Health and Safety Advisor

2 weeks ago


Brisbane, Australia Queensland Police Service Full time

The AO5 Health and Safety roles are fundamental to workplace engagement, workforce capability building and WHS compliance and advisory services for designated localised QPS business units. While Health and Safety Advisors work within local business support units, they are part of the centralised QPS Safety Group which includes senior, principal and manager level WHS practitioners. There are distinct career paths within the Safety Group enhanced by further opportunities to move across to related areas within health and wellbeing, and elsewhere within the Service, depending on your qualifications and experience.
Our Team (Where You Will Be Working)
These roles are part of the state-wide Safety Group. While the positions may be based locally, functional oversight and support is provided through your Brisbanebased team.
You'll have the opportunity to professionally develop on the job as you work within a state-wide team of specialists in safety governance and compliance, psychosocial safety and WHS risk management.
Your key accountabilities

**The core capability requirements for this role are**:
Coordinate a broad range of health and safety activities throughout the Region/Command/Corporate Services including consultative processes and networks, workplace inspections, organisational audits, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Develop and implement local strategies, systems, and procedures in support of strategic QPS health and safety policies and initiatives.
Coordinate the identification and assessment of workplace hazards, conduct risk assessments, and develop control strategies to address potential hazards to the health and safety of members.
Facilitate and/or conduct incident and accident investigations and investigation management.
Prepare submissions, reports, briefings, and other relevant documentation relating to health and safety issues and initiatives.
Provide advice and support to managers and staff on all aspects of health and safety, including the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and Regulation 2011, the Safer and Healthier Workplaces Initiative, and other relevant Acts, Regulations, Codes of Practice and Standards.
Develop, coordinate, and deliver health and safety training programs and information products to regional personnel.
Coordinate the collection, recording and analysis of health and safety data to produce recommendations and reports to regional management.

**Role Requirements**:
**Mandatory**:
C Class drivers' license and intrastate travel is a requirement of this position.

**Qualification**:
While a qualification is not essential, a relevant qualification in health and safety would be highly regarded.

**Other**:
The successful applicant may be required to participate in a 24 hour on-call roster.
Applications will remain current for 12 monthsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.



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