WHS Advisor

Ready to champion safety excellence and drive safety initiatives across our department and its diverse range of services? Join us as a Work Health and Safety (WHS) Safety Advisor, from providing advice and coaching to conducting investigations, you'll partner and support workers across a diversity of operations, contributing to an effective safety-focused culture.
At the Department for Infrastructure and Transport we connect South Australians to keep our State moving.

We want every South Australian to easily access the services they want, the transport they rely on and the infrastructure they need.
For us, it’ s personal. We feel it because we live it. We know the projects and services we work on today must deliver for South Australia’ s future.
The Opportunity
The Safety, Security, Risk, and Emergency Management Directorate, within the People and Corporate Services Division, provides internal services that ensure compliance, safety, and effective risk management.

Key responsibilities

include:
Managing safety operations, emergency planning, outbreak coordination, protective security, enterprise risk, and business continuity.
Reporting to the Team Leader WHS Advisory high-quality, accurate WHS advice and support, particularly in high-risk operational areas.
Empowering workgroups to understand legislative responsibilities, implement safe work practices, and continuously improve risk management strategies.
Developing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders to provide WHS knowledge, education, and support.
Monitoring the Hazard and Incident reporting system, collaborating with workgroups to ensure effective safety outcomes, and participating in WHS programs and projects.

About You
We are looking for a motivated, proactive and safety driven team member who enjoys collaborating with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

As part of our team, you will demonstrate the following qualities:
Customer-focused: Understands and responds to the needs of those we serve, ensuring outcomes align with departmental systems, processes, and policies.
Proactive and accountable: Takes ownership of tasks, embraces change, supports risk management initiatives, and implements effective solutions within assigned functions.
Analytical and solution-oriented: Possesses high-level research and analytical skills to evaluate complex information and provide expert advice and clear, concise reports under tight deadlines.
Independent and collaborative: Works autonomously or as part of a team, identifying performance outcomes, setting priorities, and making well-informed decisions to meet deadlines.
Effective communicator: Delivers clear, professional, and tactful communication in both written and verbal formats, with strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills.