An exciting opportunity for a Senior Health and Safety Consultant to join Human Resources Metro South Region based at Ipswich for a 12 months period. The successful applicant will support the region and schools in Workplace Health and Safety.

Job details

About Us:

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.

Your Role

Responsibilities include:

• Provide appropriate health and safety assistance to schools within a designated service area in keeping with departmental priorities.
• Coordinate the implementation of health and safety initiatives, strategies and programs to schools within a designated service area to meet departmental policy requirements and to improve overall organisational health, safety and wellbeing.
• Provide advice and report to management, both at the local and corporate level, on health and safety legislation and performance issues affecting schools within a designated service area.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of health and safety policies and initiatives.
• Monitor and interpret health and safety legislative developments and practices and disseminate this information to relevant departmental personnel. Contribute towards the planning and development of health and safety resources, training, workshops and presentations.
• Coordinate and deliver health and safety training, workshops and presentations that align with departmental strategies for improving school health and safety performance within a designated service area.
• Analyse injury statistics and WorkCover data to prioritise audit and inspection processes in schools within a designated service area.
• Utilise audit and inspection data to implement improved health and safety management systems in schools within a designated service area.
• Coordinate and review the investigation of serious accidents and incidents in schools within a designated service area in consultation with school staff, and facilitate the preparation of management reports on these issues.

About You

The Ideal Applicant will:

• Possess excellent communicaiton, stakeholder and engagement skills.
• Possess strongly developed knowledge and applicaiton of Health and Safety Legislation.
• Thrive as part of a hig perfomring team, contrubuting to team operational plans and strategies.
• Excellent interpersonal skills focussed on collaboration and can effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Possession of a Certificate IV in Workplace Health and SAfety would be an advantage.

Mandatory Requiremetns for the role -

• Drivers License as role requires daily and weekly travel between schools and department offices.

Interested? To Apply: 

• Please provide a resume and a one page cover letter stating your experience suitability for the role.

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

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department. 

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.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE). 

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.

• MSR628429_25T - Role Description (PDF, 239KB)
  Role Description
  
  Applicant Information Package (PDF, 245KB)
  Information Package for Applicants