Project Officer

Department of Communities and Justice

Murrumbidgee, Far West and Western NSW District

Project Officer – Workplace Health and Safety

Clerk Grade 7/8

Location – Flexible – ideally within Murrumbidgee Far West and Western NSW

Employment type – Temporary vacancy up to 30 June 2025

Salary – $106,025.00 to $117,363.00 pa + Superannuation and annual leave loading.

Employment type – This is a Temporary opportunity with Department of Communities & Justice within the Murrumbidgee Far West Western NSW Districts.

• Up to 5 weeks annual leave per year of service (dependent on your home location)
• Generous salary packagingoptions and other fringe benefits.
• Flexible work practices.
• Opportunities for learning and development and internal career progression.

Your role

This Work Health Safety (WHS) Project Officer role is primarily to support the consistent delivery of strategic priorities for the District’s Work Health and Safety program. You will support managers and employees who live in the geography of Murrumbidgee, Far West and Western NSW District, and work for Department of Communities and Justice.

What you’ll do

You will be supporting staff in the Murrumbidgee, Far West and Western NSW district for Department of Communities and Justice. The role will support staff within Community Services, Housing NSW, Commissioning and Planning teams, and administrative executive-based teams. We will be flexible with your office base, and some travel throughout the region will be required.

Day to day responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinate the WHS function, participate in regional and local committees, ensuring that WHS risks, and incidents are managed in accordance with legislation.
• Coordinate the implementation of safety initiatives and programs in conjunction with workplace managers to assist our district in meeting its legislative responsibilities.
• Monitor and evaluate regular audit programs across the region to ensure that legislative obligations are met for areas such as fire safety (wardens and frameworks), health and safety representatives, and first aid officers.
• Provide statistical information, analysis and reporting to the District Executive while implementing appropriate preventative strategies based on statistical trends.

You'll work as part of a team of five people in Business Management that support Murrumbidgee Far West and Western NSW corporate responsibilities for the district. Your role within this team coordinates the WHS function. Your office base will be dependent on where you live.

What we’re looking for

• Relevant Safe Work NSW qualifications or related Work, Health and Safety certificates would be ideal, however are not essential
• Previous experience at managing positive workplace health and safety priorities, ensuring end-to-end management of client service delivery needs according to timeframes.
• You will be an analytical thinker able to identify and manage WHS risks.
• You will have exceptional interpersonal skills to help promote a safety culture within our region.
• Strong documentation and report-writing skills.
• Knowledge of WHS related legislation and applicable Codes of Practice and Standards
• Demonstrated ability to provide subject matter expertise, reporting and recommendations into the development and continual improvement of a safety culture
• Sound understanding of risk awareness, risk assessment, safe work practices and injury management frameworks and methods.
• Proven ability to actively promote regular consultation, negotiation, and feedback to achieve effective outcomes
• Current NSW Class C Drivers Licence

Download the role description.

We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:

and your response to the 2 targeted questions below

Target Q1. Please provide an example from your recent work experience where you managed a compliance program. How did you engage with your stakeholders and achieve full compliance?

Target Q2. Describe your experience from the implementation of a new initiative related to work health and safety. What methods did you employ to achieve a successful implementation?

Applications close: Tuesday 27 February 2024 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Leisel Ward via Leisel.Ward@dcj.nsw.gov.au.

If you’ve got a question about applying or require an adjustment in the recruitment process, please, call Tina Baker via tina.baker@dcj.nsw.gov.au.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit our careers site.

Other Information

A Talent Pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application