Director Fire Communications (FCD) QFD Fire Communications (20860)

Queensland Fire Department

Status

PermanentFull-time

Classification : FCDIR

Salary :

175419.40-$175419.40perannum

Region / Directorate :

State Operations Directorate

Work Unit :

QUEENSLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT

Location : Kedron

Closing Date :

Midnight Sunday 15 June 2025

Reference No : QFD / 20860 / 25

Current Queensland Fire Department employees and volunteers must apply via their internal careers site

About us

The Queensland Fire Department (QFD) provides fire prevention preparedness and response services to fire in the built and landscape environments as well as scientific and specialist capabilities to Queensland communities. The QFD provides a multi-hazard emergency response including road crash rescue bushfire hazardous material technical and vertical rescue severe weather incidents remote and swiftwater rescue and provides a number of functions supporting community safety outcomes.

The department encompasses Queensland Fire and Rescue (QFR) Rural Fire Service Queensland (RFSQ) as well as the broader department which work together to pre-empt prevent mitigate and manage the consequences of fires and other emergencies on Queensland communities and support our large volunteer membership across the state.

The QFD is an organisation that is committed to reframing the departments relationship with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples communities and organisations through activities identified in the QFD Reframing the Relationship Plan contributing to Closing the Gap outcomes and building our cultural capability.

Purpose of the role

State Operations provides a diverse range of shared organisational and specialist capabilities to the QFDs frontline services to enhance cooperation and collaboration across QFD operations with a particular focus on how QFD comes together before during and after an emergency. The QFD Fire Communications Branch manages and coordinates frontline communication services by administering and delivering operational communications capabilities and value that benefits QLD community and the department.

Reporting to the Assistant Commissioner State Operations Directorate you will lead and manage the functions of the QFD Fire Communications Branch; and in cooperation with other State Operations Directorate (SOD) Branches work collaboratively with key business teams across QFD and other industry stakeholders with a focus on sustaining and improving the planning readiness and safe provision of operational services to the community. You will lead manage and drive strategic public safety operational communications capabilities for the department and represent QFD at various state and national working groups to create negotiate sustain and improve public safety communications and initiatives on behalf and for QFD and its operational service streams.

Key requirements

Applicants wishing to be appointed to a position of Director Fire Communications must provide evidence of or successfully completed the following :

Mandatory requirements

• A current valid Blue Card (from Blue Card Services)
• Experience in leading emergency service related triple zero operational communications centres.
• Operational qualifications relevant to an emergency service triple zero operational communications centre (e.g. Certificate III or Certificate IV in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations); or similar).

Highly desirable requirements

Special requirements

Your key accountabilities

The Director Fire Communications is required to lead by example and model QFD values and behaviours in the delivery of the responsibilities of the role which include but is not limited to :

Capabilities

To determine your suitability for the role you will be assessed on the following Leadership Competencies for Queensland behavioural profiles that link to the key accountabilities for this role :

Leadership Competency Stream Program Leader (leading teams and / or projects)

Vision

Results

Accountability

Once you join us we will want you to exemplify the QFD shared values :

To find out more about the behaviours and competencies required for this role visit Leadership competencies for Queensland For government Queensland Government

Want more information

Please contact Matthew Bulow Assistant Commissioneron phoneor

You can also visit our website to find out more information about joining our team.

How to apply

Please refer to the QFD Operational Officer Application Guidefor information on how to apply for this role.

The Director Fire Co mmunications - written application pack MUST be used in this process and submitted with your application in Nexus.

Required Experience :

Director

Key Skills

Crisis Management,Marketing,Public Relations,Fundraising,Media Relations,Constant Contact,Strategic Planning,Social Media Management,Team Management,Public Speaking,Wordpress,Writing Skills

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 175419 - 175419