This role offers the opportunity to apply your analytical expertise to drive real-world impact in workplace safety and wellbeing across Queensland. You'll lead targeted initiatives that raise industry awareness and support healthier, safer working environments.

Drawing on your ability to critically analyse complex data and identify emerging trends, you'll develop evidence-based strategies that respond to key issues in Work Health and Safety (WHS). This is more than data interpretation — it’s about applying insight to shape strategic action. Your contributions will directly support the Office of Industrial Relations’ (OIR) mission to ensure Queensland’s workers, industries, and communities are healthy, safe, fair, and productive.

Job details

Why work with us?

Joining the Office of Industrial Relations (OIR) means contributing to meaningful, state-wide improvements in workplace health, safety, and wellbeing. As part of a high-impact team, you'll play a key role in shaping safer, healthier working environments across Queensland.

You'll be supported by a collaborative and values-driven workplace, where innovation, evidence-based thinking, and stakeholder engagement are at the forefront of our approach. You'll also gain access to professional development opportunities and structured support, including resources to manage exposure to sensitive or distressing content. OIR is committed to your wellbeing, with
professional supervision and employee assistance services available to support you in the role.

Flexibility is key to our operations, and we may ask you to take on alternative duties or work in different locations—on a temporary or ongoing basis—to respond to emerging priorities across our services.

About the Role

As Principal Advisor, Industry and Engagement, you'll join the Specialised Health Safety Services (SHSS) directorate's Industry Engagement team, working with limited supervision to lead initiatives that improve industry awareness and promote safer, healthier workplaces throughout Queensland.

You'll engage with a wide range of stakeholders—from internal OIR teams to external industry representatives, unions, and academics—to design and deliver strategic, evidence-informed interventions and engagement programs. Your work will directly support OIR's strategic objectives and drive change where it matters most.

Key responsibilities:

• Support strategic direction in the planning, design, implementation and evaluation of evidence-informed innovative, industry interventions and engagement programs.
• Provide high-level project management and leadership to ensure programs are responsive, effective, efficient delivered on time, within budget and to stated quality standards.
• Contribute to the implementation of WHS strategy frameworks in collaboration with OIR's technical, policy and inspectorate work units to achieve OIR's strategic objectives.
• Support development of capability frameworks for the effective delivery of strategy and workplace advisory programs, within the SHSS Directorate.
• Contributes to the development of legislation and standards for enhancing the systematic management of health and safety within priority industries and hazard areas.
• Support the delivery of customer-driven, innovative, and effective health and safety advisory services which assist priority businesses to manage health and safety and injury management outcomes effectively and practically.
• Leverage program outcomes to promote the return-on-investment benefits of workplace health and safety, injury management and safety culture and leadership.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders by managing relationships with OIR partners, industry and employee representatives, academics, other WHS jurisdictions and other stakeholder to create collaborations and partnership opportunities.
• Prepare complex project management and technical reports, correspondence, and high-level briefs as directed.
• Oversee monitoring and evaluation frameworks to report on strategy, programs and initiatives within the scope of the role.

For further detail on the key responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached role description or contact us directly for a confidential discussion.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Job Ad Reference: QLD/647909/25

Closing Date: Thursday, 24th July 2025

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

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Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• 647909 25 - Role Description (Word, 388KB)
  
  
  647909 25 - OIR Applicant Guide (PDF, 298KB)