Manager Ohs Services, South Eastern Victoria Region - Melbourne, Australia - Schools (Government)

Schools (Government)
Schools (Government)
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Melbourne, Australia

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Description

Location:
Melbourne | CBD


Job type:
Full time / From 15/04/2024


Organisation:
Schools (Government)


Salary:
Salary not specified


Occupation:
Other


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Selection Criteria:


Key Selection Criteria

  • 1. 'Victorian Public Sector Values as detailed in DE Values section
  • 2. 'Leadership' and 'People Management as detailed in the Required Capabilities section
  • 3. 'Specialist Expertise in OHS as detailed in the Required Capabilities section
  • 4. 'Relationship Building' as detailed in the Required Capabilities section
  • 5. 'Planning and Organising' as detailed in the Required Capabilities section

Key accountabilities
Delivery of core OHS Services business

  • Ensuring the outputs and outcomes for the Statewide OHS Services Team are identified and successfully delivered
  • Ensuring Statewide OHS Services Team performance goals and targets are developed, communicated, understood and met
  • Ensuring the OHS service provided by the team complies with relevant legislation and statutory obligations
  • Collaboration and partnerships within and across teams are established to deliver on core business of OHS Services
Direction setting and supervision

  • Establish and maintain a safe and healthy workplace which conforms to compliance standards, and supports responsible workplace behaviours
  • Model Victorian Public Sector Values
  • Provide employees with the leadership, information and guidance required to achieve outcomes and to ensure that these meet compliance requirements
Recruitment and Staff development

  • Undertake staff recruitment and selection to meet workforce needs according to HR and merit processes
  • Identify staff development needs and support and encourage staff to meet their professional goals
Individual performance management

  • Clearly define staff roles and performance expectations
  • Conduct performance appraisals
  • Provide support through timely resolution of professional issues and problems
Team effectiveness management

  • Establish and maintain a resilient, diverse and high performing team
  • Establish and maintain a collaborative and effective workplace
  • Establish and maintain a safe and healthy workplace which conforms to compliance standards is established and maintained
Expert OHS advice and leadership

  • Provide expert OHS advice to schools, regional partners and key department stakeholders, including executive leaders
  • Lead and supervise provision of OHS advice and emergency management planning tasks
OHS policy implementation

  • Implement or support strategic OHS and change initiatives
  • Provide information and advice to the Statewide Systems and Support team on recommendations for changes to OHS policies and procedures
Financial authorisation

  • Exercise the duties in accordance with the approved position (as a financial delegate) as authorised under Direction 2.4 of the Standing Directions of the Minister for Finance
  • Approve financial obligations (expenditure and commitment) for the appropriate transaction type and value as authorised under Direction
  • Ensure that the purchasing rules and principles of procurement have been followed as per departmental procurement policies

Required capabilities
Specialist Expertise in OHS

  • Sound technical health safety and wellbeing knowledge with significant understanding of relevant legislation and codes
  • Knowledge of contemporary health, safety and wellbeing theory and practice
  • Ability to act as a coach or mentor to own staff and colleagues to support and improve their OHS practice, professional development and work effectiveness
Leadership

  • Experience in leading health, safety and wellbeing initiatives as part of central and local leadership teams
  • Motivates others to deliver on goals and objectives
  • Builds team commitment by demonstrating personal conviction
  • Translates organisational strategy into meaningful longterm plans and objectives for own area of responsibility
People Management

  • Maximises effectiveness by selecting, developing, managing and motivating a high performing team
  • Aligns team with the organisational values and goals through effective people management and modelling
  • Ensures staff are effectively deployed through effective workforce planning practices
  • Clearly defines role expectations, monitors performance, provides timely and constructive feedback and facilitates employee development
Influence and Negotiation

  • Builds behindthescenes support for ideas to ensure buyin and ownership
  • Gains agreement to proposals and ideas
  • Involves experts or other third parties to strengthen a case
  • Uses chains of indirect influence to achieve outcomes (e.g. Gets A to show B so B will tell C)
Planning and Organising

  • Establishes systems and procedures to guide work and track progress
  • Identifies processes, tasks and resources required to achieve a goal
  • Recognises actual and potential barriers and finds effective ways to deal with them
  • Sets clearly defined objectives and priorities a
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