Who we are The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) is part of the Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. As primary agency for Australia's Antarctic Program (AAP), the AAD is responsible for achieving the Australian Government's Antarctic goals. These goals are to: maintain the Antarctic Treaty System and enhance Australia's influence within it protect the Antarctic environment understand the role of Antarctica in the global climate system undertake scientific work of practical, economic and national significance. The AAD also has responsibility for administering the Australian Antarctic Territory and the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands. The Antarctic Operations and Logistics Branch, plan, coordinate, facilitate and deliver operations for the Australian Antarctic program by safely resupplying and sustaining the Antarctic stations and building operational capacity to deliver future Antarctic Operations. The Operations Management Centre (OMC), as part of the AAD Operations & Logistics Branch, is responsible for the direction and coordination of program-wide operations and provides a year-round 24/7 incident management capability. The OMC is based in a state-of-the-art operations room located at AAD Headquarters. The key duties of the position include Key duties will include, but are not limited to: gathering, assessing and disseminating information from diverse sources across all of the AAD, DCCEEW and other Whole of Government agencies supporting the Watch Supervisor in assembling and disseminating information between the OMC and deployed elements such as Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Stations, ships, aviation elements, expeditions and deep field camps supporting the Watch Supervisor in the development of high-quality briefing material to the General Manager, AAD Operations Branch, Departmental Executive, Ministerial Offices, external Programs and Agencies, other key stakeholders and delivery partners, such tasking which may include gathering information for talking points, assisting with short notice briefs or situation reports relating to Antarctic Operations contributing to the synchronisation and management of the Antarctic, sub-Antarctic and Southern Ocean operations and other activities, which includes working under the guidance of the Watch Supervisor to enable 24-hour coverage during certain periods (operations will dictate when these surge periods will occur) maintaining a complete and accurate list of notifiable incidents and critical information requirements in order to escalate issues and events to the Chief of Operations providing administrative support to the Watch Supervisor in the event of an incident; ensuring all incident management operations across the AAP are planned for, responded to and reported in a timely and well-coordinated manner in consultation with primary incident response stakeholders assisting the Watch Supervisor in coordinating response efforts for crisis in the area of AAD operations or other international events acting periodically in the Watch Supervisor role to provide management and oversight of the effective delivery of key OMC functions and services working closely with the Watch Supervisors to effectively coordinate the handover of OMC staff to ensure that continuous situational awareness and continuity of operations is maintained monitoring reporting tools and materials including AAD Common Operation Picture (COP); critical infrastructure, ICT systems, weather, communication lines for other National Antarctic Partners' and official AAD social media chat rooms and email systems. What you'll gain from the experience The successful applicants will work in a highly collaborative and professional team who provide critical support to nationally significant goals with a clear social and environmental impact. This role offers career development opportunities and operates in a supportive and inclusive culture in one of Australia's most unique government programs. You will gain an in-depth knowledge of the monitoring and delivery of operational activities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean (i.e. including vessel movements for station resupply, cargo and transport aircraft operations and major field activities) against season, station and project plans for the Australian Antarctic Program. You will also gain training and experience in Australian Government incident response processes and protocols. For detailed information about the job-specific capabilities for this role, please view the Job Description which can be downloaded from our website - the Apply Now link will take you there.
