Aps 6 - Work Health and Safety Officer

15 hours ago


Williamtown, Australia Australian Government Department of Defence Full time

$85,607 - $97,790 (plus Super)
- Williamtown - NSW

**The Role**
Located at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Williamtown in Newcastle region, the Air Warfare Systems Program Office (AWSPO) leads and manages a program portfolio of projects and products in support of Air Force capability. AWSPO, in partnership with industry, deliver Lead-in-Fighter, Advanced Training and Test Environment and Combat Control Capabilities in support of Air Combat Group and Air Warfare Centre achieving their mission.

As the APS 6 Work Health and Safety Officer, you will have an essential role to improve Defence’s capability. In this role, you will perform and achieve work health and safety activities within an integrated workforce. You will ensure you have knowledge of and compliance with legislative frameworks, government decision-making and Defence’s mission and policy requirements.

As the APS 6 Work Health and Safety Officer, you will build team capability through coaching, feedback and developing the quality of work undertaken by others within the work unit. You will exercise the associated people responsibilities to achieve outcomes. As the APS6 Work Health and Safety Officer, you will have considerable level of stakeholder engagement and will liaise with stakeholders in relation to issues.

**About our Team**
AWSPO has an integrated work environment located at RAAF Base Williamtown in the beautiful Port Stephens region of NSW. You have access to beaches, the lake and rivers and a short drive to the mountains for hiking and the Hunter Valley for your Vineyard and entertainment venues.

We offer a flexible, engaging and supportive work environment that focuses on development and support for employees. Employees can access flexible working arrangements to support work life balance and an attractive remuneration package with a generous superannuation contribution of 15.4% is provided.

Defence provides relocation assistance to eligible APS employees required to relocate. The level of assistance will vary depending on your personal circumstances.
- Performance in people management and leadership in a multi-disciplined team
- Clear and consistent communication skills and the ability to adjust communication to the audience
- Ability to provide detailed information within short timeframes
- Knowledge of compliance with legislation, policy and procedures
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to anticipate, identify and respond to needs and expectations to achieve outcomes
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Responsiveness, adaptability and agility
- Be a motivated self-starter
- Sound Decision making and judgement
- Organisational and critical thinking abilities



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