Emergency Management Officer

Description

Coordinates, plans and manages the development and implementation of strategies, policies and programs to respond to and recover from disasters or emergency situations, such as floods, cyclones and biosecurity incidents.

Description

This unit group covers Specialist Managers not elsewhere classified. It includes Airport Managers, Correctional Facility Managers and Emergency Management Officers.

Tasks include

• Develops policies, strategic and operational plans and processes to respond to and recover from disasters or emergency situations
• Identifies and analyses key issues and their impact on disaster risk reduction, emergency management, policies and response capability
• Coordinates response activities to respond to and recover from disasters or emergency situations
• Establishes and manages networks to liaise on emergency preparedness, prevention and response and recovery operations from disasters or emergency situations
• Leads the development of recovery programs and activities to support the recovery of communities following a disaster or emergency situation