Senior Psychosocial Safety Advisor

• VPS 5.2 | 2-year fixed term | Hybrid with statewide impact
• Lead psychosocial risk management, controls, insights and improvement
• Influence senior leaders across a complex volunteer-based emergency service

Our client is a major Victorian emergency service with a clear purpose: supporting safer communities through preparedness, response and resilience.

They are now seeking an experienced Senior Psychosocial Safety Advisor to strengthen psychological health and safety across a complex, high-impact workforce of employees and volunteers.

This is a specialist leadership role where you will lead psychosocial hazard identification, risk assessment, control design and organisational reporting. You will work closely with senior leaders across Health and Safety, People and Culture and Wellbeing Services to embed psychosocial risk management into the broader Health and Safety Management System.

This is not a tick-box wellbeing role. It needs someone who understands risk, systems, legislation, consultation and evidence-based controls.

You will:

• Lead the psychosocial safety improvement program.
• Design tools, guidance and training for leaders and HSRs.
• Analyse incident data, workforce trends and survey results.
• Support trauma-informed psychosocial incident investigations.
• Develop practical controls aligned to Victorian OHS expectations.
• Provide trusted advice to senior managers, project teams and committees.
• Influence change across a geographically dispersed, volunteer-based organisation.

You will bring qualifications in psychology, behavioural science, OHS, allied health or a related field, along with demonstrated experience managing psychosocial hazards in a complex or multi-site environment.

Experience with psychosocial risk frameworks, higher-order controls, incident investigation, workforce data analysis, safety management systems, training delivery and change management will be highly regarded.

This role will suit a credible, practical and resilient professional who can move between strategy, systems and real-world operational complexity without needing a map, compass and rescue flare.

Location: Central Melbourne, with travel across Victoria as required
Classification: VPS 5.2
Employment: Fixed term, 2 years, full-time
Working requirements: Some work outside standard business hours may be required

To express interest, apply now or contact SafetyPeople for a confidential discussion. ph.1300 28 00 68