As a Senior Environmental Health Officer with the Health Protection and Regulation Branch, you will lead, develop, and review specialist clinical policies and procedures that support consistent statewide operational practices, service improvement activities, and outcomes on significant environmental health issues relating to food safety and standards.
You will play a key role in developing and contributing to professional and stakeholder networks to facilitate effective communication for the implementation of policies, procedures, and service delivery models to manage environmental health, nutrition, and food science issues relating to food safety and standards.
A key responsibility of this role involves translating food safety and standards-related health scientific data and literature into information that public health practitioners, policymakers, other clinicians, and the public can understand and use.
The Senior Environmental Health Officer plays a key role in providing specialist clinical advice on significant environmental health, nutrition, and food science issues relating to food safety and standards to line managers, senior management, and stakeholders both within and outside the discipline.
The successful person You will have demonstrated: High level of knowledge, expertise and skill in food safety related aspects of environmental health, including risk assessment, and the ability to independently undertake all routine environmental health clinical practice responsibilities, including where established principles, procedures and methods require some expansion, adaptation or modification and developing service improvement initiatives.
Understanding of the Australian and New Zealand food regulation system and an ability to apply high level expertise in the provision of advice and development of novel and evidence based solutions to non-routine and complex public health and nutrition relevant food regulation issues, preferably with experience in working within the food regulatory environment.
Ability to implement and manage specific investigations, compliance activities or research projects, and to critically analyse and interpret data to monitor the effects of food regulation.
High level oral and written communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work as part of a high performing team, communicate confidently to a range of audiences and undertake effective consultation processes.
About us The Department of Health is responsible for the overall management of the public health system in Queensland.
We are an organisation that strongly believes in the need to work with people who value the goals of our organisation and who will thrive in our workplace.
Working at the Department of Health is about making a difference.
Health Protection and Regulation Branch within the Public Health Pillar is responsible for safeguarding the community from potential harm or illness caused by hazards and harmful practices, and enhancing the protective elements of water quality, fluoridation, food safety, radiation safety, medicines and poisons safety, healthcare legislation and chemical safety.
A fast-paced, challenging and supportive environment Competitive salary + generous superannuation and leave loading Flexible working arrangements Career training and development How to apply To apply for this opportunity: Please submit your resume (including the details of two referees), and A cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining your skills and experience relevant for this role.
Further information We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
Applications will remain current for a period of up to 12 months and may be considered for other vacancies which may include an alternative employment basis (temporary; full time or part time).
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