Operations Manager | Full-time Temporary with a Possibility of Permanency

Closes: 12 December 2025

Classification: Ambulance Manager Level 2
Salary: $153,569 - $161,467 plus superannuation
Position No: 21966
Directorate: Justice and Community Safety
Advertised (Gazettal date): 01 December 2025
Contact Officer: Rebecca Lundy on [email protected] or (02) 6207 6692

Details: ACT Ambulance Service (ACTAS) is seeking applications for successful inclusion in a merit pool, with possibility of permanency, for the role of Operations Manager.

Operations Managers are an integral part of the ACTAS Leadership team. They are responsible for staff leadership, support and management as well as the accountability and oversight of diverse operational portfolios. This position requires work in both administrative and operational/command functions. Operations Managers belong to the ACTAS Ops team which is a people-focussed high-performing team reporting to the General Manager-Operations.

If you are seeking to enhance your leadership skills through a trauma-informed lens in a dynamic environment, we encourage you to put yourself forward for this opportunity.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.

Eligibility/Other requirements:

You must hold current AHPRA registration as a paramedic
You must hold an ACT or interstate equivalent driver's licence
You must hold an Authority to Practice at Ambulance Paramedic level or above with a minimum of five years' experience with the ability to deploy into operations
To be eligible for permanent or temporary employment with the ACT Public Service, you must be an Australian citizen, a permanent resident or hold a valid work visa.

Notes: This is a temporary position available from 22 December 2025 for at least three months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.

A merit pool with be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months. Selection may be based on application and referee reports only.

How to apply: To apply for this role, please submit a concise application (no more than two pages) addressing your strengths, experience and abilities referencing the Professional/Technical Skills and Knowledge and Behavioural Capabilities outlined in the Position Description.

Additionally, your application should include:

A current curriculum vitae
An application of no more than two pages as described above
Contact details for two recent professional referees
A copy of your AHPRA registration

Applications should be submitted .

Applicants should note that a Joint Selection Committee (JSC) established in accordance with the collective/enterprise agreement provisions will assess all applications for this position.

Where an offer of employment is for a fixed-term period, any related temporary contracts within the Territory will be issued in compliance with the requirements and applicable exceptions outlined in the Fair Work Act.

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This is a temporary position available from 22 December 2025 for at least three months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.