Manager, Health and Safety

• Flexible location
• Full-time and continuing
• HEW 9 $122,771 – $130,125+ 17% Superannuation

Founded in 1974, Deakin is a public university in Victoria with 61,000 students across five campuses: Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, Warrnambool, and the online Cloud Campus. We are a progressive and open-minded university, with the highest student satisfaction in Victoria and consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world’s universities.

We are currently seeking to appoint a Manager, Health and Safety to provide leadership, oversight, and management of a safe, healthy and sustainable work environment for staff, students and visitors of the Faculty.

Your experience will include knowledge and understanding of contemporary OHS legislation and practice and management expertise in areas including Emergency, Critical Incident, and Business Continuity Planning.

The role will also act as a health, safety and space representative for the Faculty on any key internal infrastructure projects.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Lead with values, ethics and emotional intelligence to grow team resilience, inclusion and performance and sets clear standards of expected behaviour and celebrate and reward outstanding performance
• Conceptualise local plans in alignment with University strategies and monitor progress and risks, adapts personal and team priorities and plans as required
• Analyse problems, weigh up a range of options to identify accessible and inclusive solutions and translate complex issues into clear and understandable goals and targets for Deakin
• Actively encourage and coach others to question traditional assumptions, promotes ideas and review practices and policies and translate into workplace improvements
• Establish systems and procedures to guide work and track progress and strive for excellence and continually evaluate progress and effectively overcomes barriers to achieve outcomes
• Discuss and understand broad constructs rather than concrete examples and implement solutions, evaluate effectiveness and adjust actions as required

To be successful, you’ll have:

• Postgraduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience; or
• Extensive experience and management expertise; or
• An equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education training
• Experience and management expertise in Emergency, Critical Incident, Business Continuity Planning and security processes
• Experience as an OHS Consultant providing OHS advice on a broad range of matters in a complex and diverse work environment
• Knowledge and understanding of contemporary OHS legislation and practice including experience in accident investigation, hazard identification, assessment and control in a complex multifaceted organisation

For a copy of the position description, please see below:

 PD Manager Heath and Safety (Health).pdf

Applications for this position close on 22 September 2022.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Working with Children Check (refer to Recruitment Procedure)

Successful applicants will need to comply with vaccination mandates imposed by the relevant state/territory government. Applicants who attend third-party sites to undertake University activities will also be required to comply with any other directions or requirements in place at the third-party location.

Please submit your updated resume and a short cover letter outlining your skills and experience for this role.

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, please contact Elissa Turnball, School Manager (ENS) at elissa.turnbull@deakin.edu.au

Are You Ready?

Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile, dynamic, and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.

We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.

Advertised:08 Sep 2022 AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close:22 Sep 2022 AUS Eastern Standard Time