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Position Number: 0053135
Location: Southbank
Role type: Full-time; Continuing
Faculty: Fine Arts and Music
Department: Programs and Operations
Salary: UOM 6 – $96,459.00 - $104,413 p.a. plus 17% super

• Champion safety in the Arts while fostering creativity and innovation
• Coordinate and implement OH&S policies and procedures, ensuring compliance and tailored safety solutions
• Salary packaging, subsidised health and wellbeing services, fitness and cultural clubs, Myki discounts, and a 25% discount on graduate courses to our staff and their immediate families!

About the Role
Are you passionate about keeping people safe while supporting creativity in the Arts? We are seeking an adaptable team member, who thrives in face-to-face interactions and enjoys working with a diverse range of stakeholders.

This position plays a vital role in implementing university-wide Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) policies and procedures while tailoring solutions to meet the unique needs of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music. You will provide specialist advice on OH&S policies, legislative requirements, and risk management, ensuring the highest safety standards in a dynamic and creative environment.

Flexibility and a proactive mindset are key as you navigate complex situations, solve non-linear challenges, and guide students and staff to think ahead about safety. Your ability to balance safety with creativity will support academic programs and events, helping identify risks, implement mitigation strategies, and foster an inclusive, accessible environment where innovation and artistic excellence thrive.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating effective and efficient delivery of health and safety services to the faculty within established University policies and procedures and government legislation, while applying professional judgement to address unique challenges of a performing arts and visual art context.
• Collaborating with academic, professional and creative staff in the identification of risks and hazards exercising sound judgement to address safety needs and implementing bespoke OHS solutions where required. 
• Mentoring and empowering departmental staff, fostering a proactive safety culture and building capacity within teams.
• Designing and leading specialised training and induction programs for staff, contractors and students, embedding best practices from both the industry and the University to build competency and compliance.
• Attending Performing and Visual Arts planning meetings, reviewing risk assessments and supporting OHS inspections using professional judgement to deliver effective risk mitigation.

Who We Are Looking For
You may be working in the Arts or a creative industry, where you’ve developed a passion for keeping people safe while fostering innovation. You understand the unique challenges of fine arts, film, theatre and music environments and thrive in roles that require adaptability and creative problem-solving. With confidence in face-to-face interactions, you’re comfortable engaging with students and staff, providing training and advice. Your ability to balance safety with the creative process, coupled with your awareness of diverse needs, makes you a natural fit for a role that requires both technical expertise and a flexible, people-focused approach.

You will also have:

• Relevant experience in a similar role with a degree and/or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and education/training within the arts or entertainment industry or Health and Safety.
• Demonstrated experience in the coordination and implementation of health, safety and risk management procedures within Live Performance/Fine Arts/ Film & TV Industries.
• Developed organisational skills and capability for multi-tasking and prioritisation, problem solving and effective time management.

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.

This role requires that the successful candidate must undergo and maintain an up-to-date Working with Children Check.

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.

About the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
With an energetic and innovative culture, the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music is the proud home of the Victorian College of the Arts and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Studying with us, working with us, or simply coming for a visit, you will enjoy the creative cultural outputs of our brilliant students and staff, as well as the beautiful purpose-built Southbank campus on which we are situated.

What We Offer You!
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out our benefits page!

About the University of Melbourne
We’re tightly connected with the community, both at home and abroad. We take pride in our people, who all contribute to our mission to benefit society through the transformative impact of education and research. Discover more via our website and stay connected with our stories and people on LinkedIn.   

Be Yourself
The University of Melbourne values the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community and welcomes and celebrates diversity.  First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality and faith are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live. For more information please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.

We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact the employee listed on the first page of the Position Description found below, with an email containing your name and contact details for a confidential discussion. Please ensure your email is titled "Reasonable Adjustments Request".

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We aspire to be the University of choice for Indigenous Australians, with unprecedented investment to attract, nurture and retain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff. Tangible support through a range of programs and initiatives will ensure that you personally succeed and flourish while at the University of Melbourne.

For further information, including our 2023-2027 Indigenous strategy please visit -https://about.unimelb.edu.au/reconciliation/murmuk-djerring

Join Us!
If you feel this role is right for you, please apply with the following documents: 

• Resume
• Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience
• The responses against only the following five Selection Criteria^ (please find them below)

1. Relevant experience in a similar role with a degree and/or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and education/training within the arts or entertainment industry
2. Demonstrated experience in the coordination and implementation of health, safety and risk management procedures within Live Performance/Fine Arts/ Film & TV Industries.
3. Developed organisational skills and capability for multi-tasking and prioritisation, problem solving and effective time management.
4. Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare and maintain detailed and accurate OH&S and risk management documentation.
5. Strong interpersonal skills with the capability to understand and operate within a creative arts and educational environment supporting emotional wellbeing, neurodiversity and physical safety for students, staff and creative practitioners.

Please ensure that you apply through the Apply Now button at the bottom of this advertisement. However, if you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Ana Gencic via email at hr-careers@unimelb.edu.au, ensuring that you include the Position Number and the Job Title as the subject. Please do not share your application to this email address.

If you have any particular questions regarding the job please follow the details listed on the Position Description.

Applications close: 8 JANUARY 2025 11:55 PM Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)

Position Description: 0053135_Health and Safety Coordinator_PD.pdf