Director Biosecurity Emergency Prep & Response
Core
Lead the state's capability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from biosecurity emergencies, setting policies, plans, and training under the NSW State Emergency Management Plan.
Role type
Director, Biosecurity Emergency Preparedness and Response
Builds
State-level biosecurity emergency response frameworks and incident management coordination
Domain
Government / Biosecurity / Emergency Management
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Strategic thinking, operational impact, broad leadership, multi-agency coordination, incident management structure navigation, cross-agency experience, people leadership, scaling coordination, reporting, communication, acting as interface between on-ground teams and senior executives, directing use of systems and technology, resilience under pressure
Preferred skills
Biosecurity subject knowledge, experience in state or Commonwealth government, service delivery, or centre-of-government settings
Responsibilities
Lead state's biosecurity emergency preparedness and response, represent Agriculture and Biosecurity Group on senior state and interdepartmental committees, set policies and plans for emergency response, coordinate large-scale incident management teams (45 to thousands of people), act as buffer and interface between on-ground incident management and senior executives/ministers' offices
Seniority
Director, Executive level
