Health and Safety Adviser

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Department of Justice and Community Safety

**Salary**: $103,920 - $125,735

Occupation: Construction

Reference: VG/D00904_SEP

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.

The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.

For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers

We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?

**About the Community Safety Building Authority**

The Community Safety Building Authority (CSBA) within the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS) has been established to design, procure, build and upgrade the infrastructure needed to keep communities safe.

CSBA provides end-to-end project development, management and delivery of Victoria's new prisons, youth justice centres, court and custody facilities, emergency services facilities and public safety features such as pedestrian walkway bollards and CCTV networks. As well as delivering new infrastructure CSBA modernises, expands and upgrades existing facilities.

CSBA has a highly skilled workforce of experienced professionals from across the public and private sectors that support the development, procurement and delivery oversight of major capital projects. The CSBA team includes specialists in community safety infrastructure, project management, health and safety, engineering, cost management, commercial management, planning and design.

The Health and Safety Adviser is to work collaboratively with CSBA project teams, and to influence and support our construction delivery partners, through both site-based and remote communications, to safely deliver our projects. This role will suit an individual who understands project stakeholder management, health and safety management systems, and health and safety compliance requirements and enabling activities within the construction industry.

**Why work for us?**

Employees at CSBA have access to a wide variety of opportunities, with an extensive range of career and capability development programs designed to develop our teams. We want you to grow and develop with us. We want your work to provide you with a strong sense of purpose and achievement.

We are committed to providing you with a supportive and inclusive culture and to supporting your work-life balance. Our people can take advantage of flexible working arrangements such as flexible hours, compressed working hours, working from home and additional purchased leave, leave at half-pay or leave without pay.

As part of the DJCS, CSBA has one of the most progressive health and wellbeing programs in the industry. We recognise that our people are critical to our ability to successfully deliver our projects and we take a holistic approach to engaging and retaining our people. You can access free professional advice and support to empower you to deal with a wide range of professional and personal issues. This includes career and personal development, legal issues, nutrition and lifestyle, mental health issues and relationship issues. You can also access discounted private health insurance, fitness classes and gym memberships, and excellent bicycle facilities.

**About the Role**

CSBA is in an exciting growth phase following the addition of new programs of work to our portfolio. We will oversee the delivery of a range of justice infrastructure projects across Victoria.

The Health and Safety Adviser is to work collaboratively with CSBA project teams, and to influence and support our construction delivery partners, through both site-based and remote communications, to safely deliver our projects. This role will suit an individual who understands project stakeholder management, health and safety management systems, and health and safety compliance requirements and enabling activities within the construction industry.

You will also:

- Establish and maintain relationships with delivery partner representatives and ensure effective collaboration with relevant internal CSBA stakeholders such as project management teams, through both site-based and remote communications.
- Effectively influence, liaise and support where appropriate project delivery partners (e.g., construction contractors) to adopt best practice