We are seeking a proactive and knowledgeable Workplace Health and Safety Coordinator to provide health, safety and wellbeing support to our school staff.

This is an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution and use your workplace health and safety expertise to make a practical difference across our school community. You'll work with a diverse range of people and contribute to safer, healthier and more supportive workplaces for staff and students.

The successful applicant will be confident working with a range of stakeholders, able to identify and respond to emerging risks, and committed to continuous improvement and a positive workplace safety culture.

If you're committed to continuous improvement and enjoy working collaboratively to solve problems, manage risk and support people, we'd love to hear from you.

Job details

About us:

Woodridge State High School celebrates a strong sense of community and is reflective of the multicultural Logan region. We are especially proud of the ways in which we celebrate richness and diversity in student backgrounds. Our campus now educates approximately 1400 students from over 60 cultural backgrounds.

Our school is at the forefront of community leadership, addressing the needs of our diverse community through advocacy, educational, professional and social networks and services. As a school, we value the education of students to make informed choices about themselves, their future, and the world around them.

It is the vision of Woodridge State High School to provide a thriving, agile teaching and learning environment, leading our community to be empowered, connected and futures focused - Empowered, Resilient... World Changing!

Your opportunity:

• Continuously improve the local implementation of the department's Health, Safety and Wellbeing Management System (HSWMS) to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and industry best practices.
• Provide support to the nominated schools in health and safety including risk management, incident reporting and review and the rehabilitation and return to work coordination of ill or injured staff.

Responsibilities:

• Provide health, safety and wellbeing advice and support to school leadership and staff.
• Strengthen workplace health and safety practices and ensure compliance with the HSWMS.
• Conduct and support audits, inspections, emergency preparedness and hazard control activities.
• Support injured or ill staff through rehabilitation and return to work processes.
• Monitor WHS data to identify emerging risks and recommend improvements.
• Deliver training, inductions and awareness activities to promote a positive safety culture.
• Support the management and reporting of occupational violence and aggression incidents.
• Prepare reports, correspondence and recommendations for school leadership and HSW committees.
• Provide advice and compliance support for building fire safety, including Fire Safety Advisor duties.
• Coordinate health and safety responses and reporting during critical incidents.

Please refer to the Role Description for a full list of responsibilities and mandatory requirements.

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 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description.
• Attach evidence of the mandatory requirements outlined in the attached role description 

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.

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 Applicant Information Package and follow the instructions.

Documents

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

• SER702042_26T - Role Description (PDF, 298KB)
  Role Description
  
  Application Information Package (PDF, 285KB)
  Information Package for Applicants