Exciting Career Opportunity: Executive Director, WorkSafe Tasmania

Are you a visionary leader with a passion for workplace health, safety, and wellbeing? The Department of Justice is seeking an exceptional Executive Director to lead WorkSafe Tasmania and drive strategic initiatives that ensure the safety and prosperity of Tasmanian workplaces.

About the role: As the Executive Director, you will manage and lead WorkSafe Tasmania, setting the strategic direction in collaboration with the Deputy Secretary, Regulation and Service Delivery, and the WorkCover Board Tasmania. Your role will be pivotal in delivering core functions, improving operational effectiveness, and fulfilling statutory responsibilities under the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1998, Work Health and Safety Act 2012 and the Asbestos – Related Diseases (occupational exposure) Compensation Act 2011.

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.

Period of Appointment

5 years - Senior Executive appointment

Hours per fortnight

73.50 hours per fortnight - flexible options available. 

Duties

• Ensure the delivery of core functions and the achievement of outcomes described in the WorkSafe Tasmania Strategic and Business Plans.
• Facilitate improvements of the ongoing capabilities and operational effectiveness of WorkSafe Tasmania.
• Fulfil the statutory responsibilities of the Regulator under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012, and Competent Authority under Dangerous substances legislation.
• Manage the delivery of statutory responsibilities of the Asbestos Compensation Commissioner and Secretary to the WorkCover Tasmania Board.
• Manage the delivery of Tasmania’s workers compensation and Asbestos Compensation schemes.
• Represent the Agency and the Government on committees and forums and actively participate in various national bodies including SafeWork Australia.
• Provide high level strategic and policy advice and recommendations to the Deputy Secretary, Regulation and Service Delivery, the Minister, the WorkCover Board, the Asbestos Compensation Commissioner and industry on all relevant matters relating to the regulation and control.
• Initiate, develop and maintain high-level stakeholder relationships with industry bodies, unions, State and Commonwealth Departments and authorities, related regulators, and other related national and international organisations.
• As a member of the Department’s senior leadership group, actively contribute to the overall policy development, strategic planning, effective management and future direction of the Agency.
• Provide policy advice to Government, through the Deputy Secretary, Regulation and Service Delivery, to ensure that the legislation that WorkSafe Tasmania operates within is able to be appropriately administered and keeps pace with the needs and risks of Tasmanian workplaces.

Essential Requirements

Nil

Desirable Requirements

• Tertiary qualifications in an appropriate discipline are considered important for this position, together with considerable experience at senior executive level.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

  Statement of Duties (355813) Executive Director WorkSafe Tasmania.docx

 Statement of Duties (355813) Executive Director WorkSafe Tasmania.pdf

How to apply

To apply, please provide a copy of your CV with two referees and a two page summary outlining why you are the best person for the job.  Please note that that the Senior Executive Leadership Capability Framework applies to the role.  View more information about the framework on the link below.  

https://www.dpac.tas.gov.au/divisions/ssmo/learning_and_development/leadership/project_no_1/senior_executive_leadership_capability

Refer to the 'Information for Applicants' 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 (03) 6165 4915.

All applicants are required to supply a valid email address with their application for the purposes of email communication.

Please apply online by clicking the 'Apply Now' button.

For more information

Ross Smith
Deputy Secretary Regulation and Service Delivery
Email: ross.smith@justice.tas.gov.au
Phone: (03) 6165 4943 

Reasonable Adjustment Queries

Organisational Development and Design Team
(03) 6165 7603