WHS Management Systems Coordinator

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

Benefits offered by this job

On-site Childcare

Onsite Cafe

Campus community environment

Health & Wellbeing Programs

Generous leave provisions

Job summary

ANSTO, Australia’s federal nuclear science and technology organisation, invites applications for a Work Health and Safety Management Systems Coordinator. You will help develop and maintain the WHS Management System, support the Safety Consultation Framework and contribute to a nationally significant science and innovation agenda.

The role offers an on-site campus environment in the Sutherland Shire area with linked career progression, childcare, cafe facilities and generous leave provisions.

Responsibilities

• Support the ANSTO Work Health and Safety Management System (WHS MS) by developing and maintaining documentation in accordance with feedback from stakeholders, WHS, ARPANSA and other relevant legislative and compliance requirements to retain ISO45001 certification and achieve best safety practice.
• Support the implementation of ANSTOs Safety Consultation Framework.
• Prepare communications to support safety awareness across ANSTO in various mediums to ensure information is shared across ANSTO for best safety practice.
• Assist the review and update of safety training materials to reflect current Work Health & Safety Management System and updates as they occur and support delivery of in-house safety related training, as required.
• Assist with other safety compliance activities such as management system audits, inspections and investigations to identify opportunities for improvement. Implement improvement actions as identified.
• Support targeted WHS projects aimed at maintaining and improving ANSTO’s safety performance and culture; and
• Build and maintain working relationships in a collaborative way within High Reliability and with Regulatory and Governance functions, Comcare, ARPANSA, and other networks for WHS and radiological safety.

Job description

• Ongoing | Full Time | $100k - $134 | linked role with career progression | +15.4% super
• Sutherland Shire location I Health & Wellbeing Programs I Generous leave provisions
• On-site Childcare for employees | Onsite Cafe | Work in a campus-based community environment
• Excellent opportunity for WHS professional looking for a challenge with career progression via linked role.

Job description:

Position Overview

• Ongoing | Full Time | $100k - $134 | linked role with career progression | +15.4% super
• Sutherland Shire location I Health & Wellbeing Programs I Generous leave provisions
• On-site Childcare for employees | Onsite Cafe | Work in a campus-based community environment
• Excellent opportunity for WHS professional looking for a challenge with career progression via linked role.

About the Opportunity

At ANSTO, you'll be part of a community that advances scientific discovery, improves lives and contributes to outcomes that benefit all Australians.

Join a supportive, client focussed safety team where you can grow your skills and WHS career while contributing to nationally significant science, research and innovation. Career progression opportunities are available through ANSTO's linked role framework.

Whether your experience has been gained in operational environments, scientific and laboratory settings, construction, maintenance, engineering or quality control activities, you'll bring a practical and collaborative approach to safety.

As Australia's nuclear science and technology organisation continues to grow, we are expanding our diverse and highly skilled workforce to support an exciting future. We recognise that diverse perspectives strengthen our organisation and we encourage applicants from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences. At ANSTO, we value capability, curiosity and potential. If you're excited by the opportunity to contribute to rewarding work but don't meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

As the Work Health and Safety Management Systems Coordinator, you will provide trusted advice, guidance and specialist support to Safety Operations and the teams across ANSTO to enable innovative research, engineering and operational activities to be conducted safely. Working collaboratively within our team and with our clients to support safety systems, compliance and training activities across the Organisation.

About You

"You are a collaborative and detail oriented safety or quality professional looking to apply your experience and expertise to creating and maintaining real world safety systems that support our diverse organisation to achieve compliance and best practice safety operations" Shelley Levy - Manager, Work Health & Safety Management Systems

Your Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the ANSTO Work Health and Safety Management System (WHS MS) by developing and maintaining documentation in accordance with feedback from our stakeholders, WHS, ARPANSA and other relevant legislative and compliance requirements to retain ISO45001 certification and achieve best safety practice.
• Support the implementation of ANSTOs Safety Consultation Framework.
• Prepare communications to support safety awareness across ANSTO in various mediums to ensure information is shared across ANSTO for best safety practice.
• Assist the review and update of safety training materials to reflect current Work Health & Safety Management System and updates as they occur and support delivery of in-house safety related training, as required.
• Assist with other safety compliance activities such as management system audits, inspections and investigations to identify opportunities for improvement. Implement improvement actions as identified.
• Support targeted WHS projects aimed at maintaining and improving ANSTO’s safety performance and culture; and
• Build and maintain working relationships in a collaborative way within High Reliability and with Regulatory and Governance functions, Comcare, ARPANSA, and other networks for WHS and radiological safety.

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.

Benefits of Working with Us

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: 13 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 outcomesand 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. ANSTO is a charter member of the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) initiative and is proudly taking action to create a gender-inclusive workforce.