Zone Training Advisor, Clerk Grade 7/8

Zone Training Advisor, Clerk Grade 7/8, Goonellebah/Lismore & Tamworth

• Join a volunteer-based, community focused organisation supporting the disaster resilience of NSW communities.
• Join a high performing and motivated training team with a focus on people development and career progression.
• Secure a full-time ongoing opportunity.
• 2 Locations available Goonellebah/Lismore and Tamworth.
• Attractive Salary: $101,947.00- $112,849.00.

What you'll be doing

The NSW SES has an exciting opportunity for a training professional looking to utilise and expand their skills and knowledge whilst working with a team of dedicated staff and volunteers.

You will utilise your skills to co-ordinate the development and implementation of training plans, building capability and capacity within a dynamic and essential emergency service agency.

The purpose of the role is to Manage the development, deployment, monitoring and evaluation of the NSW SES State-Wide Training and Exercise Plan within a specific Zone, partnering with the broader Training team and key stakeholders within and across Zones to ensure consistency and effectiveness of delivery at local level.

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.

NSW State Emergency Service (SES) is an emergency and rescue service dedicated to assisting the community. We are a volunteer-based organisation that provides emergency assistance to the people of NSW 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. It is the approximately 9,000 volunteers across the state that make this possible.

As the NSW combat agency responsible for flood, storm operations and tsunamis. The NSW SES also provides a key rescue function, including being the key provider of general rescue efforts in the rural parts of the state, this includes road accident rescue, vertical rescue, bush search and rescue, Urban Search and Rescue and Community First Response.

About you

To be successful in this role you will:

• Thorough knowledge of AIIMS principles and processes and completion of DAME (Design and Manage Exercises) and/or willingness to obtain competence within 12 months.
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment TAE40116 (or equivalent, or higher-level qualification) or the current version (where the Certificate IV has been updated).
• Demonstrated skills and experience in project management.
• Delivering the State-Wide Training and Exercise Plan within and across Zones to meet organisational business needs, budget, and legislative and compliance requirements whilst ensuring effectiveness at a local level.
• Maintaining collaborative partnerships with all Training team members, Zone Commanders, operational teams and volunteers that enable emerging issues to be identified and solutions developed and implemented in an efficient, effective and consistent manner.
• Delivering appropriate, consistent training and exercises across a geographically dispersed business in a time of transition for the organisation.

What we can offer you

• Ongoing employment with attractive leave entitlements
• Flexible work options working within operational requirements
• Mental Health & Wellbeing programs and services
• 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 * Describe a time when you were responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring a training programme for a group of employees and explain what was your approach to identify the skill gaps?

• Give an example of when you have engaged consulted and negotiated with key stakeholders using data as a key driver to develop effective training outcomes. What was the outcome?

Find out more

The role description is available? .

To find out more information about these exciting opportunities, applications are encouraged to contact hrsupport@ses.nsw.gov.au.

A recruitment pool may be created to fill similar roles for both ongoing and temporary opportunities if they arise.

Applications close: Friday 9 December 2022, 11:59pm

NSW SES considers COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for all members.?Candidates will be required to provide satisfactory evidence that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to commencement with the NSW SES.?Exemptions are only available based on medical and/or lawfully protected grounds, and all applications for an exemption will be managed in accordance with the NSW SES COVID-19 Vaccination Policy.

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.