The Opportunity

We are looking for a  Health, Safety and Environment Advisor to assists the School(s) in Engineering with the implementation of health, safety and environment management systems and ensures that processes align with the requirements of UNSW. The position provides practical solutions to ensure the School(s) comply with all applicable health and safety legislation to minimise risks and prevent injuries in the workplace. The position plays a lead role in developing and fostering a positive health and safety culture within the School(s).

As the Health, Safety, and Environment Advisor you will work closely with stakeholders across the School(s), Health, Safety and Environment Consultation Committee Chairpersons and the School Manager(s) to ensure health, safety and environment compliance across a broad and complex range of research and teaching activities in offices, classrooms, laboratories, workshops, stores and field/off-site locations. 

• Salary: Level 6/7 $87,033 - $103,318 (AUD) + 17% superannuation & Annual Leave loading
• Full-time position
• 35hr- per week 
• Location: Kensington Campus – Sydney, Australia

About UNSW

UNSW is currently implementing a ten-year strategy to 2025 and our ambition for the next decade is nothing less than to establish UNSW as Australia’s global university. We aspire to this in the belief that a great university, which is a global leader in discovery, innovation, impact, education and thought leadership, can make an enormous difference to the lives of people in Australia and around the world.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Specific responsibilities for this role include:

Level 6

• Lead and monitor the implementation of UNSW’s Health, Safety and Environment policies, procedures and guidelines within the School(s) and liaise with relevant staff regarding compliance, solutions and implementation issues.
• Implement the School’s Health, Safety and Environment Management System, reviewing it regularly, keeping it up-to-date with UNSW’s requirements and effectively consulting and communicating with School stakeholders on any changes.
• Provide administrative management and support to users of electronic health, safety and environment systems used within the School(s) (for example, UNSW SafeSys).
• Provide administrative support to the School(s) in preparation for any health, safety and environment audit.
• Monitor and follow-up completion of health, safety and environment induction and training.
• Work with stakeholders to ensure that health, safety and environment issues are reported and corrective actions are addressed and closed off in a timely manner.
• Work with stakeholders to ensure that hazards are identified and reasonably practicable risk management is carried out.
• Monitor and follow-up inspection, testing and monitoring schedule for plant and equipment. 
• Monitor and support management of health, safety and environment records held by the School(s) (for example, inductions, training, maintenance records).
• Assist in the creation of School health, safety and environment protocols, as the need arises.
• Schedule and conduct regular inspections of the School’s workplaces to ensure compliance with appropriate legislation, policies and procedures.
• Attend the School’s Health, Safety and Environment Consultation Committee (Level 3) and provide timely statistical reports, analysis and advice to the committee.
• Be a member of the area Emergency Control Organisation and contribute toward emergency management.
• Provide inductions, training and presentations related to health, safety and environment to staff and students, as required.
• Coordinate incident investigations in conjunction with supervisors, Health and Safety Representatives and committee members.
• Identify and analyse health, safety and environment incident trends and facilitate strategies to prevent reoccurrence.

Transition Support

• Perform a range of general administration duties in support of the Faculty/School transition to new structures under Operational Excellence, across a broad range of administrative functions according to the needs of the work unit. Team Support
• Perform a range of duties to ensure the service requirements of the School and Faculty are met; including back-up for periods of leave for all administration roles in the Faculty and Schools.
• Apply, interpret and advise on relevant policies and procedures; contribute to the development, continuous improvement and implementation of administrative systems and guidelines.
• Other duties as directed by the Faculty Health, Safety and Environment Coordinator or School Manager(s).
• Cooperate with all health, safety and environment policies and procedures of the university and take all reasonable care to ensure that your actions or omissions do not impact on the health and safety of yourself or others.

Level 7 (in addition to Level 6 above):

• Work autonomously within a large School and/or across multiple Schools with multiple complex hazards, providing trusted oversight and applying knowledge of safety compliance requirements in specialist areas to versatile scenarios.
• Build and maintain expertise in specialist areas in order to advise the School(s) on specific compliance requirements, for example relating to safe use, handling and storage of hazardous substances and dangerous goods, plant and equipment, gene technology, radiation.
• Advise the Laboratory Manager(s) on safety related considerations relevant to a range of complex laboratory facilities and equipment.
• Review laboratory procedural documentations for safety compliance and make recommendations to the Laboratory Manager(s).
• Provide mentoring and back-up to others in the team of Health, Safety and Environment Advisors, including consultancy advice about specialist technical areas. 
• Collaborate with the Faculty Health, Safety and Environment Coordinator with health, safety and environment projects related to the Faculty, and manage project roll-out within the School(s).
• Generate reports from UNSW Health, Safety and Environment electronic management systems (such as PiMS, SiMS, SafeSys, SciQuest ERM), identify needs as a result and provide analysis and recommendations to the Faculty Health, Safety and Environment Coordinator and School Manager(s).
• Create, implement, monitor and review School health, safety and environment protocols.
• Develop and deliver in-house training relevant to the health and safety issues arising, particularly in relation to the specialist technical needs of the School(s).
• Carry out audits of the School’s Health, Safety and Environment Management System and lead School stakeholders in achieving and maintaining compliance.
• Liaise with outside inspectors relating to regulatory compliance, including those from Radiation Safety Committee, Gene Technology Safety Committee, Research Ethic and Compliance Support Unit.
• Maintain a broad understanding of the health, safety and environment needs of the Faculty, and represent the Faculty on relevant committees and UNSW central projects.

Within your application you should address the selection criteria which are listed within the position description.

• Pre-employment checks required for this position include qualification verification.

Please apply online. Applications will not be accepted if sent to the contact listed below. 

Contact:

Steve Lalic

E: steve.lalic@unsw.edu.au 

Applications close: 11:50 pm, Sunday 20^th Oct 2019 (AEST)

UNSW aspires to be the exemplar Australian university and employer of choice for people from diverse backgrounds.

UNSW aims to ensure equality in recruitment, development, retention and promotion of staff, and that no-one is disadvantaged on the basis of their gender, cultural background, disability, sexual orientation or identity. We encourage everyone who meets the selection criteria to apply.