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• Permanent Full-time
• $107,811.66 per annum plus Superannuation
• Join the Executive Office team.

Hume City Council is one of Australia’s fastest growing and culturally diverse councils. We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible.

To provide high level executive project and operational support to the City Services & Living Division, facilitating the effective, timely and integrated achievement of Divisional projects, priorities, and outcomes.

What you’ll be doing:

• Liaise with internal departments to ensure an appropriate advocacy agenda is developed and executed for emerging community service issues.
• Contribute to development and implementation of key strategic projects for the City Services & Living Division, including strategies, policies, programs, projects, and events, to offer provision in achievement of identified Divisional and/or team objectives.
• Maintain a high-level understanding of key internal or external matters that could impact the City Services & Living Division, including implications arising from changes to legislation, regulation, policies, and strategies, ensuring staff within the division are aware of key risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Provide key stakeholders and community organisations with strategic advice and analysis to support their planning and advocacy for services or programs to meet community needs across the municipality.
• Coordinate stakeholder forums to guide the development and implementation of community services issues.
• Influence and liaise with key stakeholders to support the planning and policy implementation across the Division.
• Build collaborative and respected relationships with internal and external stakeholders to advance strategic priorities and resolve complex issues.
• Participate in and resource the development of all Divisional service planning processes, providing guidance and support as required.

The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role:

• Coordinate the preparation of Divisional submissions, reporting and applications.
• Ability to build collaborative and respected relationships with internal and external stakeholders to advance strategic priorities and resolve complex issues.
• Represent the City Services & Living Division in cross business projects and cross functional teams and various internal and external forums as required.
•  Experience in advancing complex work programs and ensuring adherence to key timelines, including proven project management skills.
• In conjunction with the Executive Officer City Services & Living, co-ordinate responses to a range of existing and emerging community services / City Services & Living issues, providing oversight, and ensuring delivery of outcomes in a timely manner.
• Demonstrated experience in developing, influencing, and implementing public policy and strategies.
• Highly developed written and oral communication skills, including the ability to prepare reports, submissions, papers, and correspondence for authorisation by the Executive Officer City Services & Living, as required.

Why Hume City Council?

A leader in local government, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values:

We’re better, every day: We give things a go and value progress over perfection. We have permission to go for it and are expected to reflect and learn.

We’re in it together: At Hume, everyone matters. We Welcome and include all. Respect and safety are expected.

We show up: We empower and trust others and own our work. We rise to the challenges and are expected to do what we say we will.

All for Hume: We strive to achieve our best for the Hume Community. We are proud and passionate about working towards better outcomes and expect they are at the centre of everything we do.

We offer a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

Technical Partners Health (TPH) scaffolds the provision of technical support crossing the whole of  Griffith Health, spanning three streams (Technologies, Operations and Logistics; Laboratory and Preclinical Experience; Simulation and Practical Experience). TPH includes more than 50 Technical specialists, working collaboratively to support various Health Schools, Clinics, Research and, Learning and Teaching within purpose-designed facilities across multiple campuses. 

To ensure we achieve our vision, an exciting opportunity exists within our Technical Partners Health team. The Senior Compliance and Project Officer will lead in the provision of expert advice for the Health Group and implement measures of best practice pertaining to procurement, equipment handling, storage, disposal (including chemicals and substances) and biologicals handling (including health and safety procedures) to ensure that Health Group meets all legislative and University compliance requirements.  

The Senior Compliance and Project Officer (TOL) is a leadership position within Griffith Health that will work under broad direction of the Technical Manager – Technologies, Operations and Logistics (TPH), to work with relevant internal and external stakeholders including regulators where appropriate to ensure the Health Group meets all legislative and University compliance requirements. This position provides expertise and strategic guidance and support to managers in preventing and responding to complex health and safety issues as well as expertise in scoping, coordinating, and administering the successful delivery of a diverse range of implementation projects involving specialised space to support strategic initiatives of the Group. 

In addition, the Senior Compliance & Project Officer (TOL) will play a pivotal role in the following aspects: 

• Playing a lead role in embedding a sustainable, positive and effective safety culture across the Health Group, including providing advice and assistance to staff and students on chemical and substance, biological and equipment usage safety, risk assessments and related matters.
• Undertake Special Approvals for chemicals, biologicals and equipment for Griffith Health and lead the development and implementation of appropriate chemical and substance safety standards and practices.
• Work with the University Health, Safety and Wellbeing team to implement statutory obligations for chemical and substance, biological and equipment safety matters.
• Proactively identify, implement and/or manage initiatives/projects, including processes and standards and educative support services to both staff and students on chemical and substance, biological and equipment usage safety, risk assessments and related matters.
• Work with stakeholders to support audits, corrective actions and ongoing certification of laboratories and facilities where chemical and substance, biological and equipment usage activities are occurring with a view to identifying, assessing, and controlling risks.

About you 
What matters most is your drive to create a brighter future that benefits all. Through our core principles of excellence, ethics and engagement, you’ll thrive on seeing the direct and lasting impact you’ll have on every community and every future. 

You will: 

• Hold a degree with relevant postgraduate qualifications and significant relevant experience in providing chemical substance safety and project support within the higher education sector or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education and training which demonstrates capability to perform the key accountabilities of the position.
• Have exceptional communication, written and interpersonal stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills, enjoy delivering training and at ease working and leading in a digital environment. 
• Be solution focused with excellent analytical and problem-solving ability. 
• Have proven ability to successfully collaborate with Subject Matter Experts (SME's) and key knowledge holders, investigating current practices to identify optimisation opportunities for improvement and implementation.
• Be a self-starter and have a very high level of professional accruement extending to meeting KPIs and working both autonomously and as a team. 
• Value teamwork and have demonstrated success effectively leading and coaching multidisciplinary teams and SMEs regarding safety and compliance implementation.
• Have a thorough working knowledge of the legislative and regulatory framework pertaining to high hazard laboratory environments. 
• Uphold the Griffith principles of respect, high performance, inclusion, collaboration, and integrity in the workplace. 

What we can offer 
This is a continuing, full-time position and is primarily based at Griffith University Gold Coast campus. As Griffith is a multi-campus University you may be required to work across other campus locations. 

Griffith University’s campuses are located on the lands of the Yugarabul, Yuggera, Jagera, Turrbal, Yugambeh and Kombumerri peoples. 

Salary Range 
The full time equivalent base salary will be HEW Level 8 range $108,764 - $122,356 per annum + 17% superannuation. The total FTE package will be in the range $127,253 - $143,156 per annum.