Job description
Agency Department of Health Work unit National Critical Care and Trauma Response
Centre
Job title Emergency Response and Support Coordinator Designation Administrative Officer 6
* Australian Medical Assistance Team
Job type Full time Duration Fixed from 12/05/2026 to 30/06/2027
Salary $99,519 - $110,953 Location Darwin
Position number 46509 RTF 342293 Closing 22/03/2026
Contact officer Aaron Perry on 08 8922 6564 or
About the agency http://www.health.nt.gov.au/
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=342293
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
Assist the Director of Emergency Management with managing logistics staff and the cache of equipment and stores, provide high
level logistics coordination, advice, and support to the Australian Medical Assistance Team (AUSMAT) to ensure a readily
deployable cache.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Support the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC) Director of Emergency Management to meet the
AUSMAT’s core strategic objectives by ensuring a readily deployable national and international cache.
2. Ensure the maintenance of an accurate asset registers in line with Northern Territory Government (NTG) policies and guidelines
and track usage of all assets.
3. Coordinate cache maintenance, ensure equipment is serviced and maintained, undertake procurement observing NTG
procurement policies and legislation to ensure adequate stock supplies, follow up discrepancies and manage trials of new
equipment.
4. Provide logistics training and familiarisation of deployable assets to both internal and external stakeholders.
5. Support logistical requirements of all deployments, training exercises and other public events and be available after hours for
matters relating to the cache and deployments.
6. Provide technical advice and recommendations regarding logistical equipment, standard operating procedures, stock control,
and systems.
7. Assist the Emergency Management Director to as required to support AUSMAT operations and training.
8. Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken
in order to ensure high quality, safe services, and workplaces.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Demonstrated deployment experience and a working knowledge of contemporary disaster and emergency response
requirements including National and Territory Disaster and Emergency Management arrangements, planning design and
procedure development, including AUSMAT activation processes.
2. Highly developed knowledge and experience with procurement policies, stock control, warehousing principles, processes, asset
management, and deployable caches, including Emergency Management Tiers 1 and 2 responses.
3. Experience with practical training of diverse professional and other groups in the use of equipment with sound communication
skills and the ability to negotiate and engage with external and internal stakeholders.
4. Demonstrated experience in working with teams in challenging deployment scenarios, including infection prevention and
control.
5. Strongly founded cross-cultural skills, the ability to effectively operate independently and as part of a team.
6. Ability to work for out of hours, for extended periods to assist with national and international AUSMAT deployment activities.
7. Relevant experience in an emergency management organisation and dealing with volunteers.
8. Heavy rigid vehicle licence and related experience.
Further information
Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance notice
and criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant criminal history.
For immunisation requirements Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances) or Category B (indirect contact with
blood or body substances), check with contact person for requirements.