Psychosocial Safety Advisor, Workplace Psychosocial Safety Service

About the Role

The aim of the Workplace Psychosocial Safety Service Team is to provide hands on expert specialist advice and support to schools to identify, assess and manage psychosocial hazards and to comply with current and future OHS requirements to prevent and respond to mental injury. The team also plays a lead role in developing policy advice and resources.

The Psychosocial Safety Advisor, Workplace Psychosocial Safety Service will provide hands-on support to schools and regions, providing expert specialist advice and resources to assist with identifying and managing psychosocial hazards, ensuring compliance with OHS requirements related to psychosocial risks.

The Psychosocial Safety Advisor will be based in the following regional office location:

• South Eastern Victoria Region, Dandenong

Alternative regional office locations may be discussed with the preferred candidate.

The Psychosocial Safety Advisor will liaise closely with regional and central teams, including working closely with the existing Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Implementation Services team and wellbeing promotion and response and intervention teams to provide guidance and support to embed the new OHS psychosocial regulations in schools.

The Psychosocial Safety Advisor will ideally have demonstrated expertise and skills in psychosocial hazard identification, experience in providing support to schools, and/or experience in implementation of policies, procedures and practical resources to help guide workplaces to implement OHS legislative requirements for the management of psychosocial risk.

Travel to schools across regional areas is required in this role. In addition, the Regional Psychosocial Safety Advisor will be expected to attend meetings on a monthly basis in Melbourne.

The position will report to the Manager - Workplace Psychosocial Safety Service.

About the Division

ESWID performs its functions through five branches that span from prevention, through to response and recovery, along with strategy, advice and support. These teams adopt a holistic approach for supporting the health, safety and wellbeing of our workforce across schools, central and regional offices. This includes delivery of the Employee Mental Health Reform, Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) and Workers' Compensation policy advice and support, for both physical and mental health and wellbeing.

The objectives of the Division are to:

• promote positive wellbeing in learning and working environments
• prevent against known and expected risks to health, safety and wellbeing
• respond swiftly and effectively to manage potential issues as they emerge and prevent injuries
• support employees to recover from injury and illness and return to work.

Attributes

The required capabilities for the role are set out in the position description (see attachment).

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

Essential:

• Relevant qualification in Occupational Health and Safety, Mental Health, or related field, and relevant experience.
• Victorian Driver's license
• Working With Children Check

About the Department

The department provides a wide range of learning and development support and services.

The department provides policy leadership, plans for the future of education in Victoria and leads key cross-sector collaboration. The department plays an important system steward role by providing support, guidance, oversight and assurance across early childhood and school education systems, as well as directly providing school education and 50 new early learning centres.

Further Information

Applicants are asked to provide a statement of no more than two pages against the Key Selection Criteria including addressing the essential qualifications and experience listed.

For more details regarding this position please see attached position description for the capabilities to address in application.

The department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website and our Diversity and Inclusion page

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.

Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be located at

For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Lauren Day- Manager, Workplace Psychosocial Safety Service on

Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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Applications close 11:59pm on 15 October 2025