Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: $142,790 - $191,084
Grade: VPS 6
Occupation: Emergency management
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: VG/EMV419-SEP26
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Manager, Intelligence to provide a critical role within 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.
EMV works closely with government and agencies across the emergency management portfolio. The organisation is led by the Deputy Secretary & Chief Executive, and Emergency Management Commissioner, and includes oversight of statutory entities and offices and the department's emergency management accountabilities.
EMV has legislative responsibility for managing the State Control Centre (SCC), Victoria's primary control centre for managing emergencies. It comprises a Watch Desk, which provides a base service and operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, and stewardship teams that are functionally aligned to the Australasian Inter-service Incident Management System (AIIMS) framework and principles. Stewardship teams focus on sector-wide governance, coordination and engagement, capability building, strategic planning and continuous improvement. They also support internal SCC business and provide core operational support to the SCC, as needed.
The Intelligence team provides stewardship of the SCC's Intelligence, Mapping and predictive services functions. This includes a focus on sector-wide coordination and engagement (including the surge workforce for both functions), strategic planning, and capability building (e.g. through training and developing standardised tools, templates and processes).
The Intelligence team provides timely operational management information, mapping and geospatial data products and intelligence to the emergency management sector, the State Control Team and others, to inform planning and decision making. The team also manages the ongoing collection of data, information, and intelligence from whole of government (WoVG) agencies to support intelligence development.
About the Role
The Manager, Intelligence leads and manages the Intelligence team and a surge team of Predictive Services Fire and Flood Behaviour Analysts in the SCC within EMV. They are responsible for developing and implementing integrated intelligence, predictive services, weather and mapping products and programs in support of the State Control Centre's 24/7 Watch Desk.
The role ensures the timely production and accuracy of written intelligence products, maps and predictive analytics which inform and support tactical, operational and strategic decision making.
The role requires you to participate in the SCC's emergency management arrangements, including being placed on standby in accordance with the VPS Enterprise Agreement 2024; this may include being recalled to work during the standby period. Standby is scheduled outside ordinary business hours.
You will also be required to undertake emergency management roles in the SCC and other locations as required, and commensurate with relevant training and endorsements.
Some of your duties will include:
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:
Qualifications/requirements
How to Apply
Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.
The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and misconduct screening.
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.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT:
The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.