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As a department our purpose is to help the community to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from the impact of fire and emergency events.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) is the primary provider of fire, rescue and emergency management programs and services throughout Queensland. The department encompasses the Fire and Rescue Service, disaster management services, the Rural Fire Service and the State Emergency Service, and also supports other volunteer groups providing emergency response to Queenslanders.
QFES is one department with many services, many capabilities and many partners.
Purpose of role
The Predictive Services unit is responsible for decision support capabilities as an enabler to a multi-hazard intelligence function underpinned by networked regional and state capabilities across Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Recovery (PPRR). A function of the unit is the generation of scientifically derived bushfire intelligence that is underpinned by local area knowledge. The team works closely with the scientific community, the Bureau of Meteorology, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), interstate emergency services and land management agencies to provide accurate and enabling intelligence for QFES.
Reporting to the Manager, you will be a key member of the team, responsible for developing and delivering training relevant to Predictive Services capability. You will also be required to ensure specialist and technical training programs that are compliant with the Vocational Education and Training Framework. You will be required to collaborate with other departments and organisations including functions within QFES that support and/or deliver intelligence outputs and products relevant to developing and maintaining operational situational awareness and in meeting decision support requirements in a multi-tiered governance environment.
Key requirements
Highly desirable requirements
* Experience in developing and/or working within applied intelligence functions and their application in a disaster management and operational management response context.
* Have attained or willing to undertake nationally recognised training within the Predictive Services capability, e.g. Fire Behaviour Analyst (FBAN).
* Qualifications in relevant disciplines, including tertiary qualifications, knowledge and understanding of Queensland Disaster Management Arrangement and/or incident management systems such as Australasian Inter-service Incident Management System.
* A current Certificate IV in Training and Assessment or willing to obtain within a mutually agreed timeframe.
Special requirements
* It is expected that the incumbent may participate in an on-call roster. This may require work outside of normal hours (e.g. night shift), including weekends, working extended hours. You may also be expected to take part in deployments intrastate or interstate.
Your key accountabilities
Your part in the ongoing success of our department, in supporting key frontline services will see you responsible for a variety of work, including, but not limited to:
* Contribute to the QFES multi-hazard intelligence function to collaboratively determine requirements, collect data and information, process, analyse and disseminate relevant outputs and products across all phases of disaster management and operations.
* Develop training pathways, products and systems that support competency requirements and/or national accreditation for specialist and technical areas for computer modelling/prediction and science.
* Provide high-level advice to senior executives and stakeholders on bushfire and all hazard mapping, associated risks and key issues which support disaster management and operations.
* Coordinate and contribute to the development and implementation of communication and education strategies to effectively liaise between QFES regions, other emergency services, groups and the community.
* Develop and implement effective networks, governance, policy and doctrine to enhance multi-hazard intelligence capabilities, increasing the departments capacity to integrate and share information.
* Represent QFES on committees and working parties regarding specialist and technical training and Training strategies to ensure they are aligned with industry standards.
* Prepare timely and well researched briefing papers, submissions and reports relating to multi-hazard intelligence Capability and strategies, in accordance with organisational requirements.
* Participate within a dynamic work environment, fostering teamwork and observing human resource activities including actively participating in performance and development programs.
Capabilities
To determine your suitability for the role, you will be assessed on the following Leadership Competencies for Queensland behavioural profiles that link to the "key accountabilities" for this role:
Leadership Competency Stream - Individual Contributor (leading self)
Vision
* Stimulates ideas and innovation
* Leads change in complex environments
Results
* Develops and mobilises talent
* Builds enduring relationships
* Drives accountability and outcomes
Accountability
* Fosters healthy and inclusive workplaces
Once you join us we will want you to exemplify the QFES shared values:
* Respect
* Integrity
* Courage
* Loyalty
* Trust
