• $99,654 - $113,315
• Canberra, ACT

Details

The ACT Education Directorate is committed to ensuring safe, supportive work environments for all school-based staff and in the Education Support Office. When workplace illness or injury occurs, we aim to support the best outcomes for staff by supporting them early.

With this as your focus, the Wellbeing Officer will:

• Review Safety Portal (reporting system) reports to ensure that duty holders have completed the relevant sections, corrective actions, and reporting responsibilities.
• Review Safety Portal (reporting system) reports and consider and apply wellbeing actions as appropriate.
• Undertake post incident staff wellbeing checks and support, including follow up actions as required.
• Coordinate wellbeing support strategies and effectively liaise with stakeholders across the Education Directorate to optimise early intervention and mobilise supports to staff, schools and business areas.
• Demonstrate adherence to relevant records management policies.
• Apply and support Work Health and Safety and Risk Management policies, procedures and processes.

Provide and support reporting and trend analysis to assist in wellbeing initiatives for the Directorate.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.

Eligibility / Other Requirements

Highly Desirable:

• Demonstrated Work Health Safety and/or Injury Management experience and knowledge specific to mental health and wellbeing.
• Demonstrated knowledge in Work Health and Safety legislation
• Experience in psychosocial risk identification

Note: A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months. Selection may be based on application and referee reports only.

How to Apply

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A position description is attached.