Health Compliance Officer

If so, we encourage you to read on about this exciting opportunity with Resources Safety and Health Queensland.

The Health Strategy and Compliance team within the Occupational Health division at RSHQ, works to ensure occupational disease and other health harms are detected early, so that affected workers’ health can be managed, and the effectiveness of industry’s risk controls can be assessed.

About The Role

The role directly provides benefit to the health of Queensland resource sector workers, which requires a highly dedicated and motivated officer to ensure this important value is delivered. The Health Compliance Officer will help progress RSHQ’s Strategic Objectives to be an exemplar expert regulator and promote improved safety and health outcomes.

The role will work closely alongside RSHQ’s inspectorates and engage with a range of stakeholders across the resource sectors which may include workers, operators, industry and stakeholder representatives and medical practitioners, requiring excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

About You

It would be highly beneficial to have knowledge and expertise regarding managing the risk of workplace fatigue, fitness to work, drugs and alcohol or other broader occupational health hazards, such as managing risks from new or less understood exposures. This will assist in providing effective industry responses as a subject matter expert and support the delivery of related occupational health and hygiene compliance objectives to protect workers.

Experience in investigation processes and regulatory compliance activities, including leading design and implementation of audits, investigations, taking enforcement action and administrative decision-making, using a risk-based and data-driven approach, would be highly regarded. Capability in the collection of evidence, taking of statements, interviewing of witnesses and experts, report writing, delivery of briefs of evidence, statements of reason, persuasive verbal communication and document management would be ideal.

The successful candidate may be required to undergo any pre-employment checks including psychometric profiling, disciplinary history and criminal history that may be undertaken.

The role description will outline any qualifications, licences and specific requirements of the role. If you are interested in this job we encourage you to read the attached role description and talk to the contact officer.

• Applications will remain current for a period of up to 12 months and may be considered for other vacancies (identical or similar).
• Appointments are subject to criminal history checks in accordance with section 52 of the Public Sector Act 2022.
• Prior to appointment, current and previous public sector employees are required to disclose any history of serious disciplinary action in accordance with section 71 of the Public Sector Act 2022.
• All employees are required to disclose any interest/s that conflict, may conflict or may be perceived to conflict with the discharge of their duties in accordance with section 182 of the Public Sector Act 2022.
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Occupational group Occupational Health & Safety