Safety Advisor

• Permanent Full Time
• $99,526 to $107,565 per annum plus superannuation in accordance with experience and qualification
• Join the Safety Team

Hume City Council is one of Australia’s fastest growing and culturally diverse councils. We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible.

Join Hume City Council’s established Safety Team as a Safety Advisor. Reporting to the Coordinator Occupational Health and Safety, you will work alongside two Safety Business Partners and another Safety Advisor to provide practical, responsive and primarily in-person safety support across a diverse local government environment.

This is an exciting time to join the team as we progress through the second year of our four-year safety maturity plan and continue implementing a refreshed safety framework. Our focus is on stronger risk ownership, meaningful consultation, proactive support and sustainable safety improvements.

The Safety Advisor will work closely with leaders and employees to provide practical advice, support incident response and investigation, facilitate risk assessments and help embed improvements into everyday work. Working alongside the Safety Business Partners, the role will support business areas to build their capability and take greater ownership of routine safety activities, while ensuring appropriate advice and assistance remain available.

This role will suit someone who values genuine conversations, practical problem-solving and safety work that makes a visible difference on the ground.

What you’ll be doing:

• Provide practical, responsive safety advice and support to leaders, employees, contractors and work groups across Council.
• Build trusted relationships and spend time in Council workplaces to understand how work is performed and whether safety controls are effective in practice.
• Support leaders with incident response, investigations and corrective actions, helping business areas build the capability to manage routine safety matters.
• Facilitate risk assessments and support the development of practical safe work procedures and other safety documentation in consultation with the people who perform the work.
• Work alongside Safety Business Partners to translate broader safety priorities into practical actions and embed sustainable improvements in operational areas.
• Support the implementation and verification of critical controls identified through Council’s Safety Risk Register.
• Provide advice across a range of physical and psychological health and safety risks, including occupational violence and aggression, hazardous manual handling, mobile plant, traffic management, high-risk work, hazardous substances and contractor safety.
• Develop and deliver practical training and safety information, participate in workplace inspections and consultation, and use incident, hazard and assurance information to identify opportunities for improvement.

The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role:

• Demonstrated experience providing practical safety advice, supporting incident investigations and facilitating risk assessments in a complex or operational environment.
• Sound knowledge of occupational health and safety legislation, contemporary risk management and safety management systems, with the ability to translate technical requirements into practical solutions.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage frontline employees, leaders, Health and Safety Representatives and other stakeholders.
• Ability to work collaboratively with Safety Business Partners and operational areas to implement and embed sustainable safety improvements.
• Sound judgement, curiosity and practical problem-solving skills, including the ability to manage competing priorities and recognise when an issue requires escalation.

Qualifications and requirements

• A qualification in Occupational Health and Safety, risk, allied health, human factors, psychology or a related discipline will be well regarded. Applicants with significant and relevant safety experience in a complex environment will also be considered.
• A current and valid driver’s licence is required.

Why Hume City Council?

A leader in local government, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values:

We’re better, every day: We give things a go and value progress over perfection. We have permission to go for it and are expected to reflect and learn.

We’re in it together: At Hume, everyone matters. We Welcome and include all. Respect and safety are expected.

We show up: We empower and trust others and own our work. We rise to the challenges and are expected to do what we say we will.

All for Hume: We strive to achieve our best for the Hume Community. We are proud and passionate about working towards better outcomes and expect they are at the centre of everything we do.

We offer a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

A child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer. Council encourages people of all ages, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

All candidates will be required to undertake background and probity checks including Reference Checks, Working with Children Check, and a Criminal Record Check.

For any queries, please contact us at careers@hume.vic.gov.au.

Applications will be reviewed progressively throughout the advertising period. This role may close once a sufficient number of suitable applicants has been received. To ensure your application is considered, please apply as early as possible.

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