Internal Review Officer

WorkSafe is Victoria's workplace health and safety regulator. We are also the workplace injury insurer. Our job is to reduce workplace harm and improve outcomes for injured workers. This is our promise to the Victorian community and the reason we exist.

• $142,374.00 per annum + superannuation
• Full time, ongoing opportunity
• Melbourne CBD based role (hybrid work from home - 3 days in office)

About the role

Due to internal promotion, we are looking for an experienced Internal Review Officer to join our Melbourne CBD based team.

Our Internal Review Unit (IRU) provides employers, workers, health and safety representatives and other eligible persons with an opportunity to request a review of decisions made by inspectors and other persons authorised by WorkSafe under health and safety legislation including the Occupational Health & Safety Act 2004, Dangerous Goods Act 1985, Equipment (Public Safety) Act 1994 (health and safety legislation) and compensation legislation under the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation & Compensation Act 2013 and the Regulations made thereunder. The IRU also reviews licensing decisions made under health and safety legislation and Regulations and infringement notices issued under section 139 of the OHS Act.

Key accountabilities

• Investigate and determine applications for review of an inspector or authorised person's decision in accordance with relevant legislation.
• Consider and determine requests initiated by WorkSafe management for cancellation or variation of an inspector or an authorised person's decision.
• Write clear and logical decisions setting out the basis for decision, relevant findings of fact and the material on which those findings were based.
• Communicate outcomes of reviews and the reasons for those outcomes to applicants, inspectors, authorised decision-makers and relevant WorkSafe staff in a timely and professional manner.
• Provide direct feedback to WorkSafe management on matters raised in reviews and outcomes of such reviews, and identify operational, policy or training opportunities which may arise from those reviews.
• Liaise with and provide instruction and guidance to employers, employees and other duty holders in relation to the review process.
• Provide authoritative guidance to WorkSafe staff, external organisations and individuals on issues relating to the review process.

Please ensure you take a look at the Position Description here for additional information on accountabilities for this role.

About you

You are an experienced Internal Review Officer who has worked in a fast paced environment. You are a team player who has an eye for detail and excellent written and verbal communication skills. You have the ability to undertake a high level of complex investigative and analytical work that has significant implications across WorkSafe Victoria operations, while working within clear and established management systems, legislative/regulatory provisions and professional standards.

More specifically you have:

• Demonstrated experience in conducting administrative and merit reviews or formal organisational investigations.
• Demonstrated ability to assess competing and complex arguments and to reach logical and sustainable conclusions based on relevant material.
• Demonstrated ability to write sound logical and sustainable decisions capable of withstanding internal and external scrutiny, including scrutiny by Courts and Tribunals.
• Capacity to deal effectively and tactfully with a wide range of stakeholders in the review context, including workers, employers, lawyers and other representatives.
• Demonstrated ability to present review outcomes and learnings to internal and external stakeholder groups, and to represent the IRU in a range of settings.

Highly Desirable

• Experience in the operation of merit review Tribunals, such as VCAT in relation to administrative decision making.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications, including a Bachelor of Laws.
• Sound understanding of the principles of administrative review, and their application to the WorkSafe review context.
• Understanding of the principles of statutory interpretation and legal precedent.
• Understanding of the Maxwell Report, the OHS Act 2004, and other safety related legislation.

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 Wednesday 27 March 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 Bianca Stojanovski via email bianca_stojanovski@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.