Chief Superintendent Thomas Jory, Zone Commander South Eastern Zone via email to or by calling 0427 933 ***.
The role description is available here.
Talent Pool
A talent pool may be created through this recruitment process. A talent pool is a group of candidates who have undergone an assessment process and have been identified as suitable for this role or similar roles for a period of 18 months. Being part of a talent pool means that you may be considered for ongoing or temporary employment for a range of similar roles. This offers exciting opportunities for you to gain a wide range of experiences to build your public service career.
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Applications close: Sunday 30 June 2024 at 11:59pm
The NSW State Emergency Service is a proud employer of a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, cultural background, faith, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity. We are committed to reflecting the diverse community we serve and creating an inclusive and flexible workplace. People with disability are supported to access adjustments in recruitment processes and in the workplace, to enable them to demonstrate their skills and capabilities to meet the requirements of the job. As supporters of flexible working, we welcome discussions about how our roles can be undertaken flexibly.
