We're Hiring!

• Join a hard-working and inspired Work Health and Safety team!
• A role that will allow you to contribute to an ever-evolving field.
• The opportunity to grow and build lasting relationships

About Us

As Tasmania’s publicly owned training provider, TasTAFE is a vital contributor to the prosperity of the state’s economy through supporting jobs and employment and the economic resilience of our businesses and industry. With a focus on practical, real-life learning, we work hard to ensure the training our learners receive is industry relevant and we provide real industry skills that are highly valued by employers.

TasTAFE aspires to be a place of innovation, creating new ways of training, finding solutions, delivering differently, and increasing access for all.

The Role

Based at our one of our Campuses across the state, the Health and Safety Advisor will assist the Senior Manager of Health and Safety by delivering high-quality operational and administrative support. Your role will involve maintaining and enhancing WHS initiatives and management systems, using your integrity, initiative, and sound judgment.

On any given day, your duties will include:

• Being the central WHS expert, guiding TasTAFE to compliance and safety excellence with your top-notch advice and support!
• Forging relationships with stakeholders and being a WHS champion including Wellbeing, and Injury Management Systems across the board.
• Craft and refine WHS policies and procedures, ensuring they’re always ahead of the legislative curve.
• Lead engaging WHS training sessions, empowering TasTAFE employees to create a safer, smarter, and healthier workplace.
• Take charge of WHS systems and records, making sure everything from risk registers to incident reports are spot-on and up to date.

What you bring:

•  Good working knowledge of WHS laws and regulations. Proficiency in MS Office and WHS Management systems that showcase your tech-savviness and ability to navigate databases and records like a pro.
• Experience in crafting effective WHS policies, procedures, training materials, and governing safety management systems.
• Exceptional communication skills that enable you to engage, influence, and train stakeholders, making WHS compliance a breeze.
• Your experience in conducting WHS audits, inspections, and investigations results in detailed reports and actionable safety recommendations.

A current Working with Vulnerable People registration is required, or the ability to obtain one prior to commencement.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

At TasTAFE, we encourage applications from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, people living with a disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and members of the LGBTIQ+ community.

We are a diverse and inclusive workplace and understand the importance of flexibility. We want our workforce to reflect the diversity in our community and we are committed to building a culture we are all proud of.

Ask us how we can make this role flexible to suit you.

Join TasTAFE

If you think this could be the opportunity for you, we encourage you to apply. To be eligible, you must have the right to work in Australia.

We're conducting an agile selection process, reviewing applications as they arrive. Candidate screening and interviews may begin prior to the closing date.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please let our recruitment team know during selection.

TasTAFE is determined to create a positive application experience for all candidates.

We are committed to provide application outcomes via phone or email in a timely manner to all candidates.

TasTAFE prioritises Tasmania’s Child and Youth Safe Standards and the Universal Principle for Aboriginal Cultural Safety in its recruitment process, ensuring the safety and cultural well-being of children, youth, and Aboriginal individuals