WHS SAFETY ADVISOR

Department for Infrastructure and Transport
Job reference: 666754
Location: 5000 - ADELAIDE
Job status: Short Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Ready to champion safety excellence and drive safety initiatives across our department and its diverse range of services? Join us as a Work Health and Safety (WHS) Safety Advisor, from providing advice and coaching to conducting investigations, you'll partner and support workers across a diversity of operations, contributing to an effective safety-focused culture.

At the Department for Infrastructure and Transport we connect South Australians to keep our State moving. We want every South Australian to easily access the services they want, the transport they rely on and the infrastructure they need.

For us, it’ s personal. We feel it because we live it. We know the projects and services we work on today must deliver for South Australia’ s future.

The Opportunity
The Safety, Security, Risk, and Emergency Management Directorate, within the People and Corporate Services Division, provides internal services that ensure compliance, safety, and effective risk management.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing safety operations, emergency planning, outbreak coordination, protective security, enterprise risk, and business continuity.
• Reporting to the Senior WHS Advisor, providing high-quality, accurate WHS advice and support, particularly in high-risk operational areas.
• Empowering workgroups to understand legislative responsibilities, implement safe work practices, and continuously improve risk management strategies.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders to provide WHS knowledge, education, and support.
• Monitoring the Hazard and Incident reporting system, collaborating with workgroups to ensure effective safety outcomes, and participating in WHS programs and projects.

About You
We are looking for a motivated, proactive and safety driven team member who enjoys collaborating with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. As part of our team, you will demonstrate the following qualities:

• Customer-focused: Understands and responds to the needs of those we serve, ensuring outcomes align with departmental systems, processes, and policies.
• Proactive and accountable: Takes ownership of tasks, embraces change, supports risk management initiatives, and implements effective solutions within assigned functions.
• Analytical and solution-oriented: Possesses high-level research and analytical skills to evaluate complex information and provide expert advice and clear, concise reports under tight deadlines.
• Independent and collaborative: Works autonomously or as part of a team, identifying performance outcomes, setting priorities, and making well-informed decisions to meet deadlines.
• Effective communicator: Delivers clear, professional, and tactful communication in both written and verbal formats, with strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills.

Qualifications/Licenses

• A current driver’s licence is essential.
• A tertiary qualification(s) in Work Health and Safety is highly desirable.
• A minimum of three years’ experience with safety management and/or risk management systems is essential.
• Qualifications in Work Health Safety audit and assurance (e.g. OHS ISO 45001:2018 or equivalent) is desirable.
• Incident investigation and/or root cause analysis certification, such as ICAM is desirable.

Please refer to the attached role statement for further information.

Special Conditions
The successful candidate will be required to provide a National Police Check (NPC) prior to employment with the Department for Infrastructure and Transport which must be renewed every three years.

In the event of an emergency, staff members of the Safety, Security, Risk and Emergency Management Directorate are required to assist in response and recovery activities. This may involve working in the State Emergency Centre, State Command Centre, Executive Crisis Management Team, Incident Management Team or a Forward Command post in the field. This may include significant out of hours work and challenging work conditions.

This position may include fulfilling an on-call rotating with other staff, while on call the appointee must be immediately contactable 24 hours a day, fit to work and available to respond to emergency notifications and/or report to the State Emergency Centre within 60 minutes of receipt of a call/text.

Some out of hours and weekend work, along with some intra/interstate travel requiring overnight stays, may be required.

Tenure of Vacancy
Temporary appointment up to 12 months.

Remuneration
ASO5 - $85,790 to $95,413 pa + superannuation.

Enquiries
Stuart Bastin
Safety Advisor
Telephone: (08) 7133 2896
Email: [email protected]

Application Instructions
Applications can be submitted online by clicking the 'Apply' button.

Applicants are required to submit a CV and a cover letter of no more than two pages addressing the selection criteria in the attached role statement.

Our Commitment
The Department for Infrastructure and Transport is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture across the department, planning for and promoting diversity and culturally safe workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from diverse community groups and ages including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities and other diversity groups. The Department recognises the benefits that such an approach brings for our staff and customers in delivering the future of South Australia.

As a WE’RE EQUAL organisation we are committed to treating everyone equally, proudly promoting our department, and all its spaces as safe places for everybody.

Role Statement - WHS Safety Advisor (ASO5)

Applications close: 04/05/2025 9:00 PM

Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.