Executive Officer

• $157,266.00 per annum + superannuation
• Full time, ongoing opportunity
• Geelong based role (hybrid work from home – 3 days in office)

About the role

The Executive Officer is a key position at WorkSafe that supports the strategic leadership, planning, and delivery of the Integrity Risk and Resilience (IRR) Business Unit. The EO supports the Executive Director in ensuring the strategy, plans, and programs across IRR are aligned to the delivery and execution of the WorkSafe Strategy and Purpose.

Critical to the role is coordinating the reporting and communication to key stakeholders, committees, and forums on the programs and performance of IRR. These include the WorkSafe Board, the Risk and Finance and Audit Committee, other Board sub committees, the Victorian Government, Executive Leadership Team, WorkSafe employees and other stakeholders.

Key accountabilities

• Provide strategic advice to the ED and to the IRR Senior Leadership team (SLT) through the identification of innovative solutions, to problem solve emerging and topical high risk and sensitive matters, considering the implications of decisions and actions.
• Manage the executive operations of the Office of the ED, including recommendations and decisions on complex and confidential matters, management and oversight of ED communications with key business partners and stakeholders (Chief Executive Office, Board Secretariat, Government & Executive Services), considering required context and the organisational impacts and reputational risks of the information provided.  
• Lead IRR’s internal and external reporting requirements, including to the Board, Board sub-committees and the Executive Group Meeting. Authoring and editing communications to demonstrate compliance, achievement of strategic outcomes, influence enterprise-wide solutions, and communicate IRR’s outcomes in alignment to WorkSafe’s strategy.
• Implement WorkSafe’s Strategy through the development, monitoring and reporting of IRR’s annual business plan, including leading ongoing dialogue to influence the re-prioritisation of programs of work, to ensure alignment to organisational objectives and emerging strategic priorities.
• Establish the annual and quarterly budget setting processes and ongoing monitoring of IRR finances in collaboration with relevant business partners, the SLT and the ED.
• Oversee risk management, business continuity and compliance activities, both for IRR and the wider organisation – providing leadership and guidance on risk mitigation strategies, controls and business continuity based on technical people expertise.

About you

You are a business professional, with experience in providing strategic, authoritative advice in a complex operating environment. Your strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills enables you to build trusted relationships with a range of stakeholder groups. As a highly organised professional, your critical thinking skills allows you to execute to plan and deliver results.

Additionally, you will possess the following skills and experience:

• Advanced writing skills, including the ability to prepare concise briefing documents, reports and communications to internal and external stakeholders – to drive outcomes.
• Senior technical risk skillset, with demonstrated operational and strategic experience working in a Risk function.
• Highly developed analytical and conceptual skills including the ability to recognise emerging issues of importance.
• Strong ability to undertake effective research and analyse material.
• Strong project management and problem solving experience in bringing people together to leverage off individual expertise.
• Ability to develop strategic best practice human resources solutions for implementation in an agile environment.

Working with Us

At WorkSafe, we aspire for every employee to feel connected, safe and valued in their team, for teams to feel valued in the workplace, and for WorkSafe to be valued in the community.

We believe that a diverse workforce is the key to delivering the best outcomes for the Victorian community and strongly encourage applications from all people, including First Nations people and people with disability, diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, sexualities and genders. 

What’s next?

Applications close 11:00pm Friday 5 July 2024. Click the link to apply, and join us in making a difference to Victorian lives.

Only people with the right to work in Australia may apply for this position. You may be required to undergo a National Police Check (and/or Medical Assessment) as part of the recruitment process.

Candidate screening may take place prior to the advertisement closing, so get your application in.

For further enquiries please contact Natasha Zaluski via email ***************@worksafe.vic.gov.au

About us

WorkSafe's Strategy has our core purpose front of mind – reducing workplace harm and improving outcomes for injured workers. We don’t shy away from the importance of our purpose to the Victorian community, that’s why we have a stated ambition to be world leading.

We want Victoria to be the safest place to work in Australia and one of the safest in the world; and we aspire to be a world leader in return to work after a workplace injury.

WorkSafe are striving to build a diverse workforce that reflects the Victorian community we serve.