Manager Occupational Health & Safety Consultation & Education Svcs

Job title: Manager Occupational Health & Safety Consultation & Education Svcs

Job description: Overview

Are you passionate about developing and implementing strategic initiatives and partnering with industry stakeholders to create safer workplaces?

We’re looking for someone to join our team for this permanent management opportunity – someone who is familiar with the performing arts, film, tourism, or hospitality industries, has experience managing teams, and shares our passion for workplace health and safety. As our Manager, OHS Consultation and Education Services, you’ll lead a team that partners and consults with industry stakeholders to improve workplace health and safety for workers. If you have experience in the performing arts, film, tourism, or hospitality industries, and are dedicated to developing industry-wide safety strategies, we want to hear from you. You and your team will develop outreach and education programs, support funding and incentive programs, provide consultative services to individual employers, and develop a wide variety of educational products and services. Your work will prevent injuries and disease, strengthen safety culture, and improve outcomes for those who are injured at work.

What you’ll do

As the OHS Consultation and Education Services manager, you will:

• Provide leadership to identify and implement innovative occupational health and safety initiatives that mobilize and support industry stakeholders to improve workplace health and safety
• Lead a team to deliver consultative services to individual employers, and their worker representatives
• Research, recommend, evaluate, and monitor industry-related projects and funding proposals
• Provide occupational health and safety knowledge, expertise, and guidance to our staff and external stakeholders
• Network and build partnerships with internal and external stakeholders
• Develop innovative industry-wide occupational health and safety strategies
• Work directly with industry associations, the public sector, and employer and labour representatives
• Work directly with WorkSafeBC’s certifying partners to ensure the quality of the Certificate of Recognition (COR) program

Is this a good fit for you?

We’re looking for someone who can:

• Provide occupational health and safety knowledge expertise and guidance to WorkSafeBC staff and stakeholders
• Lead a team by guiding, coaching, developing, empowering, and motivating staff
• Encourage innovation and creative thinking within your team
• Demonstrate superior verbal and written communication skills to engage audiences – including the delivery of media interviews – and articulate ideas and direction to promote trust and commitment
• Maintain positive, client-focused relationships with internal and external customers in order to facilitate the ongoing success of key initiatives
• Take accountability and deliver expected outcomes in a high volume and constantly changing environment

Your experience and educational background:

• A university degree in a related field
• A minimum of six years of experience in the performing arts, film, tourism, or hospitality industries
• A minimum of three years of recent management experience
• Working knowledge of project management practices and applications
• Proficiency in computer applications, such as word processing and spreadsheets
• Experience and education in occupational health and safety principles and programs is a definite asset

Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.

Application Requirements:

You must submit your application by 4:30 p.m. on the closing date of the competition.

If you require an accommodation in the assessment process, please email (SM) at the time you submit your application.

Who are we?

At WorkSafeBC, we’re dedicated to promoting safe and healthy workplaces across British Columbia. We partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, and disability. When work-related injuries and diseases occur, we provide compensation, and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. We also work diligently to sustain our workers compensation system for today and future generations. We’re honoured to serve the 2.4 million workers and 245,000 registered employers in our province.

WorkSafeBC requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In implementing the policy, WorkSafeBC will consider its obligations to accommodate those staff who are unable to be vaccinated.

We recognize that our ability to make a difference relies on building a team with a rich variety of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences, and which reflects the diversity of the people we serve. We are committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive work culture where everyone can contribute as their best, authentic self. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply.

What’s it like to work at WorkSafeBC?

It’s challenging, stimulating and hugely rewarding. Our positions offer tremendous diversity and excellent opportunities for professional growth. Every day, the work we do impacts people and changes lives. What we do is important and so are the people we do it for.

Our benefits

Being part of WorkSafeBC means being part of a strong, committed team. Along with a competitive salary, your total compensation package includes vacation, optional leave arrangements, health care and dental benefits, and contributions toward your retirement pension. As a member of our team, you’ll have access to services and benefits that can help you get the most out of work — and life.

WorkSafeBC has adopted a hybrid model offering opportunities to work remotely and onsite based on the operational needs of the position.

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You will be required to successfully meet WorkSafeBC’s requirements with regards to a criminal record clearance.

This position is restricted to those legally entitled to work in Canada.

Thank you, in advance, for applying.

Company: WorkSafeBC

Expected salary:

Location: Richmond, BC

Job date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 07:06:59 GMT

Job Source: Careerjet.ca

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