Emergency Preparedness Coordinator

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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives. 

About the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Department

The Health, Safety & Wellbeing department sits within the People & Culture directorate at Austin Health. It is based at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, and is responsible for providing advisory services, strategic direction and planning for the workforce health, safety and wellbeing across all campuses, covering approximately 11,000 employees. 

Key areas of responsibility include occupational health and safety management systems; injury management and return to work; workforce wellbeing; and emergency preparedness and business continuity.

About the role

The role leads the development, implementation, and maintenance of comprehensive emergency preparedness and plans, training and exercises to ensure organisational resilience and the ability to respond effectively.

About you

You will be someone who has excellent communication skills, with a strong commitment to excellence in emergency management planning and training. You’ll bring energy and drive to your work and have a keen interest in growing the organisation's capacity to respond.

To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:

• A passion for developing people's ability to respond to an emergency
• A keen eye for detail and a desire for continuous improvement
• A people first-approach and an ability to engage people across the organisation

Our benefits 

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including: 

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation. 
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program. 
• Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options. 
• Mentoring and career development opportunities. 

Work with us! 

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures. 

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date. 

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Andrew Tierney, Manager Emergency Preparedness and Business at Andrew.TIERNEY3@austin.org.au.

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details. 

Application closing date: Sunday 3 May 2026