Job Description

• Enjoy a flexible working environment, including 35-hour work week, hybrid work arrangements and flexi leave
• Newly created leadership position driving a positive safety culture and HSW strategies in a complex environment
• Join a passionate, multidisciplinary team of safety professionals and interact with internal and external stakeholders on all matters HSW

The role

• Continuing, Full time (35 hours per week)
• Level 8 - $113,948 to $128,980 pa ($62.39 to $70.62 per hour) plus 17% superannuation
• Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange or Wagga Wagga

In this newly created role as Health and Safety Lead, you will be responsible for the operational leadership, management and continuous improvement of health and safety programs and systems across the University. This includes developing, implementing, and evaluating policies, programs and initiatives that ensure a safe, healthy and compliant environment for our staff, students and visitors.

You will lead, mentor and develop a team of health and safety professionals, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation and consistent ways of working across a dispersed team. In addition, you will build effective relationships with both internal and external stakeholders and provide strategic, pragmatic and risk-based advice on complex health and safety matters.

About you

• Demonstrated experience and success leading a team of HSW practitioners.
• Proven ability to uplift and improve safety culture and outcomes, and experience in leading the design and implementation of safety management systems and programs in a complex environment.
• Expertise in developing and implementing HSW policies, standards and reporting, and strong knowledge of relevant legislation, codes and standards (including ISO 45001).
• Proven experience providing strategic, credible and risk-based advice to senior leaders, including on complex incident and risk matters.
• Highly developed interpersonal, communication, negotiation and influencing skills, and ability to maintain effective stakeholder relationships.
• Postgraduate qualifications in WHS, risk management or a related field would be highly regarded.

Why join us

We offer a range of great employee benefits including:

• Competitive salary plus 17% superannuation
• Work life balance – 35 hour work weeks and generous leave options, including flexi leave and an option to purchase additional leave
• Discounts at a range of gyms through the fitness passport initiative
• Discounted goods and services through a range of corporate partners
• Salary packaging and sacrifice options available
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Professional development opportunities, including free unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning

About us

We are a university of the land and people of our regions. True to the character of regional Australia we have gumption, we have soul and we collaborate with others. We develop holistic, far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish. The Wiradjuri phrase yindyamarra winhanganha means the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in. This phrase represents who we are at Charles Sturt University – our ethos. It comes from traditional Indigenous Australian knowledge, but it also speaks to the mission of universities – to develop and spread wisdom to make the world a better place. Harnessing technology, we thrive as a distributed yet connected community, welcoming and engaging with people across Australia and the world.

Learn more about the Division of Safety, Security, and Wellbeing here

Charles Sturt University is committed to building a diverse workforce as shown through our Athena Swan Bronze Award, our Australian Workplace Equality Index Bronze Award and our membership of a range of diversity focused organisations including Diversity Council Australia and Pride in Diversity. We encourage applications from First Nations people, carers, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability, neurodivergent people, and people of all age groups, genders and sexualities for all roles.

To apply

Click the Apply button and complete your application online, and address the selection criteria in the position description and upload your CV.

If you experience difficulties applying online or for further information on completing the application process please visit our how to apply page or contact us

This position is open to Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents; or applicants who hold a current valid work visa commensurate with this position.

Further information

Additional information is available in the position description or by contacting:

Rhiannon O’Callaghan | Talent Acquisition Consultant | jobs@csu.edu.au

Closing Date: 11pm, 25 June 2026

Please note we will be reviewing applications on submission. The position may be filled before the closing date, so we encourage you to apply at your earliest convenience. Applications will close once the role is filled, or by the close date stated above, whichever comes first.