Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor Critical Risk and Compliance

Full-time, continuing opportunity

Located on Camperdown Campus on Gadigal Country

Base Salary from $117,133 plus 17% superannuation

• About the team
• The Health, Safety & Wellbeing (HSW) team plays a critical role in enabling safe, healthy and sustainable ways of working across the University. Through listening, learning and a commitment to continuous improvement, HSW promotes consistent best practice, frameworks and standards across all faculties and business areas. Together, the team helps shape a culture where health, safety and wellbeing are embedded into everyday work, supporting organisational excellence and long-term success.

About the opportunity

As Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor, Critical Risk and Compliance , you will provide scientific and technical support to the HSW Specialists team, with a primary focus on the University’s Chemical Safety and Occupational Hygiene programs. In this role you will undertake compliance activities, inspections, risk assessments and investigations to support the effective management of technical critical risks within the Specialist portfolios, enabling the team to respond to changing priorities, emerging risks and areas of greatest organisational need.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

support chemical safety and occupational hygiene initiatives

support compliance, assurance and risk management activities

provide technical advice and stakeholder support

support technical critical risk initiatives

contribute to governance and continuous improvement.

About you

tertiary qualifications in a relevant field (e.g. occupational hygiene, chemistry, health and safety, science)

demonstrated experience in chemical safety management, including compliance and assurance activities

demonstrated experience providing technical advice on occupational hygiene or chemical safety risk controls

demonstrated experience developing technical health and safety documentation, including risk assessments, procedures, training materials and occupational hygiene monitoring reports.

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Please note: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.

Pre-employment checks and declarations

Your employment is conditional upon the successful completion of all pre-employment or background checks required for the role in terms satisfactory to the University. Also, to meet the University’s obligations under the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Eliminate Gender-Based Violence you will be asked to declare if you have been investigated for, or found to engaged in, sexual harm or gender-based violence in the course of previous employment or in a legal process. Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and background check requirements. If you do not meet these conditions, the University may take any necessary step, including the termination of your employment.

EEO statement

At the University of Sydney, our shared values are trust, accountability and excellence and we strive to be a place where everyone can thrive. We are committed to creating a University community that thrives through diversity and reflects the wider community that we serve. We deliver on this through our commitment to diversity and inclusion , evidenced by our people and culture programs, as well as key strategies to increase participation and support the careers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People , women , people living with a disability , people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds , and those who identify as LGBTIQ+ . We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We are proud to be recognised as an Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) Gold employer. Find out more about our work on diversity and inclusion .

How to apply

Applications (including a cover letter, CV, and any additional supporting documentation) can be submitted via the Apply button at the top of the page.

We understand that everyone applies differently. If you’d prefer to have an informal conversation before applying, we welcome you to get in touch so we can talk through the role and process. In addition, if you require reasonable adjustment or any documents in alternate formats, please contact Sade Mintah via sade.mintah@sydney.edu.au

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Applications Close

Sunday 01 November 2026 11:59 PM