About Us

As Tasmania’s publicly owned training provider, TasTAFE is a vital contributor to the prosperity of the state’s economy through supporting jobs and employment and the economic resilience of our businesses and industry. With a focus on practical, real-life learning, we work hard to ensure the training our learners receive is industry relevant and we provide real industry skills that are highly valued by employers.

TasTAFE aspires to be a place of innovation, creating new ways of training, finding solutions, delivering differently, and increasing access for all.

The Role

Based at our Devonport or Burnie Campus, the Health and Safety Specialist will assist the Senior Manager of Health and Safety by delivering high-quality operational support. This permanent full-time role will involve maintaining and improving management systems, developing bespoke H&S initiatives, and improvement projects all whilst using your integrity, initiative, and sound judgment.

This opportunity will require the ability to travel to various TasTAFE campus locations across the State.

On any given day, your duties may include:

• Guiding TasTAFE to compliance and safety excellence with your top-notch advice and support!
• Forging relationships with stakeholders and being a champion of Workplace safety, health and wellbeing, and Injury prevention
• Crafting and refining H&S policies, procedures and guidance materials to , ensure TasTAFE stays ahead in the industry.
• Lead engaging training sessions, empowering TasTAFE employees to create a safer, smarter, and healthier workplace for all.

Ensuring WHS systems, records and risk management activities are understood and up to date.

What you bring:

• Sound working knowledge of WHS laws and regulations.
• Incident investigation training – ICAM, Tap ROOT or similar
• Proficiency in MS Office and WHS Management systems that showcase your tech-savviness and ability to navigate databases and records like a pro.
• Exceptional communication skills that enable you to engage, influence, and train stakeholders, making WHS compliance a breeze.
• Experience in conducting WHS audits, inspections, and investigations resulting in detailed reports and actionable safety recommendations.
• Minimum Certificate IV in Workplace Health and Safety.

A current Working with Vulnerable People registration is required, or the ability to obtain one prior to commencement.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

At TasTAFE, we encourage applications from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, people living with a disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and members of the LGBTIQ+ community.

We are a diverse and inclusive workplace and understand the importance of flexibility. We want our workforce to reflect the diversity in our community and we are committed to building a culture we are all proud of.

Ask us how we can make this role flexible to suit you. For more information regarding this opportunity, please call TasTAFE on 1300 655 307 and ask to speak to a member of the Talent Team.

Join TasTAFE

If you think this could be the opportunity for you, we encourage you to apply. To be eligible, you must have the right to work in Australia.

We're conducting an agile selection process, reviewing applications as they arrive. Candidate screening and interviews may begin prior to the closing date.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please let our recruitment team know during selection.

Applications for this role close at 11:55pm on Wednesday April 23rd, 2025

TasTAFE is determined to create a positive application experience for all candidates.

We are committed to provide application outcomes via phone or email in a timely manner to all candidates.

TasTAFE prioritises Tasmania’s Child and Youth Safe Standards and the Universal Principle for Aboriginal Cultural Safety in its recruitment process, ensuring the safety and cultural well-being of children, youth, and Aboriginal individuals