Health and Safety Adviser

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 health and safety processes and approaches.
- Maintain the CSBA health and safety management system to ensure appropriate arrangements are in place and duties are being met. This includes:

- incident notifications and reporting processes, ensuring timely and accurate information is communicated to relevant CSBA and other representatives.
- crisis and emergency management processes; and
- health and safety governance activities during procurement and project delivery, including auditing and assurance, project health and safety reporting, surveillance, and process verification.
- Mentor and guide fellow CSBA Safety and CSBA project team members where appropriate.
- Where required, contribute to the development of CSBA's health and safety capabilities across all levels within the organisation, to promote, build and maintain an organisational culture that values health and safety.
- Represent the CSBA Safety team where required on relevant committees, working groups, and project forums.
- Review and provide feedback on key delivery partner and project health and safety documentation.

About you
- Experience in health and safety requirements on construction projects, incl