• Department for Health and Wellbeing – Public Health – Disaster Management Branch (DMB)
• Salary: $76,561 to $80,256 – ASO4 – Full Time / Term Contract - 12 Months

Overview:

The Planning and Support Officer (Health Disaster Emergency Management) is accountable to the Director for:

Strategy and Leadership focus area;

• Operational business planning and administration support
• Preparing briefings, letters and reports for DMB and drafting workforce and organisation structure related correspondence for Senior Management
• Facilitating and coordinating the provision of professional and confidential business support to DMB.
• Providing administrative support and executive officer support to a range of committees as required.
• Maintaining administration systems supporting the work of DMB (ICT applications, workflow processes, rosters)
• Monitoring and leading continuous improvement in key branch operational processes and administrative systems.

Capability Development focus area

• Supporting the administration of training, exercises and other activities.
• Supporting the development of resources,
• Undertaking project and investigative work when required.

Operational Readiness focus area;

• Assisting in the creating of operational plans and supporting documents for preplanned events, emergency incidents and operational readiness activities
• Managing operational resources, including deployment packs
• Maintaining operational disaster emergency management systems that support incidents (ICT applications, distribution lists, rosters and building accesses for example).

Incident Management (operations);

• Participate in on call and incident-based roles.
• Provide administrative support during Health emergency incidents under the direction of the incident manager or commander, as required.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.  Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref:  920186

Criminal History Screening Requirement

• A ‘National Police Certificate’ NPC (also known as a ‘Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check’ NCCHC) for employment involving no contact with vulnerable groups is required for this position (general employment)

Immunisation Risk for this position is Category C (minimal patient contact)

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Special Conditions

• The incumbent will be required to participate in an after-hours on-call roster; some out-of-hours work will be required. 
• Intrastate/interstate travel may be required. 
• Must be ready and willing to assist in managing disease outbreaks within the community which may include travel within South Australia.

Enquiries

Business Support PHD

Phone: (08) 7425 5890

E-mail: Health.PHDBusinessSupport@sa.gov.au 

Application Closing Date

Friday, 14 November 2025 – 11:55PM

Attachments

• 920186 - Planning and Support Officer Disaster Management Branch - Role Description.pdf
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines