Assistant Director Infrastructure Safety and Risk

Employment Type:Full Time, Permanent Position

Classification: Senior Officer Grade C

Salary:$125,344 – $134,527 (Plus 12% Super)

Location:North Canberra Hospital

Section: Infrastructure and Facilities Services

Closing Date: 10th October 2025

What can we offer you:

• City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services )

About the Role:

The Infrastructure Safety and Risk Section provide specialised advice and oversight on all areas of construction work undertaken for Canberra Health Services. This includes planned and reactive maintenance, minor and major projects undertaken on both brown and greenfield sites. The Infrastructure Safety and Risk Section is involved of all stages of construction from concept, through design, delivery, commissioning and demolition. Frequently, this is undertaken in an operating health care environment and the inherent complex challenges that come along with the environment.

The role of the Assistant Director is to provide the Branch with accurate and timely advice to ensure relevant safety legislative requirements are adhered to.  This includes review and monitoring of the Safety Management System and compliance with same by staff and contractors. Additionally, the Assistant Director will attend senior level meetings, briefings and forums.

This position is based at North Canberra Hospital in Bruce, with an initial six-month placement at The Canberra Hospital in Garran.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

1. Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
2. Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

To Apply:

Please apply online by submitting a copy of your CV along with a maximum 2-page cover letter or pitch, responding to the Selection Criteria, listed in the Position Description.

This document is required and must be submitted to be considered for the role.

Appointment may be made on application and references only. Shortlisted applicants will be required to provide professional references as part of the recruitment process.

***Please note applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position***

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together

Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community

Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Shannon Keevers 

A merit pool may be established from this recruitment process and will be used for the next 12 months to fill various positions both on a temporary and permanent basis with full-time and part-time opportunities available.