About this role
Senior Communications Officer
Ongoing Full-Time Newcastle
About us
The NSW Police Force (NSWPF) is one of the largest police forces in the western world, with more than 20,000 employees, including more than 4,000 administrative employees who support the sworn officers that provide a range of law and order services 24 hours a day, seven days a week to the socially, geographically and culturally diverse community of NSW.
About the role
We have an opportunity for a Senior Communications Officer to be part of our Radio Operations Group, Technology and Communication Services Command. The Senior Communications Officer is responsible for providing situational leadership to a work group of Communications Officers to task, coordinate and monitor the activities of police resources responding to incidents. The role also processes urgent and non-urgent telephone calls providing timely information to operational police to enable appropriate action to be taken.
Joining NSWPF as a Senior Communications Officer you obtain: Completion of Communication Officer training course; Attainment of Communications Officer fourth year increment;
Completion of Leadership in the Workplace training course or equivalent skills and qualifications.
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What we can offer you
At NSWPF our people have access to a range of benefits that help balance life at work and at home. Some of the benefits available when you join the NSWPF include: competitive salary; flexible work options; opportunity to purchase leave; annual leave loading; corporate wellbeing programs including seminars and the Fitness Passport; free annual influenza vaccination; and salary packaging options via superannuation contributions or a novated vehicle lease.