Business Enabling Services Group / Corporate Services Division / Human Resources Branch
- Executive Level 1 ($117,538 - $142,337) | Ongoing | Full-time
- Canberra, ACT
**ABOUT THE SECTION**
The Employee Relations Section is a section within the Human Resources Branch. The Section is responsible for Workplace Relations, WHS, HR Assist, Payroll liaison and Case Management.
The key deliverables for WHS are the updating of Finance's Safety Management System and the implementation of Finance's Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
**ABOUT TH**E** OPPORTUNITY**
The Assistant Director, WHS and Wellbeing plays a key role in delivering Finance's health and safety program, early intervention program and health and wellbeing strategy. The role is committed to cultivating a safety risk management culture and working independently and flexibly. This involves being pro-active and solution focussed and coaching and influencing to enable safety to be integrated in core business operations. The role is responsible for managing and leading a small team and is also required to contribute to the work of the broader HR Team.
The key duties of the position include:
- Manage the development, implementation and review of Finance's health and safety strategic priorities including the safety management system to ensure legislative and regulatory compliance.
- Develop and monitor WHS improvement programs to continually improve the effectiveness of WHS and Health and Wellbeing and ensure the achievement of performance objectives.
- Manage the reporting and investigation of incidents including leading serious incident investigation to ensure appropriate analysis and effective mitigation/prevention of reoccurrence.
- Manage risk management activities.
- Monitor and analyse WHS data to identify trends, emerging issues and improvement opportunities and report on WHS performance on a regular basis.
- Prepare complex and/or sensitive correspondence, corporate documents, reports, submissions, proposal papers and notes.
- Lead, coach and manage the WHS Team to produce quality outcomes.
- Manage the WHS budget and procurement activities in accordance with the Commonwealth finance and procurement processes.
**DETAILED VACANCY INFORMATION**
For detailed information about this role, including the job specific capabilities, please refer to the downloadable vacancy pack, which can be accessed by clicking the hyperlink at the bottom of this page.
**ELIGIBILITY ADVICE & CANDIDATE NOTES**
- Under section 22(8) of the _Public Service Act 1999_, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS) unless the Agency Head has agreed otherwise, in writing.
- Successful applicants will be required to undergo the process to obtain and maintain, or continue to hold the required security clearance level for the role as indicated in the downloadable job pack. All Finance staff are required to have a minimum baseline security clearance prior to commencement.
**CONTACT INFORMATION**
- For specific questions relating to this job vacancy, please refer to the details on the contact officer located in the downloadable job pack.
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📌 Assistant Director, Whs And Wellbeing
🏢 Department of Finance
📍 Canberra