Workplace Health and Safety Advisor

About the School

Pacific Pines State High School is a rapidly growing, friendly and safe school with world class facilities where strong relationships exist between staff, parents and students. We believe that these relationships underpin the teaching and learning journey which in turn creates a strong, positive school culture.

At Pacific Pines State High School, we instil a sense of personal and collective integrity in our students which will serve them well throughout their lives. In conjunction with our families, we nurture our students with a sense of purpose and a clear set of behavioural standards and lifelong values.

About the Role

As the WPH&S Officer you will play a pivotal role in fostering a strong safety culture across our school. Your role will involve delivering expert advice and guidance on WH&S matters, ensuring the safety and well-being of every student and team member. You will focus on implementing practical and effective safety systems while working closely with our Executive team & HSR's to identify, address and resolve hazards and risks. We are looking for someone who can not only identify hazards and risks but also take proactive steps to resolve them in collaboration with our school.

Key responsibilities include:
Provide advice to management on all matters pertaining to the prevention of accidents, a wide range of hazard identification and control, promotion of health and safety, environmental and risk issues as they relate to students, staff and contractors.
Conduct proactive risk assessments and inspections to identify any hazards and unsafe or unsatisfactory workplace health and safety conditions and practices.
Develop, promote and coordinate appropriate training on various health and safety topics that will develop awareness and compliance with legislative and departmental health and safety.
Develop, revise and maintain effective communication links with the Workplace Health and Safety Committee by providing regular reports and feedback on activities including prevention of accidents, promotion of health and safety, risk issues and emergency procedures.
Facilitate the school's Workplace Health and Safety network through the following processes:
Organise four Workplace Health and Safety Committee meetings per year.
Perform Secretariat duties for the Committee meetings
Organise professional development opportunities within the meetings
Provide advice and support on departmental Workplace Health, Safety and Wellbeing procedures, guidelines and other resources.
Carry out and report on inspections to ensure safe work practices and environments are maintained, undertake the evaluation of the use of safety equipment and chemicals and develop and implement emergency procedures.

Skills and Experience

Are you self-motivated with a genuine passion for promoting and fostering a safety-first culture?
Do you have a strong understanding of WHS legislation (including how it applies within a school environment) and a proven ability to develop, implement, and monitor safety systems?
Are you an excellent communicator with the ability to collaborate across teams, influence school behaviour and provide clear & practical guidance on WHS matters?

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

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 1-page written statement in response to 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.

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).

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