Industry & Program Specialist

Are you passionate about Safety? Do you want to make a difference on a large scale? We are looking for Industry and Program Specialists with advanced experience in creating and implementing occupational health and safety programs and initiatives that prevent worker injury and disease.

You’ll help ensure B.C. workers go home safely at the end of their workday.

We serve the workers and employers across B.C., and we do that best when we're together. It's how we collaborate, learn from one another, and develop our people.

This role is based in your assigned office five days a week

We have positions available in the following locations, with a preference for specific industry knowledge and experience per location below:

• Nanaimo:
  Healthcare, Municipal, and BC Government
• Richmond:
  Supply Chain and General OHS experience

• Engage with BC stakeholders to:

1) consult and work with industry associations, labour associations, and health and safety associations to develop innovative strategies, programs and resources to prevent workplace injury, disease, and death; and/or

2) provide education and support related to workplace health and safety matters with a focus on ensuring that employers can achieve sustainable regulatory compliance and that workers are aware of their rights and responsibilities.

• Consistently models the appropriate level of organizational behaviours expected of all WorkSafeBC employees: responsive, respectful, fair, collaborative, accountable, and forward thinking.

We’re looking forpeoplewho can:

• Identify, develop, and implement strategic prevention services, programs, projects, and initiatives that positively impact workplace health and safety
• Act as a technical resource and apply workplace health and safety expertise and knowledge to various stakeholders including health & safety associations and industry associations
• Build partnerships and networks with industry stakeholders to establish positive long-term relationships
• Prepare and deliver impactful OHS safety presentations to various stakeholders with the purpose of educating on key OHS topics
• Support stakeholders by providing in-depth analysis and improvement of OHS programs, processes and culture, specific risk control initiatives and innovative projects
• Travel overnight in BC on occasion. Travel to various locations local to your area may be routinely required
• Work evenings and weekends periodically, as required

• A
  degree
  in a related discipline
• A
  minimum of nine years of progressive professional experience
  andat
  least 3 years of
  health and safety experience
  such as development of risk assessments, designing, delivering, and implementing health and safety programs, conducting workplace inspections/investigations, monitoring/evaluating an organization’s safety performance, participating in audits, addressing compliance issues, and developing corrective action plans to improve safety performance.

We’ll consider equivalent combinations of education and experience.

Before we can finalize any offer of employment, you must:

• Consent to a criminal record check
• Confirm you’re legally entitled to work in Canada

WorkSafeBC’s COVID-19 Employee Mandatory Vaccine Policy (the “Policy”) is suspended effective January 9, 2023, however we reserve the right to re-implement it in response to changes in the public health landscape, including public health orders. We are committed to the protection, health, and safety of our employees and our Communicable Disease Prevention Program and related protocols remain in effect.

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