Health & Safety Advisor

**Job no**: 528346
**Work type**: full time
**Location**: Sydney, NSW
**Categories**: Risk & Safety

**The Opportunity**

The Faculty of Engineering is seeking a **Health, Safety, and Environment Advisor**. This role involves supporting the Faculty’s Schools by implementing health, safety, and environment management systems, ensuring alignment with UNSW’s standards. You will spearhead efforts to cultivate a positive health and safety culture within the Schools, providing practical solutions to ensure compliance with all relevant health and safety legislation, thereby minimizing risks and preventing workplace injuries.

This role reports to the Faculty Health and Safety Coordinator, with a dotted reporting line to School Manager(s) and has no direct reports. This position is expected to work collaboratively with Laboratory Managers and Technical Officers.
- Salary, Level 6/7: $100,354 to $119,132 per annum + 17% superannuation
- Full time
- Continuing (Permanent)
- Location: Primarily Kensington, with occasional visits to Manly Vale and Randwick - Sydney, Australia
- Onsite role

**About UNSW**

UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organisation with a diverse and talented community; a community doing extraordinary things. But what makes us different isn’t only what we do, it’s how we do it. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged, and do meaningful work, you’re in the right place.

**Skills and Experience**

**Level 6**
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in health and safety and/or Engineering/Science/Medical discipline, extensive relevant experience or equivalent competency gained through any combination of education, training and/or experience.
- Experience in implementing health, safety and environment management systems, programs, procedures, and guidelines in an Engineering/Science/Medical organisation.
- Sound knowledge of health and safety legislation, Australian Standards and Codes of Practice relevant to the School’s activities.
- Demonstrated ability to research, advise on and resolve a wide range of health and safety technical issues.
- Advanced IT skills, including ability to administer electronic health, safety, and environment software systems.
- Highly developed written and oral communication skills, including public speaking and the ability to deliver training.
- Demonstrated ability to consult, influence and build strong relationships to achieve high levels of compliance in health, safety, and environment.
- An understanding of and commitment to UNSW’s aims, objectives, and values in action, together with relevant policies and guidelines.
- Knowledge of health and safety responsibilities and commitment to attending relevant health and safety training.

**Level 7 (in addition to Level 6 above)**:

- Expertise in area(s) of specialist technical knowledge relevant to the Engineering Faculty, for example relating to safe use, handling and storage of hazardous substances and dangerous goods, plant and equipment, gene technology, radiation.
- Experience in managing health, safety and environment systems in a large complex organisation.
- Experience in coordinating health, safety and environment projects.
- Experience in generating and interpreting statistical reports leading to improved health, safety and environment management.
- Experience in developing a new health and safety training course suitable for a range of audiences.
- Experience in developing and imbedding new health, safety and environment protocols.
- Experience in auditing an organisation’s health, safety and environment management system and leading the implementation of resultant actions.

**To Apply**:
Applicants must have working rights in Australia and be able to be on site in Kensington.

**Contact**:
Eugene Aves - Talent Acquisition Consultant

**Applications close**:11:55 pm (Sydney time) on Sunday 10th November 2024

Position Description

**Advertised**: 18 Oct 2024 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 10 Nov 2024 AUS Eastern Daylight Time