Job Description

Coastal Safety Officer

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Aug 24

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Support Queensland's Lifesaving Mission as a Coastal Safety Officer!

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Do you thrive in a role where organisation, data, compliance, and administration come together to make a real difference?

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Surf Life Saving Queensland (SLSQ) is seeking a highly organised and motivated Coastal Safety Officer to support the delivery of lifesaving services across Queensland. Working within our Lifesaving Services team, you'll play a vital role in ensuring the accuracy of operational reporting, coordinating grant programs, maintaining quality management systems, and supporting public safety initiatives that help save lives along our coastline.

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This is an exciting opportunity to combine your administration, reporting, and stakeholder engagement skills with meaningful work that supports one of Queensland's most respected community organisations.

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Why SLSQ?

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- Contribute to anorganisationthat saves lives!
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- Increaseyour take home pay with Salary Packaging
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- Paidparentalleave available
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- Membership to Fitness Passport
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- Employeeassistanceprogram EAP for health and wellbeing
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- Convenient office location in South Brisbane
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- Flexible and hybrid working options
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- Mobile phone
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- Onsite parking
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What You'll Do:

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- Coordinating operational, statistical, accreditation, and compliance reporting
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- Supporting quality management systems, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives
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- Coordinate grant administration, funding records, acquittals, and reporting processes
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- Identifying and supporting grant funding opportunities
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- Maintaining critical operational databases, records, and documentation
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- Assisting with coastal risk audits and the analysis of safety data
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- Preparing reports, briefing notes, presentations, correspondence, and meeting documentation
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- Supporting Brisbane Lifesaving Service training programs, meetings, and events
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- Collaborating with stakeholders across the organisation to support public safety outcomes
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About You:

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- A current Blue Card (or ability to obtain one)
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- A current drivers license
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- Robust administrative and organisational skills
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- Experience preparing reports, minutes, presentations, and correspondence
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- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
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- Experience working with compliance, governance, quality assurance, or audit processes
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- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
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- The ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines
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- Experience handling confidential and sensitive information professionally
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- Quality Management qualifications and/or experience (highly regarded)
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- Experience with grants administration (highly regarded)
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- Surf lifesaving or emergency services experience (highly regarded)
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About SLSQ:

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Surf Life Saving Queensland is a dynamic, purpose‐driven organisation committed to saving lives and building safer communities. Established in 1930, SLSQ now supports:

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- 36,000+ members
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- 57 surf lifesaving clubs
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- 600+ staff
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- Programs reaching 462,000+ community participants annually
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Our proud history is built on volunteer dedication, communityengagementand a lifelong commitment to beach safety.

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Surf Life Saving Queensland (SLSQ) is committed to creating a fair, inclusive, and representative organisation. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse individuals, people who identify as LGBTQIA+ and people with disability. We are proud to be recognised as an employer of choice for women by Work180.

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SLSQ HR Team

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Phone:

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Email: [email protected]

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📌 Coastal Safety Officer (Queensland)
🏢 Surf Life Saving Queensland
📍 Queensland