Job Details

Officer

As a RAAF Security Police Officer (SECPOLO) you will be responsible for the command, leadership and management of Security Police (SECPOL) under your command. Other responsibilities include the following:

• Military law enforcement including the investigation of offences;
• Security risk management, including security risk assessments, vulnerability assessments and the preparation of security risk mitigation strategies;
• Protective security measures in support of air power; and
• Emergency response for major incidents such as aircraft crashes and physical threats to Air Force assets.

A SECPOLO may be employed in the following duties:

• As a Base Security Officer on a RAAF Base responsible for the management of base security resources and the Base Security Flight/Section, which may comprise:
  • SECPOL including Military Working Dog and Security and Law Enforcement personnel;
  • Supervision of Ground Defence Training staff; and
  • Oversight of contracted access control.
• As a specialist staff officer at higher level headquarters in Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin and Canberra;
• As an officer working in a non-specialist area; and
• As an officer working within the Australian Defence Force Investigation Service.

Officer (Reserve)

As a RAAF Security Police Officer (SECPOLO) you will be responsible for the command, leadership and management of Security Police (SECPOL) under your command. Other responsibilities include the following:

• Military law enforcement including the investigation of offences;
• Security risk management, including security risk assessments, vulnerability assessments and the preparation of security risk mitigation strategies;
• Protective security measures in support of air power; and
• Emergency response for major incidents such as aircraft crashes and physical threats to Air Force assets.

SECPOLO duties are at times arduous, placing you under high levels of physical and mental stress not often encountered in civilian life, therefore you must maintain a high level of personal physical fitness. You may be required to work long and irregular hours often over an extended period in varied conditions and locations.

A SECPOLO may be employed in the following duties:

• As a Base Security Officer on a RAAF Base responsible for the management of base security resources and the Base Security Flight/Section, which may comprise:
  • SECPOL including Military Working Dog and Security and Law Enforcement personnel;
  • Supervision of Ground Defence Training staff; and
  • Oversight of contracted access control.
• As a specialist staff officer at higher level headquarters in Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin and Canberra;
• As part of the Reserve Airbase Protection Flight; and
• As an officer working in a non-specialist area.