Municipal Resilience Officer

• Full-time Fixed Term Contract until August 2028
• Band 6 Salary from $82,922 to $89,577 per annum, plus superannuation

A bit about the role 

The Municipal Resilience Officer will work with a wide range of key stakeholders, including Councils, emergency response agencies and the community to develop and deliver excellent Emergency Management outcomes for our community. 

Drawing on your Local Government and emergency management experience, you will establish and refine processes for Council’s emergency resilience, relief, and recovery activities.  

Participate in development and review of all emergency management plans relevant to Councils obligations.  Focus on educating the community to develop their sense of understanding and self-reliance in the face of emergencies. 

What you’ll deliver 

In collaboration with the emergency management team identify and implement training opportunities to enhance Council capabilities. Research and implementation of evidence-based community resilience  activities, aimed at educating the community in preparedness and recovery to a wide range of emergencies.  

Key role focus include: 

• Community resilience, capacity development and inclusion.
• Audit and resourcing, Emergency Relief Centres.
• Emergency Management communication and messaging, internal and external.
• Coordinate relevant emergency management registers. 
• Undertake the role of On Call Deputy Municipal Recovery Manger or Municipal Emergency Management Officer.
• Key administration tasks across the emergency management unit.
• Internal emergency management exercise.
• Training implementation for internal staff and lead as Crisisworks mentor for the identified roles. 

What you will need to thrive; 

The ideal candidate will be able to strike a balance between working collaboratively as part of a team and operating autonomously across Council directorates. Your excellent communication and engagement skills will see you building strong working relationships with Council staff, emergency service agencies, and the community. 

• Ability to strike a balance between working autonomously and collaboratively within the team.
• Excellent engagement and relationship building skills.
• A continuous improvement mindset with a positive, proactive, and flexible attitude.
• Thrive in a high paced environment managing multiple competing priorities.
• The role requires a flexible work hour when required and a strong ability to balance work and personal life.
• Satisfactory pre-employment background checks including National Criminal History Check, Working with Children Check. 

How to apply:  

Please ensure you provide a cover letter a current resume and a key selection criterion providing demonstrated evidence of your key capabilities suitable for the role, which can be found in the position description on the City of Ballarat careers page.    

For a confidential discussion, please contact Tanya - Coordinator Emergency Management on 03 532 05893. 

Applications close on Thursday 15 August 2024. 

The City of Ballarat is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a safe and inclusive working environment that embraces and values diversity, flexibility and child safety. We welcome applications from all walks of life and celebrate the diversity and richness this brings to our workplace and reasonable adjustments will be made to the process to ensure equitable access.  We undertake an employment screening process to ensure this commitment is upheld, this includes ensuring the successful candidate holds a valid working with children check and satisfactory criminal history record check.