Senior Safe Farming Tasmania Consultant

Department of Justice
WorkSafeTasmania
Compensation and Communications

Applications must be submitted by Sunday 12 May, :
55 PM

Sunday 12 May, :
55 PM AEST

Award/Classification:

Tasmanian State Service Award - General Stream Band 6

$105,921.00 to $119,801.00 per annum

Employment type:

Permanent, full-time

Region:

Statewide

Location:

Hobart, Launceston, or Burnie

The position contributes to and positively influences the reduction of farm work related death, injury and disease. It raises awareness of farm safety issues by encouraging and leading positive farm safety discussions throughout Tasmania's farming communities, to improve the health and safety performance of the farming sector in line with the strategic objectives of WorkSafe Tasmania and the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.

We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people living with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and LGBTIQA+ people.

The Department of Justice supports reasonable adjustment requests in any stage of the assessment process to remove barriers and facilitate full participation in all aspects of employment for applicants with disability. If you have individual requirements that need to be accommodated in order to participate in an interview or recruitment activity, please inform the contact listed at the end of this vacancy.

We are a diverse and inclusive workplace and understand the importance of flexible working arrangements. Talk to us about how this could work for you.

Hours per fortnight

73.50 hours per fortnight- flexible options available.

Duties

Under the guidance of the Safe Farming Tasmania Steering Committee (SFTSC), and in direct consultation with the Safe Farming Tasmania Reference Group, (SFTRG), develop and deliver the Safe Farming Tasmania Program, including but not limited to:

• Encouraging and leading positive farm safety discussions in Tasmania's farming communities by:
  
• Visiting Tasmanian farms, farming related businesses and farm communities to provide high level quality advice and guidance about dealing with farm safety issues.
• Promoting farm safety at rural gatherings (including presentations and displays in partnership with rural organisations and representative bodies), by attending these gatherings to encourage positive farm safety discussions and generally promote farm safety improvements.
• Presenting on farm safety issues and emerging trends at a local and national level at meetings of industry groups, and workers.
• Establishing positive and highly productive working relationships with stakeholders through extensive collaboration and consultation with key stakeholders, including regulatory authorities, Government Departments, industry and rural bodies, and the farming community, to maximise industry uptake and participation in the Program.
• Lead and develop team members, if assigned to the Program, by providing guidance, coaching, mentoring and support.
• Facilitating industry forums and promoting farm safety in various forms of media through established Departmental communications channels.
• Identifying, developing (in consultation with key stakeholders), and promoting resources designed to enhance improved safety outcomes.
• Coordinating the SFTRG, including liaising directly with the Chair, to seek strategic input into the Program's activities, to identify further partnership opportunities and to encourage feedback and advice from member networks.
• Reporting to the SFTSC on the activities of the Program.
• The performance of these duties will involve some out of hours / weekend work, as well as extensive intrastate and occasional interstate travel.
• High level of industry knowledge and experience in the agriculture sector
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in work health and safety

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

To apply, please provide a Short Form Application which is a 1-2 page covering letter outlining your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the Statement of Duties, and a copy of your current Resumé/CV. We do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria.

Please note if you submit the details of your referees with your application the Selection Panel may contact them without notifying you.

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Refer to the 'Information for Applicants (DOJ)' document for further information. Please note, attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.

If you are unable to submit your application online, please contact the Department of Justice Recruitment Team on .

• Review the Statement of Duties and consider if you meet the requirements.
• Speak to the Contact Officer if you have any questions.
• Submit your application including any additional documents as specified in each individual job vacancy notice.