Job Ad

Employment Type: Full-Time

Salary: $71,354 - $78,085

Closing Date: Monday, 23rd December 2024

You will work as part of a team of sworn and unsworn officers to establish and maintain a positive rapport between culturally specific communities and the QPS. The role of the Police Liaison Officer is to promote trust and understanding by assisting the community and Police to:

• Reduce and prevent crime
• Divert people from the criminal justice system
• Advise and educate Police officers on culture and cultural issues and
• Improve community knowledge of law and order issues and policing services

Are you the right person for the job? The below are questions that you should ask yourself if thinking about applying to be a Police Liaison Officer:

• Are you an effective communicator?
• Are you able to advise Police officers on cultural beliefs, needs and protocols of the community in which they work?
• Do you have the ability to establish and maintain communication between community and police?
• Do you have the ability to work as part of a team but also be an independent leader?

If successful you will become a member of the Queensland Police Service and you will enjoy a variety of benefits, including:

• Employment Security
• Competitive salary + generous superannuation and leave loading
• A diverse working culture
• Flexible working arrangements
• Career training and development

For further information on Police Liaison Officers, please click on the below link:
https://www.police.qld.gov.au/careers-with-the-qps/police-liaison-officers 

Please refer to the Applicant Guide on how to apply.

Your key accountabilities

As a First Nations Police Liaison Officer, you will assist in developing trust and understanding, between members of the Queensland Police Service and wider community, with particular focus to local First Nations communities.

We value diversity and are actively seeking candidates with varied backgrounds who can think differently and innovate.

In choosing the right person for this role we will consider what you have done previously - the knowledge, skills and experience you've built, your potential for development, and your personal qualities.

The core capability requirements for this role are:

• Contribute to organisational understanding of First Nations cultures.
• Assist police officers to communicate effectively with cultural appropriateness to members of the local community by providing advice on First Nations customs and protocols.
• Work with QPS members to identify opportunities to strengthen community engagement and the development of QPS crime prevention and early intervention strategies, that are culturally appropriate.
• Assist First Nations community members to access policing services and provide advice to QPS members on referral to other community services where necessary.
• Positively and proactively engage with First Nations Community Groups including other multicultural and multifaith community groups to identify and build community based and community led programs and initiatives.
• Identify and link key stakeholders across police, community and government agencies in support of community based/community led programs and/ or initiatives to improve community safety.

Role Requirements

Mandatory

• This is an identified position. It is a genuine occupational requirement that an Identified position be filled by a First Nations person as permitted by and arguable under Section 25, 104 and 105 of the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act (1991).

Other

• This position involves driving of QPS vehicles. The occupant of this position is required to hold a Queensland ‘C' class driver's licence or have the ability to acquire a driver's licence.
• This position requires wearing a Police Liaison Officer uniform and adherence to the QPS Code of Dress and Appearance.
• This position requires working to a set roster and may also involve weekend work and shift work to attend local festivals, and forums and to meet the policing needs of the local area - Shift penalties and overtime may apply.
• There are two permanent full-time positions available.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

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