Safety Manager

**Utilise your health and safety expertise to**provide operational and strategic safety advice and support to executives and senior leaders**within Tobacco Licensing Victoria.**:

- **2yr Fixed Term opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team.**:

- **VPS Grade 6: $138,631 - $185,518 plus superannuation.**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is seeking a Safety Manager to provide a critical role within Tobacco Licensing Victoria (TLV).

**About the Business Unit**

The Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) provides a range of government programs and services focused on improving community safety, victim services, regulatory services and crime prevention, and building strong collaboration across the justice system. Located in the Integrity, Regulation and Legal Services (IRLS) group, TLV has been established to deliver the Government's commitment to implement a tobacco regulation and licensing scheme.

**About the Role**

Reporting to the Manager, Compliance and Enforcement, the Safety Manager will oversee critical functions including:

- Designing, implementing, overseeing and continuously improving TLV's safety framework.
- Embedding safety into daily operations, ensuring compliance with legislative obligations, and driving the continuous improvement of all operational safety activities.
- Providing guidance and advice in partnership with the executive, senior leaders, staff and Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs) to improve safety performance

This role operates within a matrix structure, involving both direct and functional (dotted line) reporting relationships to Safety, Wellbeing and Compliance.

As the Safety Manager some of your duties will include:

- Develop required documentation including procedures, risk assessments, risk registers.
- Lead and upskill teams to produce high quality timely Incident Investigations by identifying root causes, and robust controls.
- Develop practical tools and resources for supervisors and workers to support safe work practices.
- Monitor and report on safety metrics, including hazards, incidents, inspections and actions.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

**About you**

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- 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**
- Diploma (or equivalent) in occupational/workplace health and safety.
- A full and current driver's license is required due to the need to work across different locations.

**How to Apply**

**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. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.