Title:  Senior Health and Safety Operations Specialist (Corporate/Office)

About Us

The Department of Transport and Planning oversees key planning, transport and land use policy decisions and management across the State. A life-cycle approach to planning, building, connecting and sustaining communities means our people can come together to; improve services, deliver sustainable projects, focus on customer engagement, streamline regulatory approval pathways, facilitate community consultation and better realise local economic opportunities for more liveable communities across Victoria.

The People and Culture Division enables the attraction, development and retention of a high performing and diverse workforce, through driving a safe, inclusive and connected culture

We’re focused on outcomes that deliver more choice, connections and confidence in our travel, ensuring the whole transport network works as one to deliver better services and outcomes.

About the Role

This is a Fixed Term Position- 12mths

This role is responsible to lead and contribute as appropriate the development and implementation of a health and safety enabling services. This is through building capability across DTP to meet the identified outcomes of DTP strategies, frameworks, programs and procedures to ensure a proactive health and safety culture. The role will contribute to and leverage the provision of the incident management system and other Health and Safety Management System items to provide high level stakeholder engagement, education and support.

Position Outcomes / Accountabilities

• Apply well-developed specialist knowledge to embed the required transformation in Occupational Health and Safety across a variety of DTP business units including high-risk construction activities aiming to reduce and prevent workplace injuries and illness.
• Drive the implementation and delivery of health and safety programs that focus on critical and key risks, particularly amongst field-based activities, and ensure targeted proactive risk solutions according to risk profile, safety data, industry data, and injury data.
• Partner with other People Legal and Governance business functions to support targeted evidence-based risk assessments and solutions to the right places including the analysis and reporting of relevant data to inform prevention, early intervention, incident management and investigation.
• Drive and ensure the implementation of consistent, effective and robust solutions that will assist to continually improve health, safety and wellbeing performance, achieve business objectives and reduce financial cost including working collaboratively with DTP contractors.
• Perform assurance activities such as inspections, audits, and reviews of critical and key risks, and coach and mentor operational staff and contractors to minimise safety and wellbeing risks.
• Develop and lead the implementation of processes and procedures, which demonstrate compliance and support DTP staff and contractors to adequately assess and manage risk.

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Key Selection Criteria

The Department of Transport and Planning is seeking a Senior Health and Safety Operations Specialist with a strong track record in driving operational excellence, stakeholder engagement, and innovative safety initiatives. This role requires a proactive individual who can lead and deliver complex projects that align with strategic goals and effectively manage risk. You will apply critical thinking to assess problems in context, implement sustainable solutions, and deliver measurable business outcomes.

We are looking for someone who champions innovation and continuous improvement, encouraging a culture of learning and collaboration to enhance quality and efficiency. Your ability to tailor services to meet customer needs while maintaining a clear focus on delivery outcomes is essential. You will bring a customer-first mindset, coupled with a commitment to service excellence and risk mitigation.

Success in this role also requires the ability to engage and manage diverse stakeholders, build strong internal and external partnerships, and resolve issues constructively. Your leadership in developing capability within teams will be vital, as you coach, mentor, and support others to grow and perform at their best.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping safe, effective, and innovative operational practices within a dynamic organisation.

Qualifications and Experience

Mandatory 

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant or related field

Desirable

• Extensive experience in enabling occupational health and safety capability among others 
• Extensive experience in stakeholder engagement and development
• Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment
• Ability and willingness to travel and work across locations within metropolitan and regional Victoria.

What we offer

• Meaningful work making Victorian communities more accessible and liveable
• Professional growth and development opportunities across the department and the wider Victorian Public Services
• A hybrid working model focused on collaboration and teamwork
• Optimal work-life balance initiatives including flexible working arrangements
• Opportunity to work across multiple urban and suburban hubs
• We prioritise the development of a safe and inclusive culture

Culture Value

We are an equal opportunity employer, embracing a diverse range of applicants such as veterans, and people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, LGBTQIA community members, individuals with disabilities and/or health conditions, as well as those from varied faith and cultural backgrounds. At our department, we prioritize the development of a safe, inclusive, and high-performance culture through shared actions and behaviours that align with our strategy and direction. This empowers our employees to effectively contribute to our goals.

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Applications close 11.59pm on Thursday 12th of June 2025. 

All Applications should include a resume and a cover letter. All applications must be submitted through the online portal. We’re unable to consider email or manual applications at this time.

For further information about the role please contact Marnie Mercuri - Marnie Mercuri, Manager, Health and Safety Operations via marnie.mercuri@transport.vic.gov.au

Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Transport and Planning will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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