The Team: Public Health Services works to improve and protect the health and wellbeing of all Tasmanians. We partner with individuals, groups and communities statewide and nationally to achieve this outcome.

The Role: The Senior Food Safety Officer leads and coordinates the Department of Health's food safety team to implement policy and legislation concerning food safety. The position provides specialist food safety and regulatory advice to government departments, local government and industry and represents Tasmania on national and bi-national working groups relevant to food safety.

The role involves:

• Developing and implementing statewide programs to manage food safety
• Providing expert technical, regulatory, strategic and policy advice regarding food safety issues 
• The development, implementation and/or evaluation of policy and legislation
• Preparing appropriate specialised food safety information for Departmental briefings and media presentations, including briefings for the Food Ministers meetings and Food Regulation Standing Committee (FRSC).

Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.

Details of appointment: Allied Health Professional, level 4

Permanent full time, day worker position, working up to 76 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as possible.

*notwithstanding hours to be negotiated with the successful applicant.

Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time, part time, and casual vacancies.

Salary: $123,717 to $134,336 per annum. Our Employer 11.5% superannuation contribution is on top of this amount.

• Salary range is in accordance with Allied Health Professionals Public Sector Unions Wages Agreement No.2 of 2022
• Please note that access to salaries beyond $126,845 is subject to qualifications and/or application to the personal upgrade scheme 

Benefits available to eligible candidates 

• Travel and relocation assistance support available up to $15,000 for eligible appointees. 
• Excellent leave benefits: 20 days annual leave (pro rata), personal leave (pro rata) and study assistance leave if eligible.

Eligibility:

Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria.

• Satisfactory completion of an appropriate course of study* at a recognised tertiary institution

• *Study that meets the Director of Public Health’s “approved qualification” requirements for appointment as an Authorised Officer under the Food Act 2003
  
  
• Registration/licences that are essential requirements of this role must remain current and valid at all times whilst employed in this role and the status of these may be checked at any time during employment. It is the employee’s responsibility to ensure that registration/licences remain current and to advise the Employer if their circumstances change. This includes notifying the Employer if a registration/licence is revoked, cancelled or has its conditions altered
  

Note: - Please refer to the Application Guide for more information of Essential requirements, Desirable requirements and pre-employment check.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

We encourage you to review the Statement of Duties, Applicant Guide, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and application guidance.

Statement of Duties: 

• 517207 Senior Food Safety Officer - HP04 (Nov 2024) CSU.docx

Application Guide:  

• Department of Health - Applicant Guide Sep 2024.pdf
• Department of Health - Applicant Guide Sep 2024.docx

How to apply:

Apply Online. Please click the "Apply" button on this screen to ensure that important questions about you are answered.

You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties. A separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties is not required.

For more information:

Applicants who require further information are encouraged to contact the Contact person for detailed information about the vacancy.

Stewart Quinn
Manager Environmental Health
03 6166 6690
stewart.quinn@health.tas.gov.au 

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Respecting diversity is the foundation of everything that Department of Health do. This allows us to instil trust and collaborate through honest and fair communication and helps cultivate an environment of growth and innovation. We strongly encourage applicants from key communities including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTIQA+ people, and people living with disabilities.