We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people living with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and LGBTIQA+ people.

The Department of Justice supports reasonable adjustment requests in any stage of the assessment process to remove barriers and facilitate full participation in all aspects of employment for applicants with disability. If you have individual requirements that need to be accommodated in order to participate in an interview or recruitment activity, please inform the contact listed at the end of this vacancy.

We are a diverse and inclusive workplace and understand the importance of flexible working arrangements.  Talk to us about how this could work for you.

Hours per fortnight

73.50 hours per fortnight - flexible options available. 

Duties

• Develop and implement strategies and systems to embed best practice principles for regulatory performance within WorkSafe Tasmania
• Provide high level strategic­­ advice to the Executive Director, executive leadership team and Board and Committees to plan, implement, and evaluate regulatory performance best practice principles.
• Design, develop, implement, and evaluate a program of workforce strategies and development activities to strengthen workforce capability consistent with organisational plans.
• Develop and implement strategies for WorkSafe to have well-defined, communicated and embedded organisational values and culture.
• Establish and implement transparent external accountability processes (such as complaints and feedback handling procedures) to encourage procedural fairness, accessibility and responsiveness that builds public trust and confidence in the performance of WorkSafe’s regulatory functions.
• Establish and implement internal accountability processes (such as reviews of regulatory actions) to identify learnings and explore opportunities for improvement and regular reviews of operating procedures, policies etc. 
• Develop and prepare high level documentation including options papers, briefing papers, project plan reports, submissions, policy documents and procedural guidelines.
• Conduct environmental scans and consider best practice examples from other jurisdictions and regulatory systems to foster a culture of continuous improvement and reflection.
• Engage with other regulators and stakeholders to share learnings and insights and reflect on best practice and lessons learned, representing WorkSafe on national committees, working groups and in external meetings.
• Establish clear operational scopes, share intelligence and produce common guidance material to identify and minimise duplication and harmonise activities with other regulators to achieve better regulatory outcomes.
• Perform other duties as envisaged by the assigned classification under the relevant industrial award or agreement and in accordance with the skills, competency and training of the occupant.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience in designing, developing and delivering workplace training and development programs.
• A working knowledge of work health and safety legislation.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications.
• An ability to travel between work locations across the state.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

 Statement of Duties (357206) Regulatory Performance Specialist - Jan 2025.docx

 Statement of Duties (357206) Regulatory Performance Specialist - Jan 2025.pdf

 About the Department of Justice (WorkSafe Tasmania) November 2024.docx

 About the Department of Justice (WorkSafe Tasmania) November 2024.pdf

 Information for Applicants (DOJ) Short Form Application.docx

 Information for Applicants (DOJ) Short Form Application.pdf

 FAQs Short Form Application.docx

 FAQs Short Form Application.pdf

How to apply

To apply, please provide a Short Form Application which is a 1-2 page covering letter outlining your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the Statement of Duties, and a copy of your current Resumé/CV.  We do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria.

Please note if you submit the details of your referees with your application the Selection Panel may contact them without notifying you.

Please apply online by clicking the 'Apply Now' button.

Refer to the 'Information for Applicants (DOJ)' document for further information.  Please note, attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.

If you are unable to submit your application online, please contact the Department of Justice Recruitment Team on (03) 6165 3652.

For more information

Isabelle Pace
Acting Corporate Secretary 
Isabelle.Pace@justice.tas.gov.au
Phone: (03) 6166 4592

Reasonable Adjustment Queries

Organisational Development and Design Team
(03) 6165 7603