Job description
Agency Department of Corrections Work unit Safety and Emergency Management
Job title Director, Safety and Emergency Designation Senior Administrative Officer 2
Management
Job type Full time Duration Fixed for 12 months
Salary $152,751 - $166,487 Location Darwin
Position number 11949 RTF Closing 11/03/2026
Contact officer Rachelle Kain on or
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APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR TERTIARY
QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates people with
disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or job, please discuss
this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go to the
OCPE website.
Primary objective
Lead a geographically dispersed team and coordinate work delivered across multiple locations throughout the Northern Territory, ensuring
consistent, high-quality safety and emergency management outcomes. Develop and deliver work health and safety and corporate
emergency management functions by providing high-quality, expert advice to support the Agency's preparedness, response and recovery
activities, and for maintaining policies, systems and procedures that strengthen safety, emergency readiness and organisational resilience.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Lead and manage a high-performing team in a dynamic environment to deliver work health and safety (WHS) and corporate
emergency management planning across the Agency.
2. Provide strategic leadership, guidance and expertise to support the Agency in identifying, planning for and managing emergency
events and WHS issues, ensuring strong preparedness, clear response structures and effective recovery capability.
3. Deliver timely, high-quality and authoritative advice on complex and sensitive WHS and emergency management matters to the
Agency's Executive and workforce, under tight deadlines and within budget.
4. Oversee the development, implementation and continual improvement of a robust Work Health and Safety Management System,
and an integrated Emergency Management Framework, to enable informed decision-making and foster a positive safety culture.
5. Support the Agency's WHS Oversight Committee and contribute to internal governance processes related to emergency readiness,
safety performance, compliance and organisational resilience.
6. Establish and maintain effective relationships with internal and external partners, including emergency services,
whole-of-government groups, and key stakeholders to ensure coordinated preparedness, response and recovery operations.
7. Prepare high-level and complex correspondence, including ministerial and executive briefs, reports, emergency plans, WHS
documentation and post-incident reviews.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Demonstrated ability to interpret and apply legislation, particularly WHS and emergency management legislation, in operational and
strategic contexts.
2. Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal), including the ability to consult, liaise, negotiate and mediate with diverse
stakeholders and executives.
3. Proven capacity to lead a small team to deliver quality outputs under pressure, manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
4. High-level conceptual, analytical and problem-solving skills with sound judgement in complex, fast-paced and cross-cultural
environments.
5. Extensive knowledge and demonstrated experience in the development, implementation and continuous improvement of Work
Health and Safety Management Systems.
6. Extensive knowledge and demonstrated experience in emergency management, including preparedness, response, recovery, and the
development of emergency management frameworks, plans and operational processes.
Desirable
1. Tertiary qualifications in business administration, human resources, or a related discipline.
Further information
The Department of Corrections has a Smoke Free Policy. Staff are not permitted to smoke anywhere on Departmental premises, facilities
or in vehicles, nor whilst working off-site. The preferred applicant will be required to complete a pre-employment questionnaire, and the
successful applicant will be required to undergo a criminal history check (confirmed by fingerprints and name check) prior to
commencement of employment. An adverse criminal history will not necessarily exclude an applicant from this position. All Department
of Corrections employees are subject to random drug and alcohol testing.