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Position Profile2001 - Senior Health and Safety Advisor – People and CultureAbout CouncilThe Sunshine Coast Council continues to take a lead role in shaping a prosperous future for ourcommunity through a vision to be Australia’s most sustainable region – healthy, smart, creative.Sunshine Coast Council is one of the largest local governments in Australia, serving a community of morethan 340,000 residents across an area of approximately 2,291 square kilometres. Council’s 2021-2025Corporate Plan aims to deliver a smart economy, a strong community, a healthy environment, serviceexcellence and an outstanding organisation. These objectives provide our community and our organisationwith a line of sight to the programs, projects and services provided by council to residents, businesses andvisitors across our region every day. Our employees’ passion and commitment to the region and theirwillingness to go above and beyond, is what sets Sunshine Coast Council apart as a local governmentorganisation.OurVisionAustralia’s most sustainable region – healthy, smart, creative.OurPurposeTo serve the community with excellence, respect the past, and position the region for the future.BranchRoleWe partner with the business to inspire an environment for great leadership and people capability tobuild on our outstanding organisation for today and the future.PositionFocusPromote a proactive health and safety culture across Council, leading and participating in initiativesand strategies that contribute to employee well-being and safety. Undertake activities consistentwith the WHS strategy and legislation in order to reduce workplace injury and disease, and ensureCouncil employees, contractors, volunteers and visitors are free from hazards and risks.Our ValuesEverything council does is underpinned by its values which define the culture of the organisation and thebehaviours that shape our interaction with the community and each other.Respect for each other in our working relationshipsBeing our best by continuing to learn, grow, challenge and changeWorking as one team across the organisation and with our communityHigh standards in our conduct, service and governanceService excellence for our customers and each otherSunshine Coast Council – 2001 – Health and Safety Advisor1

Our Corporate Plan Goals1. A Smart Economy – A prosperous, high-value economy of choice for business, investment andemployment.2. A Strong Community – In all our communities, people are included, treated with respect andopportunities are available to all.3. A Healthy Environment – Maintaining and enhancing the region’s natural assets, liveability andenvironmental credentials.4. Service Excellence – Positive experiences for our customers, great services to our community.5. An Outstanding Organisation – A high performing, innovative and customer-focused organisationmarked by great people, good governance and regional leadership.Position SummaryPosition titleSenior Health and Safety AdvisorPosition number2001Reports toWellbeing, Health and Safety CoordinatorPosition typeEstablishmentPosition classificationAward Based - Queensland Local Government Industry Award (Stream A) –State 2017 – Level 6GroupBusiness PerformanceBranchPeople and CultureTeamHealth & SafetyEmployment areaSunshine CoastTeam leadership/supervisionN/AInternal liaisonPeople and Culture Branch, Branch Managers, Group Executives, and otherCouncil employeesExternal liaisonWHSQ, Unions and Local Government authorities, suppliers and otherorganisations as requiredDelegationsAs per Council’s Delegations of Authority relating to financial, administrative,human resource management, Workplace Health & Safety (WH&S) andenvironmental management responsibilities.Date last reviewed10 November 2021Current Location NambourKey Responsibilities Contribute to a WHS Team and within customer teams to place Sunshine Coast Council at the forefrontof contemporary WHS management to ensure the WHS system has capacity to perform its intendedpurpose Lead the development and delivery of assigned WH&S initiatives and complex or high risk investigationcases and expert advice aimed at addressing organisational safety priorities and positioning theorganisation and our customers to lead contemporary and compliant WHS management at council. Provide senior evidence based WHS thought leadership to senior and frontline leaders to day to dayactivities and projects to improve WHS engagement and implementation. Provide leadership on emerging trends in health and safety, and significantly contribute in thedevelopment of system elements consistent with contempory WHS theory and best practice. Provide senior technical leadership within a customer team through the provision of advice or tacticalinput and decision making. Partner with business leaders to proactively identify future areas of risk, injury, drift and provide regularinsights to all levels of the business through trend analysis, interactions, observations, audits andinspections; and identify and recommend systemic improvements arising from the insightsSunshine Coast Council – 2001 – Health and Safety Advisor2

Foster a culture of psychological safety, trust, open communication and learning that drives aconstructive culture. Understand Human and Organisational Performance (HOP) and apply principles toWHS system improvement Train, coach and mentor customers to interpret, apply and identify systemic improvements in the SafetyManagement System Facilitate and continually refine the learning processes that seek to narrow the gap between ‘work asimagined’ and ‘the work as done’ Support the local safety practices of front line teams and participate in safety in design, risk assessmentor hazard identification workshops as required Undertake tender reviews with an understanding of critical risk associated with scope of work. Provideadvice on tender submission WHS components in tender evaluation meetings. Adopt an effective business partnering strategy, coach leaders and team members to autonomouslymake decisions to safely adapt their work to emerging situations, and manage and reduce the goalconflicts between production, cost and safety obligations; and when unresolvable challenges ariseescalate concerns Contribute to continuous improvement of the organisation’s health and safety system. This includes theimprovement of WHS management systems, annual safety management plans, safety culture andstrategy, policies, procedures, investigations, audits, safety performance management and reporting,and initiatives through application of formal change management processes Participate in compliance activities related to regulatory WHS requirements as measured through auditsand other monitoring mechanisms Assist with the provision of planning and delivery of WHS training across the organisation to ensurecompliance with statutory and industry best practice requirements Demonstrate safe work behaviours, abiding by procedures, identifying and reporting hazards, andcontributing to all aspects of a safe workplace culture Undertake WHS investigations utilising contemporary methodology to ensure a just culture is maintained Attend safety committee meetings, toolbox talks and other health and safety related meetings asrequired Lead and manage other team members. Responsible for the compliant capture and secure use of public records in line with Sunshine CoastCouncil Records Management Policy during the conduct of daily business. Participate in the development of a healthy and safe workplace. Embracing initiatives, information andtraining and incorporating safety into all daily activities. Demonstrate safe work behaviours, abiding byprocedures, identifying and reporting hazards, and contributing to all aspects of a safe workplaceculture. Such other relevant duties as required from time to time which would generally fall within the scope ofthis position.Capability Understands, supports and promotes the organisation's vision, mission, and business objectives.Identifies the relationship between organisational goals and operational tasks . Clearly communicatesgoals and objectives to others. Understands, supports and communicates the reasons for decisions andrecommendations. Understands the work environment and contributes toward team goals, strategies and work plans.Identifies broader factors, trends and influences that may impact on the team’s work objectives.Considers the ramifications of issues and longer-term impact of own work and work area. Gathers and investigates information from diverse sources and explores new ideas and differentviewpoints. Uses experience to analyse what information is important and how it should be used.Maintains an awareness of the organisation and keeps self and others well informed on work issues andfinds out about best practice approaches. Undertakes objective, systematic analysis and draws accurate conclusions based on evidence.Recognises the links between interconnected issues. Identifies problems and works to resolve them.Thinks laterally, identifies, implements and promotes improved work practices.Sunshine Coast Council – 2001 – Health and Safety Advisor3