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The Opportunity

• Exciting opportunity for a HSE Manager to support CSIRO Health and Biosecurity
• Can you lead and develop teams and projects whilst improving HSE and wellbeing culture?
• Join CSIRO - Australia's National Science and Innovation Agency!

CSIRO Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) partners with all levels of the organisation coaching and influencing to make HSE personal.  They provide future-focussed, leading-edge development and delivery of HSE programs that result in significant improvement in CSIRO’s HSE culture.

CSIRO are searching for a HSE Manager to join the team in a newly created role supporting the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP) and our Health and Biosecurity business units.

The ACDP (formerly known as the Australian Animal Health Laboratory) helps protect Australia's multi-billion dollar livestock and aquaculture industries, and the general public, from emerging infectious disease threats. It is a high-containment facility designed to allow scientific research into the most dangerous infectious agents in the world.

Our Health and Biosecurity business unit search to develop and deliver proven solutions to everyday health and biosecurity problems that challenge us locally and globally.

Whilst you will not be scientifically supporting our Health and Biosecurity business unit, representing the HSE team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the Health and Biosecurity business unit who are delivering solutions to ensure Australia is prepared and ready to respond to existing and emerging risks.

The HSE Manager reports to the HSE Executive Business Partner and will be responsible for proactively partnering with, coaching, and positively influencing CSIRO’s operational line management and HSE advisors and delivering HSE goals to broader organisational goals.

The HSE Manager will provide tailored support, consistent delivery of Improving HSE outcomes and metrics, HSE activities, and initiatives across these critical areas. Your key impact will be to improve CSIRO’s HSE and wellbeing culture.

Your duties will include:

• Driving, strengthening, and supporting the implementation of CSIRO’s HSE plan whilst helping to improve the HSE performance of the organisation through technical leadership, influence, and strong communication.
• Guiding, supporting and empowering HSE Advisors to develop solutions to complex and challenging HSE issues in partnership with relevant workgroups.
• Driving the consistent delivery of CSIRO’s HSE activities across the ACDP and the Health and Biosecurity business unit and multiple operational sites to cultivate a consistent and organisational approach to HSE.
• Leading and implementing HSE projects to enable strategic outcomes and improvement.
• Coaching to enable the growth and development of BU Directors, Site Leaders, staff, and HSE team members in utilising best practice and leveraging capability and communities of practice to improve HSE Performance.
• Leveraging and harnessing proactive partnering relationships with key site leaders and people, HSE Executive Business Partners, and external stakeholders through being a trusted advisor, listening, discussing, and providing clear advice towards set goals.

Location: Geelong, Victoria (preferred), Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide
Salary: AU$117k - AU$138k plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: Indefinite
Reference: 82629

To be considered you will need:

• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant health, safety, environment degree, engineering or risk management along with at least 5-10 years’ demonstrated experience in leading HSE management within large or complex organisations. Experience working with industry scale operations such as in mining, oil & gas, chemicals g or energy highly desired.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of HSE legislation and codes of practice as well as experience with the integration of process safety principles to support research activities in areas including safety in design, change management, adequate diversity and redundancy in the control measures.
• A significant record of influencing and effecting impactful HSE changes in team culture in alignment with the strategic direction of the organisation. Further, a strong track record of enabling positive organisational change, by innovating and adapting strategies, goals, and priorities, and driving culture change in health and safety.
• Demonstrated collaborative leadership skills and the ability to & lead remotely – utilising collective leadership skills to create connection across all teams within the HSE function and with other stakeholder teams. 
• Demonstrated experience in collaboratively sharing and utilising team resources to provide a seamless and organisational approach to the delivery of the HSE strategy.
• A proven ability to coach and be the trusted advisor to leaders by influencing a positive culture where HSE is prioritised and considered ensuring alignment between client needs and CSIRO’s objectives. A strong record of influencing HSE teams and internal and external stakeholders on at times contentious HSE matters to provide a seamless organisational approach to the delivery of the HSE plan.
• Exemplify strong interpersonal skills in managing client expectations. Communicates clearly (both in orally and in writing).  
• A strong working history of understanding goals and targets, taking accountability, driving outcomes and delivering on commitments & achieving results. Ability to take direction, deliver on set objectives and a passion for continued learning, development and growth in yourself and in others.

For full details about this role please review the Position Description

Eligibility

This is a security assessed position. To be eligible you must hold an Australian Citizenship and be willing and able to meet Negative Vetting Level 1 Security requirements.

Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

Flexible Working Arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. 

Diversity and Inclusion

We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish. 

About CSIRO

At CSIRO Australia's national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact. 

Join us and start creating tomorrow today!

How to Apply

Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.

Applications Close

27 March 2022 11:00pm AEDT