Senior Planning and Stakeholder Engagement Officer

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.

The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

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We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?

• Utilise your experience managing complex stakeholder needs.
• Ongoing, Full time opportunity.
• VPS grade 4: $100,894 - $114,476 plus superannuation.

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Senior Planning and Stakeholder Engagement Officer to provide a critical role at Emergency Management Victoria.

About the Business Unit

Emergency Management Victoria (EMV), within the Department of Justice and Community Safety, is responsible for the overall coordination of the emergency management system in Victoria. EMV drives the integration of policy, strategy, operational coordination, sector specific technology, and planning across Victoria's emergency management sector, contributing to safer, more resilient communities.

The Capability, Communications and Regional Operations (CCRO) division delivers critical programs and services for emergency management planning and risk, critical infrastructure resilience, regional preparedness, and communications. The division delivers public information, community warnings and communications to educate and inform communities, before, during and after emergencies as well as emergency management programs and coordination of emergency management communications.

Capability and development in collaboration with the sector is led from this division including the coordination of the incident management training, exercising and accreditation system and management of the Victorian Emergency Management Institute. The division also coordinates and delivers capability across Victoria's 26 Volunteer Marine Search and Rescue units and manages the state's Road Crash Rescue and Aviation arrangements.

The Emergency Management Risk, Preparedness and Capability branch directly supports the Emergency Management Commissioner's legislated responsibilities regarding emergency management planning, risk, and Victoria's critical infrastructure arrangements. It also coordinates training and development programs to enhance sector-wide emergency management capability and manages the Victorian Emergency Management Institute and the state's Aviation arrangements. The teams work collaboratively with regional and state emergency management stakeholders to ensure whole-of-sector preparedness and accountability - including delivering the Victorian Annual Preparedness Program and other strategic whole-of-sector initiatives.

About the Role

Some of your duties will include:

• Manage and maintain workplace culture and practices that achieve EMVs strategic objectives.
• Provide advice to the Lead Planning Officer and Program Manager, EM Planning on communications and engagement strategies in respect to emergency management planning.
• Support the management of communications and engagement aspects of EM planning.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Experience in managing complex stakeholder and associated communication needs in a complex, contested a public sector environment.
• Knowledge of Victoria's emergency management arrangements.

Qualifications/requirements

• A relevant tertiary qualification is desirable.