At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead safety initiatives and drive cultural change in a dynamic youth justice environment.
- Company: Join the Victorian Public Service, committed to safety and wellbeing.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, superannuation, and a supportive team culture.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth and impact in a child-safe environment.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in youth justice while enhancing safety and wellbeing.
- Qualifications: Diploma in occupational health and safety with relevant industry experience.
The predicted salary is between 49500 - 60500 $ per year.
Utilise your expertise to provide support and advice to key stakeholders. Fixed term, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service. VPS Grade 6: $142,790 - $191,084 plus superannuation.
About the Business Unit
People, Safety and Culture (PSC) is the corporate and delivery team that support custodial business and its core functions span the breadth of workplace cultural and people matters, including human resource policy and strategy; organisational culture and change; recruitment, redeployment, and retention; performance and development; pay, benefits and workforce reporting; occupational health and safety management; and employment regulations. PSC support Youth Justice Custodial Services who aim to engage young people in change by addressing their offending behaviour and equipping them with the skills required for positive community participation, within a safe and secure environment.
About the Role
The Malmsbury Safety Manager role sits within Safety, Wellbeing and Compliance (SWC), a branch of the PSC in the Department of Justice and Community Safety (the department). The SWC branch provides process, systems, and services to support the department to meet its responsibilities under health and safety laws.
As the Safety Manager at Malmsbury Youth Justice Precinct you will provide a high level of advice and support to executive and senior leaders to drive cultural change and improve safety performance outcomes while delivering against strategic and operational objectives of the department.
Some of your duties will include:
- Provide leadership and direction toward the delivery of strategic safety and wellbeing initiatives working collaboratively with key partners to ensure a consistent departmental approach.
- Work collaboratively to identify process and performance gaps and influence senior executives and stakeholders in developing, promoting, implementing, and reviewing strategic initiatives that deliver a safety-first culture across the department.
- Demonstrate visible safety leadership by providing coaching and mentoring for the site's executive leadership group, frontline leaders, and staff in the resolution of complex operational problems.
About you
- Demonstrated comprehensive knowledge, understanding and experience in the application of OHS legislation, compliance codes, codes of practice and regulations.
- Relevant significant industry experience in occupational health and safety management systems.
- Demonstrated experience in the identification of OHS risks and developing, implementing and evaluating preventative strategies.
- Demonstrated expertise in consulting with senior leaders and managers in the delivery of key outcomes in health and safety, change management and related workplace improvement initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience in delivering cultural change in health, safety and wellbeing.
Qualifications
- Suitably qualified person with a minimum of diploma in occupational/workplace health and safety.
- A full and current driver's licence is required due to the need to work across different locations.
The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT: The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality.
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