Principal Safety Governance Advisor

1 week ago

Brisbane, Australia Queensland Police Service Full time

**Your Key Accountabilities**:The core capability requirements for this role are**:

- Lead a team to develop and deliver health and safety governance functions within the QPS.
- Contribute to strategic planning in line with organisational goals relating to work, workplace and worker health and safety.
- Plan, formulate, develop, implement, and monitor work health and safety management system and performance standards which establish compliance with relevant legislation.
- Research, develop and implement systems and initiatives, practices and policies relating to work health and safety to support the corporate health and safety management system framework.
- Develop documentation, including Cabinet and ministerial submissions, executive briefs, policies, procedures, reports, staff communications and review proposals on work health and safety issues and initiatives.
- Provide WHS advice to all levels of management, health and safety advisors and QPS members, including guidance on WHSMS requirements including compliance and assurance audits.
- Participate in multidisciplinary teams and liaise and negotiate with staff in the QPS health and safety consultative network and other internal and external stakeholders.

**Role Requirements**:Mandatory**:

- C class driver's license

**Qualification**:

- Certificate IV in Workplace Health and Safety or relevant qualification in Health and Safety is highly desirable.
- Qualification as a Lead Auditor for WHSMS would be considered highly desirable.

**Technical/ Operational/ Educational experience**:

- Established skills and experience in work health and safety preferably in a large or highly regulated organisation, would support success in this role.
- Experience in the development and delivery of capability training as well as compliance and assurance programs would be highly regarded.

**Other**:

- Occasional Intrastate travel may be required.
- May be required to occasionally participate in a 24-hour critical incident on-call roster.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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