Business Unit: Service and Invest

Position No: 34124 & 32642

Salary/Level: Level 7, $144,755 - $154,717 pa, PSCSAA 2024

- 2x Full-Time or Part-TIme, Permanent positions available

Come join the team at the new Department of Housing and Works.

The Department of Housing and Works delivers and maintains essential social housing and critical infrastructure across Western Australia—including schools, hospitals and police facilities.

We manage tenancy services, support housing provision in remote Aboriginal communities, and oversee government employee accommodation.

Through office accommodation solutions, State Fleet management, procurement, planning and asset policy, we empower other government agencies to deliver their best.

We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, youth, people of diverse sexualities and genders, and culturally and linguistically diverse people.

We are committed to ensuring our hiring processes are inclusive. If you are an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person, young person or person with disability seeking assistance with your application, please contact Jobs and Skills WA on 13 64 64. If you are a person living with disability and require any adjustments or accommodations, please contact Carrie Fisher on (08) 6551 10or via email at ****@dohw.wa.gov.au. You can also reach us through the National Relay Service.

When you join us, you can enjoy a variety of benefits, including:

- flexible work options, including working from home up to 2 days per week.
- professional development, training, and on-the-job learning to advance your career.
- generous leave entitlements, which include 4 weeks annual leave, 3 public service holidays each year, accrued long service leave every 7 years and an option to purchase additional leave each year. Access to cultural leave for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
- modern workspaces, where you choose your workspace that assists you to do your best work.
- access to activity-based work hubs in the CBD, Fremantle and Joondalup for ad hoc versatile work.




- corporate discounts with selected health insurance providers and access to wellness programs.
- Opportunity to contribute to diversity, inclusion, and cultural initiatives across the department, including networks and working groups that promote equity and belonging.

About The Role:

This role provides strategic leadership, direction and oversight of the Department's workplace health and safety (WHS) function, ensuring effective governance, risk management and assurance across a complex and diverse operational environment. Leading a multidisciplinary team, the role partners with business areas to deliver contemporary WHS services, strengthen organisational capability and continuously improve health, safety and wellbeing performance. The position plays a critical role in supporting the achievement of organisational objectives through the implementation of effective WHS systems, compliance frameworks and evidence-based safety initiatives that align with legislative obligations and best practice.

The WHS Directorate is undergoing a period of transformation and continuous improvement. The successful applicant will be a capable and resilient leader who can effectively lead people through change, foster a positive team culture, and maintain service delivery while implementing new ways of working.

About You:

You are a highly experienced and influential WHS professional with a demonstrated ability to lead diverse teams and deliver contemporary health, safety and wellbeing outcomes across complex operational environments. You possess a strong understanding of legislative compliance, risk management and organisational governance,



alongside the ability to translate strategic objectives into practical and sustainable workplace health and safety solutions.

You are recognised as a trusted adviser who can build productive relationships with executives, managers, workers, Health and Safety Representatives and external stakeholders. Your collaborative approach, sound judgement and ability to influence outcomes enables you to successfully navigate complex organisational challenges.

This position operates in the context of Leading Others. This means that you will motivate and enable others to deliver high quality work. You will balance time between doing the work and coaching, guiding and developing others.

This requires a significant shift in thinking from ‘doing’ to supporting others to ‘do good work’; and consideration of present and future needs when allocating time to the team and projects you lead. You will articulate how work is to be done, providing clear direction and feedback.

How to Apply:

If you think you have what it takes to be a part of our energetic and forward thinking team, please click the “APPLY FOR THIS JOB” button and you will be redirected to WA Government Jobs and follow the advertising instructions. If not directed straight to the position, please key the position number into the web search box.

Please ensure you apply before the closing deadline as we won’t accept late and incomplete applications.

Further Job-Related Information:

For further information about the position please contact Carrie Fisher on (08) 6551 10***(not to be contacted for Applicant Information Packs or assistance with lodging your application).

Currently there is two (2) permanent full-time or part-time positions available for immediate filling. Whilst this selection process will initially be used to appoint to this advertised vacancy, it may also be used to appoint to similar positions that may arise in the Agency within the next twelve (12) months on a full-time, part-time, permanent or fixed-term basis with the possibility of further extension(s) and/or permanency.

Closing Date: Tuesday, 13 October 2026 at 4:00pm (AWST)

📌 Manager Workplace Health and Safety (Osborne Park)
🏢 Department of Housing and Works WA
📍 Osborne Park