Emergency Management Coordinator

UNSW; Sydney; On-site; AUD 107,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

17% Superannuation contributions

Leave loading during Christmas period

Discounts and entitlements

Job summary

UNSW is seeking an Emergency Management Coordinator to join a small, high-performing team ensuring campus safety, preparedness and resilience.

You will blend planning with real-world response, supporting incidents, delivering training, coordinating with ECO and Security, and reviewing procedures to strengthen readiness across the university.

Based in Kensington, NSW on-site, this full-time role offers progression, a Level 7 salary with 17% superannuation and additional benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum PUAFER001-008 certificate and response experience.
• Knowledge of Australian Standards and NSW State Emergency Management Arrangements.
• Ability to design and deliver emergency management training with guidance from senior management.
• Strong organisational skills with ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication for briefings and reports.

Responsibilities

• Develop and run awareness campaigns for campus emergency awareness.
• Build relationships with emergency control organisations and Security.
• Coordinate response to incidents and maintain emergency plans.
• Develop and facilitate regular training exercises and drills.
• Lead recruitment campaigns for ECO membership and maintain records.
• Ensure emergency systems (Noggin, Archibus, SafeZone) data accuracy.
• Audit evacuation diagrams with Chief Wardens and Facilities staff.
• Coordinate post-incident reviews and collect stakeholder inputs.
• Provide ECO teams with equipment to perform their role.

Skills

Emergency management coordination

Verbal and written communication

Time management

Stakeholder engagement

Health & safety awareness

MS Excel & PowerPoint

Education

PUAFER001-008 certificate

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

NSW Security Licence Class 1A (preferred)

Job description

• Employment Type: Full Time Continuing role
• Remuneration: Level 7: from $118,483 + 17% superannuation + leave loading
• Location: Kensington, NSW – On-site full time (5 days per week)

This Job is based in Australia

• Employment Type: Full Time Continuing role
• Remuneration: Level 7: from $118,483 + 17% superannuation + leave loading
• Location: Kensington, NSW – On-site full time (5 days per week)

About UNSW

At UNSW, we pride ourselves on being a workplace where the best people come to do their best work. We aspire to be Australia’s global university, improving and transforming lives through excellence in research, outstanding education and a commitment to advancing a just society.

Your Team, Your Day, Your Impact

As an Emergency Management Coordinator, no two days are the same. You’ll be part of a small, high-performing team that helps keep one of Australia’s leading universities safe, prepared, and resilient.

Your role will combine planning and preparedness with real-world operational response. On any given day, you might support the response to a campus incident, deliver emergency training, work alongside security and Emergency Control Organisation (ECO) teams, review emergency procedures, or coordinate an exercise that tests and strengthens the university’s readiness.

You’ll have the opportunity to work independently, build strong relationships across the university, and contribute directly to initiatives that make a meaningful difference to the safety of students, staff, and visitors.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement ongoing awareness campaigns and modules to support the campus community in understanding their role in emergency management to ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
• Establish and develop strong stakeholder relationships with emergency control organisations and the Security team through regular meetings, conducting evacuation and other scenario-based exercises, and providing advice and support.
• Support the Emergency Manager in coordinating response to emergency incidents and maintaining critical incident and emergency plans and procedures.
• Develop and facilitate regular training exercises and drills with the ECO and Security team and support the Emergency Manager in facilitating exercises with the critical incident response team.
• Develop and implement recruitment campaigns to encourage staff to become members of their local ECO and maintain accurate records of ECO for effective communication during incidents.
• Ensure information within the emergency management systems is regularly reviewed and accurate, fit for purpose for operational readiness, i.e. Noggin, Archibus, SafeZone.
• Undertake annual audits of building evacuation diagrams with Chief Wardens and Facilities staff to ensure information is accurate, including designated assembly areas.
• Coordinate the post incident review process and collate information from relevant stakeholders.
• Provide ECO teams with the necessary equipment to enable them to undertake their role of emergency response.
• Act in role of Emergency Manager in their absence.

Skills And Experience

• Minimum PUAFER001-008 certificate and demonstrated experience in responding to emergency incidents and implementing and maintaining emergency management arrangements.
• Demonstrated knowledge of legislative requirements, including Australian Standards and NSW State Emergency Management Arrangements.
• Demonstrated ability to design, develop and deliver emergency management training with direction from senior management.
• High level organisational and time management skills with demonstrated ability to deal with multiple tasks and projects, establish priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the proven ability to provide high level briefings and reports to a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint is required.
• An understanding of and commitment to UNSW’s aims, objectives and values in action, together with relevant policies and guidelines.
• Knowledge of health & safety (psychosocial and physical) responsibilities and commitment to attending relevant health and safety training.
• Ability to meet physical demands of the position, including carrying emergency response equipment across campus.
• NSW Security license class 1A (preferred).

The successful candidate will be required to undertake a physical and medical assessment prior to joining UNSW.

UNSW Master Security License Number: 404776913

For further details on role responsibilities and skills & experience required, refer to the position description found under the position listing on Jobs@UNSW

Benefits And Culture

People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world.

Our Benefits Include

• Career development opportunities.
• 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments.
• Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period.
• Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness).

For further details on the benefits, please visit https://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/lifestyle-benefits

Sponsorship is not available for this role, full Australian working rights are required on application.

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.

Pre-Employment Checks

Aligned with UNSW’s focus on cultivating a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for.

These pre-employment checks may include a combination of some of the following checks:

• National and International Criminal history checks
• Entitlement to work and ID checks
• Working With Children Checks
• Completion of a Gender-Based Violence Prevention Declaration
• Verification of relevant qualifications
• Verification of relevant professional membership
• Employment history and reference checks
• Financial responsibility assessments/checks.
• Medical Checks and Assessments

Compliance with the necessary combination of these checks is a condition of employment at UNSW.