Safety Advisor

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Job no: 525332
Work type: full time
Location: Sydney, NSW
Categories: Estate / Facilities Management, Risk & Safety

About UNSW:
UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organisation with a diverse and talented community; a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. It’s the reason we’re one of the top 20 universities in the world and a member of Australia’s prestigious Group of Eight. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you’re in the right place.

Why Your Role Matters:
Estate Management (EM) provides a range of services and advice to all Faculties and Divisions on the Kensington campus as well as the sub-campuses. It does this by providing campus planning, infrastructure planning, development, construction, refurbishment, maintenance, and environmental management.

The Safety Advisor provides health and safety support across the EM Directorates. The position will support EM ensuring compliance with all applicable health and safety legislation to minimise the risk and prevent injuries in the workplace of all workers. The position plays a significant role in developing and fostering a positive health and safety culture in line with the UNSW Safety Strategy and implementing health and safety management systems that supports business operations.

The position reports to Senior Safety Manager, Estate Management and has no direct reports.

You’ll have strong stakeholder engagement skills and be systems minded with a demonstrated ability to positively lead and empower others, with the ability to build and maintain positive working relationships across UNSW and create a safe environment for everyone.

Extensive experience in a Workplace Health & Safety role (or similar) is required coupled with demonstrated work experience as a safety professional in complex organisations. Previous knowledge of the construction industry is desirable.

You will have experience in managing incident reports including incident investigation skills and the ability to work with teams to improve systems, processes and share lessons learnt with a focus on a enhancing a proactive safety culture.

Previous knowledge or training in the requirements of ISO 45001:2018 will be highly regarded. You will be able to understand and comply with legislation, develop and review policies and procedures in relation to contractor management.

In return, you’ll be working in a supportive team focused on continuously improving safety across all UNSW sites.

Further details can be found in a copy of the Position Description linked below or via https://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/

People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world.

Our benefits include:

For further details on the benefits, please visit https://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/lifestyle-benefits

To Apply: If this is of interest to you, please submit your application online: CV, Cover Letter and responses to the Skills and Experience outlined in the position description.

Sponsorship is not available for this role, full Australian working rights are required on application.

Contact: Amy Denney -Talent Acquisition Coordinator a.denney@unsw.edu.au

Please apply directly through the website, applications sent to the contact above will not be accepted.

Applications close: 11.55pm, 24th June 2024

Advertised: 07 Jun 2024 AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 24 Jun 2024 AUS Eastern Standard Time