The Organisation
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is one of Australia's leading research and teaching universities. Established in 1949, UNSW has expanded rapidly and now has more than 52,000 students, including more than 14,000 international students from over 130 different countries.
UNSW is a founding member of the prestigious Group of Eight research intensive universities in Australia and a member of the Universitas 21 international consortium. The main UNSW campus is located on a 38-hectare site at Kensington, in Sydney. Other campuses are UNSW Art and Design (Paddington), UNSW Canberra (Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra), and sub-campuses at Randwick and Coogee, as well as research stations around regional NSW. UNSW have partnered with Zenergy to recruit for the Health & Safety Business Partner roles supporting the Faculty of Medicine and Health.
The Role
The role of the Health & Safety Business Partner is to support the Faculty of Medicine and Health. The role will support and provide guidance on all matters Health & Safety. This role will include partnering with Senior Management, and Executives to demonstrate visible leadership and enhance safety as a core value.
In addition to monitoring and maintaining safety performance, insights, trends and culture you will also lead and coordinate serious incident response and investigations in conjunction with supervisors and H&S reps.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide guidance & support for senior executives and management to demonstrate safety leadership.
- Produce relevant and accurate reports on hazards and significant incidents.
- Lead and coordinate serious incident response.
- Ensure faculty senior management regularly discuss safety performance, insights, trends and encourage a positive safety culture.
- Develop & review Health and Safety policies and procedures and ensure compliance.
- Act as a safety representative for the faculty in leadership meetings as required.
- Align all safety actions with the universities core values and expectations.
- Develop practical workable solutions to Health and Safety issues.
- Implement the safety strategy to the wider team and provide coaching and mentoring where needed.
- Tertiary qualifications in Work Health and Safety.
- Developed knowledge of WHS legislation and standards.
- Strong computer skills including Microsoft suite of applications and ability to use and implement new systems.
- Ability to set priorities, establish and achieve agreed objectives.
- Knowledge and experience of ICAM investigations.
- Strong interpersonal skills, stakeholder management experience.
- Ability to influence and negotiate.
If you are interested in this position, please apply directly with your resume in WORD FORMAT and a brief cover letter outlining your suitability.
If you require any further information, please contact Georgie Ramsdale on 1300 333 400.
