About This Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to lead the Health, Safety and Wellness function within the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences. Working in a collaborative and purposeful environment, you will provide expert leadership that strengthens safety culture, supports the Faculty Executive and helps ensure health, safety and wellness practices meet the highest practicable standards. You will lead a high-performing team and work closely with central HSW colleagues to translate University strategy into responsive, practical and continually improving HSW services.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Provide expert advice to senior leaders on health, safety and wellness responsibilities, legislative requirements and the Faculty’s safety risk position.
• Lead a high-performing HSW team and build collaborative partnerships with central HSW colleagues and stakeholders across the Faculty and University.
• Lead responsive and consistent HSW services, programs and projects, including annual HSW management planning, monitoring and auditing of local systems.
• Strengthen a positive safety culture by coaching and mentoring staff and managers, managing hazards and supporting effective engagement with regulators.

This is a full-time, fixed-term parental leave backfill position for 12 months at HEW Level 9, commencing January 2027. The position will be required to work flexibly across the St Lucia, Herston and Dutton Park campuses.

The full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $140,766 - $148,862 + 17% super.

About You

• Postgraduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience, extensive management experience and proven expertise managing occupational health and safety in a complex, multi-site setting, or an equivalent combination of relevant education, training and experience.
• Demonstrated achievement through personal involvement in delivering significant positive health, safety and wellness outcomes within a large and complex organisation.
• Demonstrated experience leading organisational change, particularly initiatives that strengthen safety climate and culture.
• Proven capability to lead teams constructively, with a clear focus on outcomes, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with management, peers, team members, divisional stakeholders and client groups.
• Experience engaging effectively with a range of regulators.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills.
• The ability to provide credible, strategic advice and build collaborative relationships that support a positive and sustainable safety culture.

Interested?

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Zoe Cahill at z.cahill@uq.edu.au. For application inquiries, please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team at talent@uq.edu.au, stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.

When you apply, please ensure you upload a resume and maximum two (2) page cover letter summarising how your background aligns to the ‘About You’ section.

Other Information

Pre-employment checks may include: verification of the right to work in Australia, qualifications, and criminal history checks. This may also include checks relating to gender-based violence matters or other integrity and conduct requirements.

We're dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We recognise that career pathways and opportunities differ, and encourage applications from candidates who may not meet every criteria but can demonstrate their potential relative to opportunity. We’re also happy to support any accessibility needs throughout the recruitment process. Just let us know how we can help by emailing talent@uq.edu.au or calling +61 7 3365 2623.

Applications close Sunday 29th November 2026 at 11.00pm AEST (R-70659).

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