📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0769765
- Agency: Bureau of Meteorology
- Job Title: Aviation & Defence Coordinator
- Position Number: 60001123
- Classification: Executive Level 1
- Closing Date: Friday 05 June 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing
- Location: Hobart TAS, Adelaide SA, Brisbane QLD, Canberra
- Future Merit Locations: Various locations – ACT, Various locations – NSW,
- Salary: $121,755 – $132,713
- Office Arrangement: Flexible (Flexible working arrangements, including work from)
About Bureau of Meteorology
The Bureau of Meteorology is one of the few organisations that touches the lives of all Australians and all Australia, every day. The
Bureau works across Australia and remote islands, providing services from the Antarctic to beyond the equator, and from the Indian
Ocean to the Pacific. We are Australia’s national weather, climate and water agency, in the Agriculture, Water and Environment
portfolio of the Australian Government, operating under the authority of the Meteorology Act 1955 and the Water Act 2007. We
provide data, information, knowledge, insight and wisdom to help Australians prepare and respond to the realities of their natural
environment, including droughts, floods, fires, storms, tsunami and tropical cyclones. Our products and services include
observations, forecasts, analysis and advice covering Australia’s atmosphere, water, oceans and space environments. We
undertake focused scientific research in support of our operations and services. Through regular forecasts, warnings, monitoring
and advice, we provide one of Australia’s most fundamental and widely used public services. We have strong relationships with our
customers, partners and stakeholders in Australia, including the Australian Community and the emergency services sectors,
all-levels of Government, and focus sectors including aviation, agriculture, energy and resources, national security and water.
Duties
- The responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:
- Act as the central coordination point and primary liaison for Aviation and Defence
- stakeholders, ensuring clear, timely and consistent communication across all engagements.
- Represent Observing Systems and Operations at Aviation and Defence industry briefings as
- required.
- Coordinate activities, information flows and dependencies across internal teams and external
- partners, ensuring alignment to agreed priorities, processes and governance requirements.
- Support planning and delivery activities by building Aviation and Defence budgets and
- coordinating deliverables and scope, ensuring outcomes align with approved objectives,
- priorities and frameworks for the Aviation and Defence industries.
- Maintain accurate reporting, tracking and documentation using endorsed tools and
- templates, ensuring all artefacts comply with Bureau standards and contribute to continuous
- improvement.
- Facilitate effective crossteam collaboration by coordinating resources, supporting
- onboarding, managing workflow handovers and fostering strong working relationships to
- ensure the effective delivery of the annual Aviation and Defence CAPEX and OPEX
- observations programs.
- Coordinate service delivery activities across implementation, transition to operations and
- postimplementation phases, ensuring operational readiness and stakeholder awareness.
- Demonstrate compliance with Bureau work health and safety requirements and a strong
- commitment to APS Values, Employment Principles, the Code of Conduct and the Social
- Justice Strategy.
Eligibility / Notes
- Notes
- RecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbility scheme you will be invited to participate in further assessment
- activity for the vacancy if you choose to apply under the scheme; declare you have a disability; and meet the minimum
- requirements for the job. For more information visit: https://www.apsc.gov.au/recruitability. This initiative/program is only applicable
- where the successful applicant will be employed under the Public Service Act 1999. Similar conditions may apply when employed
- under other Acts. For clarification please contact the advertising agency.
How to Apply
Position Contact Karen Rowney, NA
Agency Recruitment Site https://bomcareers.nga.net.au/cp/
Applicants to vacancies notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette should be aware:
that the names of successful applicants will also be notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette
applicants found suitable may be offered similar employment opportunities by other Australian Public Service agencies
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