Inspector - Whs Regional

SafeWork NSW - Inspector - WHS Regional

Position: Inspector, WHS Regional Riverina Murray

Salary Range: $108,610 - $117,937 + superannuation

Duration: Ongoing (permanent)

Office Location: Wagga Wagga

Applications Close: Tuesday 30th April 2024 (9:59AM)

About us

SafeWork NSW is the state's workplace health and safety regulator. Our focus is to reduce work related fatalities, serious injuries and illnesses by ensuring compliance with work health and safety legislation and improving the safety culture in NSW workplaces. We also work in partnership with SIRA to improve the return-to-work practices of employers.

Customer Service is a new department transforming the way NSW Government agencies interact with customers. We are passionate about putting the customer at the centre of everything we do and adopting new technologies to make government work better. Customer Service is a service provider and regulator, focusing on delivering first-class customer service, digital transformation and regulatory reform to create better outcomes for the people of NSW.

About the team

SafeWork NSW is the state's workplace health and safety regulator. Our focus is to reduce work related fatalities, serious injuries, and illnesses by securing compliance with work health and safety and associated legislation. We also assist the State Insurance and Regulatory Authority to achieve safe, timely and durable return to work of workers following a workplace injury, through monitoring and enforcing employer obligations with workers compensation legislation.

Our ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal skills and a passion for work health and safety and return to work. Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field are desirable, as well industry experience or relevant transferable skills. You will apply your industry knowledge, experience and qualifications to work in partnership with NSW workplaces to assist them in creating and maintaining work health and safety standards so that workers return home safely each day.

About the role

As an Inspector in WHS Regional, you will be responsible for:

• Undertaking proactive site inspections, responding to customer requests, completing preliminary incident investigations, delivering presentations, and working with major industry stakeholders to improve safety standards
• Providing advice regarding safe work practices, return to work and how to comply with work health and safety and workers compensation legislation
• Collecting relevant information, applying transparent evidence-based decision making to improve safety
• Producing high quality reports to confirm your actions
• Ensuring internal administrative compliance by completing travel, expense, and time keeping records
• Contributing to a positive, supportive, and fun workplace

To be successful, you will have:

• Strong communication skills to engage and influence key stakeholders to improve regulatory outcomes
• High level written communication skills and an ability to understand comprehensive and/or technical reports
• Ability to interpret and apply legislation
• Well established resilience skills and the ability to work collaboratively within a diverse team
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities in a timely manner
• Demonstrated knowledge and use of digital technology tools including proficiency in Microsoft Office suite

In joining SafeWork NSW, you will be rewarded with a great opportunity to apply your experience with your passion for workplace health and safety. You will:

• Work a 38-hour working week, including some weekends and participate in the After-Hours Emergency Response Service
• Receive an attractive salary package along with the required tools of the trade, including a vehicle with access to private use (currently at a cost of approximately $210 per fortnight)
• Be able to access flexible working conditions within operational requirements

Essential requirements

• Ability to travel, work remotely and out of usual business hours
• Hold a NSW 'C' class drivers' licence with a satisfactory safe driving record and a requirement to maintain the safe driving record throughout employment
• Satisfactory criminal record check
• Satisfactory medical assessment capacity regarding physical and psychological impacts of the inherent duties of the role
• Undertake the 12-month New Inspector Training Program (NITP). This intensive program is delivered by our Registered Training Organisation and combines mandatory components of induction, class training, online learning, completion of set assessments and tasks, and extensive on-the-job field training with regular travel throughout NSW. For more information click here.

How to Apply

Your application should include:

• A covering letter (maximum two pages) indicating the role you are applying for and what you would bring to this role, including demonstrated examples
• You should also include an up-to-date resume (of no more than five pages)
• A copy of your current online driving record from Service NSW
• A copy of your current demerit points from Service NSW

If you do not provide all the required documentation, your application will not be progressed.

Current SafeWork Inspector Employee's are not required to resubmit a copy of their driving record or demerit points as this is a requirement of the role.

Any questions about this role?

For enquiries relating to this position please contact David Jones at ***********@safework.nsw.gov.au.

For enquiries relating this recruitment, please contact Tayla Gibbs at ***************@safework.nsw.gov.au

A talent pool may be created to fill future ongoing opportunities for a period of up to 18 months.

Salary Grade Inspector, with the base salary for this role starting at $108,610 base plus superannuation

Click Here to access the Role Description. For enquiries relating to recruitment please contact Tayla Gibbs via ***************@safework.nsw.gov.au.

Visit the Capability Application Tool to prepare for the recruitment process by accessing practice application and interview questions based on the focus capabilities listed in the role description.

Closing Date: 30th April 2024 (9:59AM)

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