Why YOU are important to us and what impact will you have on the Biosecurity Plant and Science Services Division and the departments' goal. We protect Australia's plant health to support trade, the economy, and the environment. Our division provides scientific advice, diagnostics, biosecurity training, and risk assessments. We enable safe plant imports, strengthen systems, and engage stakeholders. Surveillance and response are conducted at national entry points and approved sites, including northern Australia. We work closely with communities and Indigenous rangers to manage biosecurity risks, including in the Torres Strait. The Post-Entry Quarantine Group (PEQ) manages the quarantine of high-risk plants and animals at the Mickleham Facility near Melbourne. Purpose-built for species like horses, cats, dogs, birds, and bees, the facility ensures compliance with import regulations. In collaboration with scientists and veterinarians, PEQ safeguards the health and welfare of all arrivals throughout their quarantine period. The role of the response and operational safety Manager, located at the Post Entry Quarantine Facility at Mickleham, is to lead and manage response and safety activities across high-risk biosecurity operations. These activities include, risk assessments, hazard and incident management, business continuity response including coordination of corrective actions. The successful applicant will be driven, capable, resilient, and adaptable with flexible approaches to problem solving and demonstrate innovative leadership managing staff in a regulatory environment to achieve departmental service delivery goals. The key duties of the position include This is where you play an important role. Key duties of Manager - response and operational safety , include, but are not limited to: lead and manage a programme of work relating to safety and response activities to enable the effective delivery of biosecurity services related to animal and plant imports at the PEQ lead risk assessment activities, working with colleagues to ensure actions are completed. Promote the identification of hazards and work across site to manage incidents minimising safety risks lead business continuity activities, including coordination of exercises and working closely with the executive team on implementing response actions coordinate response actions for property maintenance in ensuring continuity of operations continually monitor and review practices and processes to ensure effectiveness and efficiency to assist in strategic planning and business improvement initiatives acquire relevant technical knowledge and ensure you apply relevant legislative requirements, financial and administrative frameworks to ensure your team complies with these requirements build capability through coaching, personal development and training opportunities performance feedback, conflict resolution and encourage career development making decisions relating to biosecurity requirements under the Biosecurity Act 2015 promote and ensure adherence to department Core 4 values, APS Values, Employment Principles and Code of Conduct while managing diversity and inclusion promote and ensure compliance with departmental WHS and Rehab policies and guidelines; and be alert for and report risks to WHS connect and participate in the Leadership networks across the South-East region and PEQ effectively communicate and liaise with internal and external stakeholders to achieve successful biosecurity outcomes the ability to gather, understand and interpret complex operational and technical matters and resolve problems, including providing advice prioritising tasks, adapting to changing priorities and making effective use of resources to ensure service delivery standards are met fostering a culture of safety, diversity, inclusiveness, positive attendance and high performance. Please note: This recruitment process will initially be used to fill one ongoing (permanent) vacancy . The merit pool established through this selection process, which is valid for a period of eighteen months from the date the vacancy was advertised in the Public Service Gazette, may also be used to fill future ongoing vacancies in the branch where the duties are of a similar nature.
