Are you passionate about Safety? Infrastructure Services Division, Infrastructure Safety, is seeking a temporary dedicated Senior Safety Advisor to work with schools in the North Coast Region.
You will provide safety advice to schools, regional and central office stakeholders across a range of infrastructure safety issues. This role can be located in Maroochydore or the Maryborough Regional Office.

Job details

This temporary vacancy is open to Expressions of Interest and any extensions to this appointment will not exceed 12 months. 

About the Department:

The Department of Education is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.

About the Opportunity:

As the Senior Safety Advisor, you will actively participate in teams and projects to undertake analysis, design, review and implementation of infrastructure safety related business activities, systems, policies, projects and programs of work. A current driver's license is mandatory as travel and overnight travel is a requirement of the role.

About You:

The Senior Safety Advisor will:

• Provide client focused safety advice to staff in schools, regional centres and other educational centres.
• Collaborate with staff across central office and regional facilities teams and Infrastructure Services Division to provide comprehensive field-based safety support service to clients.
• Participate in teams involved in the formulation of workable solutions for infrastructure safety related services issues that align to industry standards.
• Maintain effective communication and collaboration with internal and external networks to support departmental responses to safety issues and a best practice approach to implementing consistent processes.
• Provide high level advice, information and support services across a broad range of infrastructure safety related issues, with a strong focus on client centric facilities services and the provision of advice to staff in schools, regional teams and the wider community.
• Participate in project teams for the development, implementation, maintenance and review of programs, policies and procedures, to support the strategic direction of the department for a range of infrastructure and planning related issues.

It would be highly desirable for our ideal applicant to possess the following attributes:

• An infrastructure safety background or safety background and/or relevant qualifications, project skills and a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position. 

Interested? To Apply: 

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history);
• Attach a maximum 1-page response to the key selection criteria outlining your skills and experience including relevant examples to evidence your claims.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive. 

Applicants need to be a current Queensland Government employee to be eligible to apply. 

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted. 

When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.

The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies. 

Further information

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

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached role description and candidate information fact sheet and follow the instructions.

Documents

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

• CO643045_25E - Role Description (PDF, 177KB)
  Role Description
  
  Applicant Information Package (PDF, 245KB)
  Information Package for Applicants