Work Health and Safety Advisor

1 day ago

Sydney, Australia NSW Department of Communities and Justice Full time

Location: Sydney, NSW, AU, 2000
- Req ID: 73079
- Clerk Grade 7/8, Salary range $110, 266 - $122, 058
- Flexible/hybrid working conditions available
- Location - Sydney (Haymarket)
- Ongoing - Full Time role

**About us**

Legal Aid NSW helps people with their legal problems. We can help people with most areas criminal law, family law and every day civil law legal issues. We give legal advice, help at court and do family dispute resolution. We can do this over the telephone or at one of our 28 offices.

**About the role**

This role is to provide education and support to the Agency on a range of work health and safety initiatives. The Work Health and Safety Advisor will also manage, coordinate, and drive the recover at work process for injury management activities on both workers compensation and non-workers compensation Legal Aid NSW health matters. Through quality assurance and case file reviews, the WHS Advisor will ensure health matters are managed in a durable, safe, and best practice manner for all involved.

**About you**

Throughout your career you have demonstrated commitment to the Recovery at Work program/process; will leverage your strong interpersonal skills and have a genuine interest in working with injured workers to establish favourable outcomes for all parties; knowledge and expertise in creating and maintain safe workplaces.

We may use this recruitment to create a talent pool for similar ongoing or temporary vacancies we have over the next 18 months.

**WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN LEGAL AID NSW**

**We are committed to diversity and inclusion**

We are committed to creating a culturally safe and genuinely inclusive organisation and workplace for everyone who works and interacts with us. We strive to be a place where people from diverse backgrounds want to work, where voices and cultures are valued and where people feel valued, welcomed, respected and heard.

**Other benefits of working with us**
- You will have access to training, development and mentoring opportunities.
- We are an accredited Flex Ready certified employer and are recognised as leaders in the area of flexible work. Most of our staff work flexibly — for example, from home some of the time or in a way that helps them balance family and work life.

**The essential requirements for this role**

You must:

- relevant tertiary qualifications and/or equivalent experience in Human Resources
- be willing to do a Criminal Record Check
- hold Australian or NZ citizenship, Australian Permanent Residency (for ongoing vacancies) or a valid visa to work in Australia (for temporary vacancies)
- reside/willing to relocate to NSW
- return to work coordinator trained is preferable but training can be provided

**How to apply**
- your resume (no more than 5 pages)
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**Targeted Questions**
- Detail your experience with implementing WHS/Injury Management processes/or programs and how you ensured compliance with legislation and organisational requirements
- Provide an example of when you have provided advice to a stakeholder on a WHS issue on injury management. What was the issue and how did you approach it?

**Do you need help to apply?**
- If you are an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and are thinking about applying, you can contact the Aboriginal Services Branch to arrange a confidential conversation about any questions you may have.
- The Role Description sets out the responsibilities of the role.
- Working at Legal Aid NSW
- Guide to creating a resume and cover letter

**Closing Date: Monday, 17 March 2025 11.59pm

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