INTERNAL ONLY - COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS OFFICER

Personnel Area: Environment Parks and Sustainability

Branch: City Resilience

Salary Range: Band 5 $95,346 - $108,078 (Remuneration stated is for the full-time positions)

Work type: Temporary Full-time

Duration: Up to 2 years

Location: Brisbane Square

Our Branch

City Resilience protects our city, making it safer and more resilient. We do this through planning, coordinating, partnering and engagement activities across all phases of disaster management.

Council’s Employee Value Proposition allows you to grow your career to deliver a better Brisbane. With career progression opportunities as well as benefits that matter, our focus on culture and wellbeing will make you proud to work for Brisbane City Council as we prepare for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games and beyond.

The Role 

• Are you passionate about disaster management?
• Thrive in a fast-paced supportive environment?
•  Love getting prepared and looking out for the vulnerable members of our community?

Then we have the role for you. This position provides support to the City Resilience Community Preparedness team by collaborating with key internal and external stakeholders, to assist in the development and delivery of community engagement and education strategies and initiatives that enhance city-wide disaster preparedness and foster resilience among Brisbane residents and communities.

It is a role of two facets, you are preparing, educating and engaging when there aren’t disaster events and when mother nature strikes you are working collaboratively to stand up the Local Disaster Coordination Centre, and ensure community safety. 

To be successful you will have:

• the ability to work with agility, adapt to a changing work environment and to quickly gain and apply knowledge and skills
• ability to speak publicly with a passion for keeping the community up to date
• excellent attention to detail, organisation and time management skills
• highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders
• an understanding of disaster management, Local Disaster Coordination Centre operations is highly regarded.

This role requires active participation in the City Resilience Branch Duty Officer roster and undergo essential training. This includes an on-call roster, reasonable after-hours activities and overtime when required by business needs and/or disaster events.

Benefits of working for Council include:

• flexible working hours, and flexible arrangements
• free gym and wellness centre
• award winning superannuation fund
• generous leave provisions
• competitive salary.

Benefits of working for Council: CLICK HERE

How to apply:  Click on the 'I’m interested' button to complete your online application. Please upload your tailored resume and covering letter (of no more than one page) demonstrating your suitability to the position.

*Eligibility for internal only roles includes external applicants who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and/or as a person living with a disability. Applicants from these groups are required to complete the diversity and inclusion questions on the application form to enable Council to determine eligibility.

This role may require a Criminal History Check, or you may be required to undertake a pre-employment medical assessment to assess your ability to perform the genuine occupational requirements of the role. 

For more information: Please call Jade Lee on 07 3178 4278

People from diverse backgrounds, including those living with a disability and/or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who may have questions about the recruitment process or working at Council, are encouraged to reach out to the contact above, who can connect you with a member of Council’s Diversity and Inclusion team.

Application Closing Date: Tuesday 12^th August 2025 at 11:55pm AEST.

Brisbane City Council is a multi-award winning accessible and inclusive workplace where our people represent the diverse communities we serve, are supported, and can feel safe. Council has been awarded Employer of the Year at the National Disability Awards and has been recognised multiple times with ‘Gold Employer’ status from the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTI inclusion.

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