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Occupational Health Safety and Environment Coordinator

Queensland Corrective Services
Wacol, QLD
A$101,174 p/a
Government & Defence → Government - State
Full-time
On-site

Posted 16 hours ago


About the Role

As a member of the Health, Safety, and Wellbeing team, your focus will be to contribute to the Department's commitment to providing and maintaining a culture for a safe, healthy, and supportive work environment. In addition, the Department's Health, Safety, and Wellbeing team fosters current practices that are supported by a commitment from the leadership team, and a collaborative effort from all individuals within the Department to create a safe and healthy environment. These practices are also informed by workplace policies that promote psychological safety.

This role provides significant support and advice to centre management to promote and embed a safety culture across the centre and assists with the implementation and review of the QCS Health Safety and Wellbeing framework. This includes the co-ordination of safety systems incorporating hazard identification, risk assessment, incident investigations, safety assurance and injury management programs and initiatives, to ensure positive outcomes for staff and the Department.

The essential requirements for this role include:

  • Knowledge and experience in the application of risk management strategies and methodologies to ensure the identification and mitigation of risk as they apply to health and safety.
  • Highly developed oral communication skills for dealing with sensitive staff matters and enquiries and providing training to staff and management of health and safety standards and processes.
  • Interpersonal skills for negotiating with internal and external stakeholders, who often have competing interests, on sensitive and complex issues.
  • Research and analytical skills for investigating issues and analysing trends.

If you are looking for more than just a job and passionate about making a difference in workplaces to ensure all employees return home safely, APPLY NOW!

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Job Ad Reference: QLD/634818/25

Closing Date: Monday, 19th May 2025


About Queensland Corrective Services

Wacol, QLD, Australia

Queensland Corrective Services aims to provide stakeholders, private providers and other Government agencies with easy to find information about the Department and its management.

ueensland Corrective Services' vision is to become the leader in our business and a partner in criminal and social justice.

Being a leader in corrections means we are:

building on established and sound correctional practices

actively driving the policy agenda to set the future direction of corrective services

establishing innovative and effective intervention strategies and programs

Being a partner in criminal and social justice means that we will:

share our knowledge

influence positive change

be responsive to community priorities

establish participative and collaborative networks

QCS is striving continuously for more effective and innovative programs and services, fair and humane treatment of offenders and a strong commitment to equity and cultural diversity.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

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