Current employment opportunities:

Executive Manager Workplace Health and Safety 

Location:    Kedron 

Remuneration:    $147,720 – $156,207 per annum 

Join the Queensland Ambulance Service and play a pivotal role in enhancing safety culture across one of Queensland’s most essential services. 

The Executive Manager, Workplace Health and Safety is responsible for the leadership and delivery of an exemplary statewide workplace health and safety service, encompassing health, safety and injury management services.

The role leads a team of workplace health and safety professionals to ensure the development and implementation of a comprehensive workplace health and safety strategy focussed on the continuous improvement of workplace health and safety performance outcomes and compliance with legislative obligations.

Queensland Ambulance Service benefits:

  • Be part of an organisation which delivers frontline services to the Queensland community.
  • This role is located at our Head Office building in Kedron (Brisbane Northside). 
  • Kedron based roles have access to benefits such as: free-onsite parking (and ample free on-street parking), free onsite pool and gym, onsite café, salary packaging benefits, access to flexible work arrangements.

To apply, you must submit the following:

  • Your current résumé; and
  • A 2-page statement outlining your suitability for this position. Your statement is to include examples and outcomes achieved in previous roles with similar requirements to demonstrate that you possess the key attributes to perform successfully in this specific role. Your statement should address the requirements set out in the basis of selection as listed in the Role Description.

Before applying, please ensure you read the full Role Description.

Further information on preparing your application is contained in the Applicant Information Kit.

For a conversation about the role, please contact the person listed in the Job Details section. 

  • Permanent Flexible Full-Time 
  • HAO8 | $147,720 – $156,207 per annum 
  • Be the difference. Make Queensland better through what you do. #BeHere4Qld. 

Enquiries:    David Hill, DavidJ.Hill@ambulance.qld.gov.au, 07 3635 3706 

Job Ad Reference:    QLD/638557/25 

Application Details:    https://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-638557-25

Closing Date:    Thursday, 5th June, 2025 

Inspector of Mines – Mental Health and Wellbeing

Where: Est Perth, WA

Level: SC Level 4 $141,344 – $151,091 pa – Permanent – Full Time

Make a real impact on mental health in WA’s mining industry.

Would you like to work in a genuinely exciting, flexible and friendly work environment, which offers its people a range of benefits, including flexible working hours, working at home, in the field or in the office to help support you and get the best results possible for our community? Then the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DEMIRS) is for you!

We value diversity and appreciate every individual’s perspective, bringing together a diverse and inclusive workforce to drive innovation and success. Whether it is enabling the next big discovery in the mining sector, protecting workers’ health and safety, transforming energy supply and emissions, or rolling out new technology to provide better customer service, DEMIRS is committed to delivering for the benefit of WA and future generations.

The role

As an Inspector of Mines – Mental Health and Wellbeing, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing psychosocial management across the mining sector by enforcing mines safety legislation and leading inspections and audits with a specific focus on psychosocial hazards.

You will provide specialist technical advice on how PCBU’s are managing the identification, assessment, and controls of psychosocial risks in mining workplaces.

Your insights will guide executive leadership, contribute to strategic policy formulation, and support interdepartmental collaboration to advance psychosocial initiatives in the mining industry.

Drawing on your in-depth knowledge of psychosocial risk management, you will lead and support investigations into workplace incidents, including those related to psychosocial hazards and workplace behaviour complaints. Your work will help inform regulatory responses and contribute to systemic improvements across the industry.

 Key Responsibilities:

  • Enforce relevant mine safety legislation through audits and inspections with a psychosocial focus.
  • Lead investigations into workplace incidents involving psychosocial harm.
  • Contribute to the development of regulatory policies, guidelines, and strategic plans.
  • Monitor and report on industry performance in managing psychosocial hazards.
  • Participate in and lead proactive education and awareness campaigns to support mental health in mining.
  • Represent the department in high-level forums and inter-agency working groups.

Please refer to the Job Description Form (JDF) attached for further information regarding the position, including any specific requirements, capabilities and pre-employment checks which will be assessed as part of the selection process.

While this selection process will initially be used to fill the above vacancy, it may also be used to fill other similar vacancies (permanent, fixed-term, full-time or part-time) within the department for the next 12 months, from the date that the recruitment breach period has been finalised.

To be eligible for appointment, applicants must have a valid working visa (for fixed term appointments) or be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or have a visa to live and work indefinitely in Australia (for permanent appointments) at the time of application.

Further information

Please contact Narelle McMahon, Regional Inspector of Mines on (08) 9358 8078 or via Narelle.MCMAHON@demirs.wa.gov.au or visit our website. You can also keep up to date on DEMIRS achievements and activities by following us on LinkedIn.

To view this job advertisement: WA Government Jobs | Inspector of Mines – Mental Health and Wellbeing

CLOSING DATE: 4.00pm on Thursday, 5 June 2025 (WST)

Inspector Scientific Officer

Where: Cannington, WA

Level: SC Level 2 $107,948 – $118,27 – Permanent – Full Time

Ready to use your human factors expertise to shape safer workplaces?

Would you like to work in a genuinely exciting, flexible and friendly work environment, which offers its people a range of benefits, including flexible working hours, working at home, in the field or in the office to help support you and get the best results possible for our community? Then the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DEMIRS) is for you!

We value diversity and appreciate every individual’s perspective, bringing together a diverse and inclusive workforce to drive innovation and success. Whether it is enabling the next big discovery in the mining sector, protecting workers’ health and safety, transforming energy supply and emissions, or rolling out new technology to provide better customer service, DEMIRS is committed to delivering for the benefit of WA and future generations.

The role

As an Inspector Scientific Officer within the human factors team in WorkSafe General Industries, you’ll play a vital role in improving health and safety standards across diverse industries by conducting workplace inspections, investigating incidents, and enforcing WHS legislation. With a focus on human factors, particularly psychosocial hazards, you’ll use your scientific expertise to identify risks, provide guidance, and contribute to policy and team development. This position offers the opportunity to build your professional knowledge, collaborate with key stakeholders, and support a culture of safety and continuous improvement – all while progressing your own career in a high-impact regulatory role. You will be supported by a team of Inspector Scientific Officers, comprehensive training and onboarding, and opportunities for professional development.  

Please refer to the Job Description Form (JDF) attached for further information regarding the position, including any specific requirements, capabilities and pre-employment checks which will be assessed as part of the selection process.

While this selection process will initially be used to fill the above vacancy, it may also be used to fill other similar vacancies (permanent, fixed-term, full-time or part-time) within the department for the next 12 months, from the date that the recruitment breach period has been finalised.

To be eligible for appointment, applicants must have a valid working visa (for fixed term appointments) or be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or have a visa to live and work indefinitely in Australia (for permanent appointments) at the time of application.

Further information

Please contact Justine McGillivray, Principal Inspector – Human Factors on (08) 9358 8185 or via justine.mcgillivray@demirs.wa.gov.au or visit our website. You can also keep up to date on DEMIRS achievements and activities by following us on LinkedIn.

To view this job advertisement: WA Government Jobs | Inspector Scientific Officer

CLOSING DATE: 4.00pm on Friday 6 June 2025 (WST)