Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences Full-Time, continuing position. The full-time base salary will range from $132,647 - $140,276.33 17% Superannuation (HEW Level 9) To work flexibly across our St Lucia, Herston and Dutton Park campus About This Opportunity We are seeking an experienced and motivated professional to take on the role of Senior Manager, Health, Safety & Wellness (HSW) within the newly established Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences. This is a unique opportunity to shape and lead the HSW function, fostering a proactive and positive safety culture that promotes the highest standards of practice while ensuring compliance with legislation and national standards. In this role, you will provide strategic leadership and expert advice to the faculty executive, guiding a high-performing team in the delivery of HSW services across multiple campuses and sites. You will play a key role in implementing university-wide HSW strategies in collaboration with central colleagues and contribute to identifying and responding to emerging priorities across the faculty. This position requires flexibility, with responsibilities extending across the St Lucia, Herston, and Dutton Park campuses, offering variety, influence, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a forward-thinking academic environment. Key responsibilities will include: Provide expert advice to senior leadership on Work Health and Safety (WHS) responsibilities, ensuring comprehensive understanding of safety risks and the overall HSW status across the organisation. Lead and manage a high-performing team, fostering staff development, performance, and collaboration with central HSW teams, faculty, and university colleagues. Oversee the delivery of responsive HSW services, ensuring a uniform, best-practice approach and a culture of continuous improvement and service optimisation. Develop and implement strategies, programs, and audits to enhance HSW performance, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and university policies, and engage with regulators and relevant university entities during inspections, audits, and investigations. For a full position description please contact talent@uq.edu.au About UQ As part of the UQ community, you will have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world. Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you will have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community. Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as: 26 weeks paid parental leave or 26 weeks paid primary caregiver leave 17% superannuation contributions 17.5% annual leave loading Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family UQ Study for Staff On campus childcare options – St Lucia Cheap parking (from just $5.75 a day) Salary packaging options About You Post-graduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience; or extensive management experience and proven management expertise managing OHS in a complex, multiple site setting; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education and training. Demonstrated achievement of personal involvement in driving significant positive health, safety, and wellness–related outcomes in a large, complex organisation. Demonstrated experience in leading change, particularly in enhancing organisational safety climate and culture. Ability to lead teams in a constructive, outcomes-focused manner, and to work collaboratively with management, peers, team members, Divisional stakeholders, and client groups. Experience with the engagement of a range of regulators. Demonstrated high level interpersonal and communication skills. The successful candidate may be required to complete a number of pre-employment checks, including right to work in Australia, criminal check, education check. Questions? For more information about this opportunity, please contact Dr Zoe Cahill, Faculty Executive Manager on hmbs.fem@uq.edu.au For application queries, please contact talent@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line. Want to Apply? All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered: Cover letter summarising how your background aligns to the ‘About You’ section Resume Other Information UQ is committed to a fair, equitable and inclusive selection process, which recognises that some applicants may face additional barriers and challenges which have impacted and/or continue to impact their career trajectory. Candidates who don’t meet all criteria are encouraged to apply and demonstrate their potential. The selection panel considers both potential and performance relative to opportunities when assessing suitability for the role. We know one of our strengths as an institution lies in our diverse colleagues. We're dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion, fostering an environment that mirrors our wider community. We're committed to attracting, retaining, and promoting diverse talent. Reach out to talent@uq.edu.au for accessibility support or adjustments. Applications close Tuesday 20th May at 11.00pm AEST (R- 50928 ). Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled for Friday 30th May