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Working for Work Health and Safety Queensland provides you with an opportunity to make a real difference. They are one of five regulators at the Office of Industrial Relations that impacts on the lives of Queensland workers and employers. Through their regulatory frameworks, they are charged with making Queensland workplaces healthier and safer. Their support is key in driving healthy workplaces across all industries, for all organisations and for all occupations within Queensland.
Working to achieve the vision of safer and healthier Queensland workplaces The Director, Occupational Health and Hygiene and Asbestos will advance OIR’s delivery on this vision and will be accountable for leading the planning, development and implementation of strategies to safeguard workers across the state.
The role will form part of the Specialised Health and Safety Services Branch providing specialist advice and expertise on emerging issues and trends and evaluation of high level strategies in priority industry and hazard areas, to ensure best practice outcomes in regard to asbestos, hazardous chemicals, vapours, fumes, dust, radiation, carcinogens, noise, heat, infectious organisms, lead and other occupational health hazards.
The Director will provide professional leadership in the development of legislation, policy and programs for the enhancement of health and safety outcomes in response to occupational health, hygiene and asbestos hazards including, biological, physical and chemical agents.
In order to be successful in your application you will have demonstrated effective strategic leadership within a regulatory environment and a proven expertise in leading specialist teams. Critically, you will be able to show the following attributes:
- High level skills in occupational health or hygiene as evidenced by successful interventions to improve safety outcomes for workers and communities in a broad spectrum of industries
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills as demonstrated by successfully leading technical or contentious matters before senior public officials, courts, media, peers and senior industry and union officials.
- Demonstrated proficiency in the evaluation of peer research, policy and legislation to devise and direct safety programs in response to new and emerging technologies
- Ability to rapidly acquire a competent working knowledge of the Queensland workplace health and safety legislation, the legislative process and the major government and non-government stakeholders in occupational health in Australia.
Your future-focused, client centric approach and engaging leadership style will see you capitalise on the existing services and look for potential enhancements moving forward with OIR and industry.
For further information please call Ryan Webster on 0427 329 443 or Nicola Palm on 0402 719 432 or visit www.davidsonwp.com
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Applications close on 27th May 2022
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