POSITION DESCRIPTION Title: Security and Emergency Management Specialist Position Reports To: Group Manager Business Resilience Position Type: Employee Division: Stakeholder Relations and Corporate Services 1 POSITION PURPOSE The purpose of the Security and Emergency Management Specialist position is to provide strategic security and emergency management advice, document processes and assist with resolving emergency management and security concerns, to ensure Powerlink is prepared for and able to effectively and efficiently respond to any of the wide range of hazards that may disrupt its operations. 2 ORGANISATIONAL CHART

Group Manager Business Resilience

Business Continuity Advisor

Information Security Manager

Security and Emergency

Management Specialist

3 ORGANISATIONAL ENVIRONMENT Powerlink Queensland is a government-owned corporation that owns, operates, develops and maintains the high voltage electricity transmission network across Queensland. Our vision is that we are a safe, commercial and performance focused organisation that creates and delivers valued outcomes. Our mission is to responsibly deliver transmission services that are valued by consumers, customers and the National Electricity Market. We have a talented workforce that is empowered to continue improving our already vibrant workplace culture and environment. We place high importance on our people, the environment, working safely and delivering high performance outcomes through behaving in a way that is safe, respectful, proactive, ethical and cooperative Powerlinks corporate values. The Security and Emergency Management Specialist forms part of the Business Resilience group in the Stakeholder Relations and Corporate Services division. The main role of the Business Resilience group is to develop and implement strategy and processes that support Powerlinks ability, as a critical infrastructure provider, to prepare for and effectively and efficiently recover from major business disruptions.

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4 ACCOUNTABILITIES Leadership Accountabilities (Individual Leadership)

Work with immediate manager to develop SMART individual performance and behavioural targets, ensuring that required outcomes and alignment to broader team goals are clearly understood.

Monitor and measure achievement of performance and behavioural objectives through regular discussions with immediate manager, proactively seeking feedback and support to ensure expectations are met.

Clearly communicate input requirements from others and seek to understand questions or concerns, facilitating problem solving to ensure outcomes meet business requirements.

Proactively develop and maintain constructive working relationships with team members and key stakeholders, working collaboratively to achieve mutual business outcomes.

Follow and role-model Powerlink business processes and policy expectations to ensure that required outcomes are achieved in accordance with organisational expectations.

Take personal responsibility for understanding and following safety policies and practices, demonstrating personal engagement with safety and proactively identifying risks and hazards (to immediate manager) to continuously improve Powerlinks safety performance.

Role Specific Accountabilities

Ensure Powerlinks emergency management framework and supporting systems are implemented across the organisation effectively, and maintain a program of continuous monitoring improvement to ensure Powerlinks emergency response preparedness;

Facilitate the development of emergency management plans across Powerlinks key business functions through engagement with stakeholders to ensure plans support corporate objectives and reflect the threats faced by Powerlink;

Control and coordinate the development, management and monitoring of a security management framework to ensure that Powerlinks protective security arrangements support overall organisational resilience priorities;

Perform vulnerability identification, risk analysis, and assessments of evolving physical security threats and information security threats to develop and coordinate vulnerability reduction measures to ensure Powerlink employees, information, and property are not compromised or subjected to deliberate actions by unauthorized individuals.

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6 SELECTION CRITERIA Qualifications Essential

Degree level qualifications in a field relevant to emergency management, business continuity management or security management, or lesser qualification/s coupled with demonstrated experience applicable to emergency management and/or security.

Previous Work Background/Environment Essential

Implementation of protective security arrangements using a risk informed, intelligence lead approach in a medium to large sized organisation.

Practical application of the all hazards approach to emergency management in the development of frameworks, standards and processes supporting organisational resilience.

Desirable Leading or managing emergency management or response teams. Application of knowledge to the utilities, industrial or other critical infrastructure

provider. Previous exposure to information security management.

Demonstrated Technical Skills Essential

Demonstrated use of contemporary risk management practices and their application to security and emergency management.

Demonstrated practical application of emergency management systems, methodologies, standards and relevant legislation.

Demonstrated experience in the development and implementation of incident management standards, procedures and practices.

Demonstrated ability in applying protective security management frameworks, standards and procedure in a medium sized organisation.

Desirable

Demonstrated experience in the application of business continuity management,

including the conduct of Business Impact Assessments and Risk Assessments. Applied knowledge of information security management concepts.

Demonstrated Behavioural Skills

Demonstrated personal responsibility for understanding and following safety policies and practices, demonstrating personal engagement with safety by proactively identifying risks and hazards (to immediate manager).

Able to work in an autonomous manner in order to meet customer requirements and key performance indicators.

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Well-developed written and oral communication skills and the ability to liaise with a

range of stakeholders across all levels (internally and externally) Able to manage and shift priorities as required, and incorporate new approaches to

adapt to changing business needs. The ability to research, analyse and evaluate issues in order to effectively respond to

and resolve problems. Identify options, select the best approach and implement actions that overcome problems.

Motivational Fit This role would suit a person motivated by:

Accountability: Desiring roles that carry a high level of accountability Co-operation between Functional Areas: Liking an environment where there are

lots of opportunities for cross functional co-operation Challenge & Complexity: Finding satisfaction in handling difficult tasks

7 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS The job requires the incumbent to:

Work at a computer workstation Makes critical decisions Travel (domestic, vehicle) Travel and work away from home for short periods On-call roster Ability to participate in Emergency Response

These requirements may change from time to time

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