Assistant Director Risk Assurance

EL 1 - $120,290 - $129,379 per annum plus superannuation
- People, Property and Security Division
- Adelaide, SA,Brisbane, QLD,Canberra, ACT,Melbourne, VIC,Sydney, NSW
- Lead Nationally Significant Projects: As an Assistant Director, you will drive impactful WHS risk assurance programs, shaping safety practices across the department while leading critical initiatives that enhance workplace safety and compliance.
- Strategic Influence and Growth: You will play a pivotal role in shaping the department’s WHS strategy, using your expertise to provide evidence-based advice and proactively address emerging safety risks, influencing future safety priorities.
- Collaborative Leadership: Lead a capable team, work closely with key stakeholders, and manage innovative WHS tools, such as the Evotix platform, ensuring effective safety management across the department.

**Who we are**
The People, Strategy, and Safety Branch is focused on developing and growing the department’s workforce. We ensure the right people, with the right skills, are in the right roles to meet our department’s goals. Our team works closely with business areas to provide guidance in key areas such as health and safety, workforce planning, diversity and inclusion, and leadership development.

Within the branch there are two dedicated Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) sections.
The WHS Enterprise team that leads our overall safety strategy and ensures we have a strong safety management system in place.

The WHS National Operations team where this role sits, works directly with our staff and stakeholders to implement this system and provide ongoing support on safety matters.

This is where you play an important role.
As an Assistant Director within the WHS Enterprise team, you will lead nationally significant projects that will assist with the development of key WHS risk assurance elements within our safety management system. You will have the opportunity to identify and drive work programs that are led with an evidence-based approach.

**The Job**
As the WHS Assistant Director Risk Assurance and Analytics, you will:

- Lead a small team to build capability and provide high-quality, evidence-based advice on complex WHS issues.
- Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, tailoring messages as needed, while building and maintaining key stakeholder relationships.
- Design and implement the WHS Risk Assurance Management Plan and Critical Risks Project, ensuring continuous monitoring and validation of workplace safety controls.
- Manage WHS software (Evotix), overseeing hazard and incident reporting, risk management, and audit processes.
- Analyse WHS trends to inform proactive safety campaigns and future priorities.
- Develop and monitor risk assurance initiatives, including WHS risk registers, and ensure timely completion of corrective actions from audits.
- Support WHS strategy by aligning risk assurance efforts with departmental goals and providing regular updates on progress.

**Please note**

that the merit pool established through this selection process, which is valid for a period of eighteen months from the date the vacancy was advertised in the Public Service Gazette, may also be used to fill future ongoing vacancies in the branch where the duties are of a similar nature.

**What are we looking for**
**Knowledge and Experience**
- Proven experience in hazard and risk management at both the enterprise and operational levels.
- Experience in developing and implementing WHS risk assurance programs, delivering pragmatic and tailored solutions.
- Minimum of five years’ experience in a WHS leadership or management role.
- Tertiary qualifications in health, risk management, or work health and safety would be highly regarded.