Safety and Liaison Officer

ANSTO; Sydney; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite childcare

Fitness Passport

Free onsite parking

ANSTO bus service

Flexible work practices

Salary packaging

15.4% super

Job summary

ANSTO is seeking a Safety and Liaison Officer to provide expert WHS guidance and coordinate with a diverse range of stakeholders. The fixed-term 2-year, full-time Band 5/6 role at Lucas Heights includes onsite parking, flexible work practices, and comprehensive leave benefits.

You will drive risk-based safety solutions across administrative, science and operational areas while aligning with WHS legislation and best practice.

Qualifications

• Provide expert WHS and Radiation Protection assurance.
• Coordinate with leaders and staff to develop risk-based work solutions.
• Support Emergency Operations with external and internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide WHS (Work Health and Safety) and Radiation Protection assurance to ANSTO, assisting leaders and staff to develop and implement risk-based work solutions.
• Participate in Port validation activities and assist in reviewing and updating documents as per OPSMAN1 (Operational Manual -Defence).
• Support Emergency Operations by maintaining relationships, negotiating with clients, and adapting communication to different technical levels.
• Support emergency safety programs, evaluate mental health first aiders, first aiders, and wardens to ensure current practices for emergencies.
• Demonstrate leadership; mentor and provide integrated technical and strategic advice for PRC goals and objectives.

Skills

WHS advisory

Radiation protection

Stakeholder engagement

Emergency coordination

Job description

Job Summary

• Fixed-term 2 years | Fulltime | Band 5/6 (Linked) role $100K - $134K | + 15.4% super | Salary packaging available
• Lucas Heights, Sutherland Shire | Flexible work practices | Onsite childcare | Fitness Passport
• Provide expert WHS advice and coordinate with key stakeholders to enhance safety performance across a diverse scientific and operational organisation.

Position Overview

• Fixed-term 2 years | Fulltime | Band 5/6 (Linked) role $100K - $134K | + 15.4% super | Salary packaging available
• Lucas Heights, Sutherland Shire | Flexible work practices | Onsite childcare | Fitness Passport
• Free onsite parking | pool, soccer field & cafe | ANSTO bus service available
• Provide expert WHS advice and coordinate with key stakeholders to enhance safety performance across a diverse scientific and operational organisation.

About the Opportunity

The Safety and Liaison Officer facilitates communication and coordination among different agencies and entities with ANSTO in addition to providing expert, independent, pragmatic and professional work health and safety (WHS) advice to all administrative, science and research, and operational areas across the organisation, supporting ANSTO’s commitment to provide and promote a safe and healthy working environment for all employees, contractors, visitors and members of the public. As subject matter experts, the WHS Advisor works directly with stakeholders and management to identify, assess and control conventional hazards in accordance with the WHS Act, WHS regulations, codes and industry best practice. The WHS Advisor plays a key role in maintaining and continuously improving WHS across the organisation.

About You

"I'm looking for a collaborative and influential safety professional who enjoys partnering with diverse stakeholders to achieve positive safety outcomes. You will bring sound WHS expertise, strong communication skills, and a practical, solutions-focused approach, helping to create safe, healthy and high-performing workplaces where people can do their best work." Prashant Maharaj, Radiological Emergency Manager.

Your Duties and Responsibilities

The key accountabilities - Band 5

• Provide WHS (Work Health and Safety) and Radiation Protection assurance to ANSTOand in particular Emergency Operations by assisting leaders and staff to develop and implement risk-based work solutions for specific tasks while understanding and taking into consideration each unique operational aspects.
• Participate and contribute towards ANSTO roles and responsibilities in their VSP(N) activities such Port validation activities and assisting in reviewing and updating documents relating to activities as per OPSMAN1 (Operational Manual -Defence)
• Support the Emergency operations with relationships, negotiate with clients and adapt communication styles to suit levels of technical understanding to reach agreement on desired outcomes.
• Support emergency safety programs, facilitate evaluation and analysis of mental health first aiders, first aiders, and building wardens to ensure they remain current with industry best practices and are prepared for potential emergencies.
• Demonstrate strong leadership qualities, working consultatively and collaboratively with project leaders, clients, and high reliability staff to develop relationships as a basis for influence, mentoring and providing integrated technical and strategic advice of PRC goals and objectives;

About Us

ANSTO leverages great science to deliver big outcomes. We partner with scientists and engineers and apply new technologies to provide real-world benefits. Our work improves human health, saves lives, builds our industries and protects the environment. ANSTO is the home of Australia’s most significant landmark and national infrastructure for research. Thousands of scientists from industry and academia benefit from gaining access to state-of-the-art instruments every year.

Working with us you will enjoy

ANSTO offers training and development, performance-based salary increases and an extensive range of leave provisions to help employees balance work and personal commitments.

• 18 days personal/carers leave for each year of service
• 3 days paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Generous parental leave provisions:
  • 18 weeks Parental leave for primary caregiver
  • 14 weeks Parental leave for secondary caregiver (with incremental increase to a maximum of 18 weeks effective 01/03/2027)
• Annual flu vaccinations
• Cultural, Naidoc and First Nations ceremonial leave

Application closing date: 14 September 2026 at 11:59pm

All applicants must be Australian citizens.

In order to solve great challenges, we need great minds and great teams. At ANSTO, we understand that diverse teams produce better outcomes and we value the merit that a diverse perspective can bring to our team. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, primary carers, those with a disability, and women in STEM.