Principal Advisor, Health And Safety

The role

Reporting to the Director Safety Policy and Assurance your role will be responsible for proactively monitoring organisational health and safety performance, current research, emerging issues and industry trends to identify and develop innovative best practice initiatives and ensure legislative and policy compliance to address key WHS risks across the health system. The role will have a particular focus on safety management and policy development, assurance and performance reporting.

The successful person

• You will have demonstrated
• A record of achievement in developing, implementing, evaluating and continually improving strategic organisation-wide health, safety and wellbeing management systems and strategies within complex environments.
• Highly developed analytical and problem-solving skills with the proven ability to analyse performance data and provide strategic advice and reports to drive systems improvement.
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with the proven ability to establish and maintain productive working relationships and effectively liaise and collaborate with a range of stakeholders to facilitate their cooperation and support to achieve desired outcomes.

About us

The Department of Health is responsible for the overall management of the public health system in Queensland. We are an organisation that strongly believes in the need to work with people who value the goals of our organisation and who will thrive in our workplace. Working at the Department of Health is about making a difference.

The Health and Safety Unit partners with stakeholders across Queensland Health to provide strategic and statewide leadership and guidance on all matters pertaining to work health, safety and wellbeing (WHSW), including : designing policy architecture to enable and inform the delivery of operational health and safety services, workplace rehabilitation and wellbeing initiatives; provide expert advice to the organisation and operational health and safety teams on the identification and management of physical and psychosocial hazards and risks for the workplace; providing specialist advice and services to Hospital and Health Services (HHSs); monitoring, evaluation and compliance; maintaining close relationships with key partners including HR, Risk and Governance, Legal, and Patient Safety teams.

How to apply