Duties
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As one of Sydney’s most visited museums, the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) is committed to being a world leader in maritime history, sharing the national maritime story across Australia and providing a must-visit museum experience. This is an exciting time at the museum as it undergoes a major onsite and brand transformation. The Australian National Maritime Museum has a skilled and diverse workforce. We value our people, performance, integrity and service. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with a disability and people from every cultural and linguistic background.
What will you do?
This role will assist and support the ANMM to provide a healthy, and safe, place of work for its employees, volunteers, contractors, and other stakeholders, and to provide a site, facilities and services for its visitors and paying customers that are safe with risks identified and eliminated or mitigated and controlled. Ensure that the ANMM complies with the WHS Act and associated regulations and guidelines. This role combine the best of hands-on safety management with a strategic and operational focus and is a fantastic opportunity.
As a WHS manager you will work in collaboration with the business and support the team in the implementation and application of WHS policies, procedures and initiatives with a focus towards nurturing and achieving safety first philosophy. Your impact in the business will be more about the level of innovative communication and motivation skills you bring to the role, which will maintain the Health and Safety engagement of all levels of staff/management. This role is not merely about process compliance – it is about being an exemplar, a communicator and an agent for ongoing safety momentum.
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Excellent understanding, knowledge of the WHS Act, (including regulations and guidelines), and its application to a major public institution, its staff, volunteers, contractors, visitors and customers.
- Proven ability to develop and implement WHS policies and procedures to assist and support the management in the establishment and maintenance of a healthy and safe place for work and visitation.
- Effective communication and negotiation skills, with a proven ability to deal effectively with people with diverse backgrounds, and at all levels of the museum’s organisational structure.
- A proven ability to motivate employees, volunteers and contractors to develop, establish and maintain safe work places, systems and methods.
- Demonstrated experience in dealing with the public on WHS related matters.
- Ability to achieve goals, work to deadlines and organise priorities.
- Knowledge and experience in development, maintenance and use of a risk management system.
Eligibility
This position is open to all eligible members of the community. To be an eligible member of the community you must be an Australian citizen. Applications may be accepted from Australian permanent residents who are in the process of acquiring Australian citizenship.
Notes
Selection for this position will be made on the basis of relative merit which will be assessed against each item of the selection criteria. Applications that do not address the selection criteria will not be considered for short listing by the Selection Committee. As part of the selection process the selection committee may invite candidates to undertake psychometric test, you should advise the selection committee if you have any special needs. Psychometric tests may be used as the initial short-listing test or later in the selection process. Some tests are very short while others may take one or more hours. No Applications will be accepted by mail or email.
2 year non-ongoing full-time with a possibility of extension.
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