Lead strategic initiatives, strengthen multidisciplinary partnerships and foster a safe, healthy and supportive workplace for the people who care for children, young people and their families.

This is a Fixed Term Full-Time position for 6 months with possibility of extension(s) and/or permanency. Part time and job share may be considered.

VCID No. 752936

About the Role

The Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) is seeking an experienced and values driven leader to join our People, Capability and Culture team as Director Work Health, Safety and Wellbeing (WHSW). This is an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the safety, health and wellbeing of the workforce who deliver care across our services.

You will join our PCC leadership team and lead a team of professionals across work health and safety, injury management, workers’ compensation, incident management, staff psychological wellbeing, staff health, workplace violence and aggression, ergonomics, and health and wellness.

Working closely with the executive, senior leaders and key stakeholders, you will lead the promotion of proactive, preventative approaches to workplace and workforce health and safety, as well as the strategic management of critical risks, such as psychosocial hazards, workplace violence and aggression, hazardous manual tasks and staff health.

Key responsibilities include

• Providing high-level advice on emerging risks, empowering leaders and teams to identify and manage risks, learn from incidents and continually improve workplace safety.
• Leading the development, implementation and evaluation of strategic risk management frameworks addressing critical workplace health, safety and wellbeing risks.
• Leading the WHSW response to critical incidents, ensuring appropriate staff support and debriefing, and providing authoritative advice to the executive and Board to inform decision-making and organisational risk management.
• Fostering our positive safety culture through strengthening organisational capability and driving improvements in safety performance and workforce wellbeing, across CAHS.
• Building a capable and responsive team, strengthening stakeholder partnerships and ensuring WHSW services are integrated, evidence-based and focused on achieving measurable outcomes.
• Leading the development and implementation of contemporary WHSW strategies, programs, governance frameworks and services that align with CAHS priorities, relevant legislation, policy and professional standards
• Representing CAHS on relevant committees and forums, and preparing executive briefings, parliamentary responses and strategic correspondence as required.

Your ability to combine strategic vision with strong operational leadership, influence stakeholders and translate complex legislative and risk management requirements into practical outcomes will be critical to success in this role.

About You

If you are a strategic and values-driven leader with extensive experience directing work health, safety and wellbeing services within a large, complex and multidisciplinary organisation we encourage you to apply.

How to Apply

We welcome your application via the ‘Apply for Job’ button at the bottom of this page. Your application should contain the following:

• A statement addressing selection criteria 1,2, 5 and 6 as per the Job Description Form in 2 pages maximum.
• A current curriculum vita demonstrating appropriate education, training, qualifications, experience and level of competency.
• The name, email and contact details of two referees who can be contacted to provide a confidential report. (we will contact you and seek your confirmation prior to contacting your listed referees).

Within the application system you will be presented with the following question. Please review the Essential and Desirable Selection Criteria outlined in the attached Job Description Form carefully when preparing your response.  This question allows you to showcase your relevant skills and experiences in detail, with a generous word limit of 500 words for your response. 

1. Provide an example of relevant strategic WHS initiative you have led within a complex organisation, or a critical risk you have identified and managed. In your response, outline how you worked with executive stakeholders to establish and align on priorities, how you evaluated the outcomes and how your approach contributed to improvement for the organisation or legislative and policy requirements.

Your response will be assessed against Essential Criteria 2,3,4 and 7 from the Job Description Form.

Selection Criteria: Please see the attached Job Description Form. 

For Further Job Related Information: We encourage you to contact Evita Soldo (A/Executive Director People Capability and Culture) on 08 6323 4553 or Evita.Soldo@health.wa.gov.au  with any queries relating to this position.

Help in submitting your application: If you experience technical difficulties while applying online, please contact Employee Services on 13 44 77 for immediate assistance during business hours.

Eligibility: To be eligible for appointment, applicants must have valid Australian work rights. This includes visa holders. Permanent appointments may be made to individuals who hold citizenship, permanent residency, or visas that enable ongoing employment in Australia. 

Sponsorship is not currently available for this position.

Other Conditions: WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to undertake a criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process. As well as undertaking a criminal record screening and integrity checking, you may also be required to undertake a working with children check (if required for the role) and a pre-employment health assessment. We may ask referees to comment on your integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour. Please note that adverse information does not necessarily disqualify an applicant but will be considered as part of the appointment process.

WA Health is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of our service. We embrace diversity and strongly encourage applications from people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.

In addition, we are committed to growing our Aboriginal workforce as part of WA Health Aboriginal Workforce Policy. As a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.

Whilst this selection process will initially be used to fill the above vacancy, applicants found suitable for this position may be considered for other ‘similar’ vacancies within CAHS and/or the wider WA public sector. In addition to this, should the successful applicant decline or vacate the advertised vacancy, then the next most suitable applicant may also be selected from this process. Both of these options remain valid for a period of twelve (12) months from when the authorised delegate endorses the recruitment decision.

About CAHS

The Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) is proud to be the leading service provider for paediatric healthcare in Western Australia, as the State’s only dedicated health service for infants, children, and young people. CAHS comprises three service areas: Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) and Neonatology, Community Health, and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

With over 7000 employees, our services are delivered at PCH and King Edward Memorial Hospitals (KEMH), as well as across a network of more than 160 community clinics across the Perth metropolitan area.

For further information about the benefits of working for CAHS, please click here and for further information regarding CAHS’ services, please click here

CAHS values: To achieve our vision of healthy kids, healthy communities, CAHS is committed to providing a workplace culture that is driven and shaped by our values of Compassion, Collaboration, Equity, Respect, Excellence and Accountability. During the selection process you may be assessed on your ability to fulfil the responsibilities of this position in accordance with the values. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact the person named in this advert.

Support for your interview process

CAHS is committed to ensuring that our interview process meets the access needs of all applicants. If you require any reasonable adjustments to accommodate a disability, enhance access, or support your inclusion and success during the interview, please contact the CAHS Talent Acquisition Team prior to your interview.

You can reach the team via CAHS.talentacquisition@health.wa.gov.au or by calling 08 6456 0321. All enquiries will be treated confidentially.

Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm on the closing date will not be accepted. 

LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS CAN NOT BE CONSIDERED.