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Health and Safety Adviser (Northern)

• Make a meaningful and positive impact on people's health and safety at work
• Thrive in a dynamic, purpose-driven, and collaborative team
• Enjoy a flexible working environment including generous leave provisions and hybrid work arrangements

The role

• Full Time, Continuing
• Level 7 - $101,421 to $110,819 pa (plus 17% superannuation)
• Bathurst, Orange or Port Macquarie

As the Health and Safety Adviser (Northern), you will play a key role in fostering and influencing a positive safety culture at Charles Sturt University through implementing the University’s Safety Management Systems (SMS) and providing expert advice and guidance on all WHS matters. This includes monitoring, reviewing, and improving systems and risk management processes, incident investigation, injury prevention, contractor management, documentation, and emergency preparedness and response.

About you  

• Demonstrated experience in collaborating with others to plan, develop and implement WHS strategies, policies and projects.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and managing Safety Management Systems and Emergency Management framework across a regional footprint.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and influencing skills, including proven problem solving and analytical skills.

About us 

We are a university of the land and people of our regions. True to the character of regional Australia we have gumption, we have soul and we collaborate with others. We develop holistic, far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish. The Wiradjuri phrase yindyamarra winhanganha means the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in. This phrase represents who we are at Charles Sturt University – our ethos. It comes from traditional Indigenous Australian knowledge, but it also speaks to the mission of universities – to develop and spread wisdom to make the world a better place. Harnessing technology, we thrive as a distributed yet connected community, welcoming and engaging with people across Australia and the world.

Learn more about the Division of Safety, Security, and Wellbeing here.

Visit our website to learn about our great range of employee benefits.

Charles Sturt University is committed to building a diverse workforce as shown through our Athena Swan Bronze Award, our Australian Workplace Equality Index Bronze Award and our membership of a range of diversity focused organisations including Diversity Council Australia and Pride in Diversity. We encourage applications from First Nations people, carers, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability, neurodivergent people, and people of all age groups, genders and sexualities for all roles.

To apply 

Click the Apply button and complete your application online, and address the selection criteria in the position description and upload your CV. If you experience difficulties applying online or for further information on completing the application process please visit our how to apply page or contact us.

This position is open to Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents; or applicants who hold a current valid work visa commensurate with this position.

Further information 

Additional information is available in the position description or by contacting:

Jane Stevens | Associate Director, Health, Safety and Wellbeing | jastevens@csu.edu.au  

Closing Date: 11pm, 12 February 2026

Advertised: 29 Jan 2026 09:00 AM - AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 12 Feb 2026 11:00 PM - AUS Eastern Daylight Time