Health Safety and Training Coordinator - Whitehorse, Canada - Yukon Government

Yukon Government
Yukon Government
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Whitehorse, Canada

1 month ago

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Health, Safety, and Training Coordinator
This posting is being used to fill a two year term.


Our role

Your role


As the Health Safety and Training Coordinator, you'll support our vision and values by developing the Safety Management System for the Fish & Wildlife Branch and overseeing its implementation and maintenance in the Department of Environment.

The incumbent fosters a safety-focused culture, leads risk mitigation, and ensures compliance to the Yukon Workers' Safety and Compensation Act, the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, and best practices towards ensuring a safe work environment.


Essential Qualifications
To be considered for this opportunity, you'll need to demonstrate how you meet the following qualifications in your resume.

Be sure to highlight how the experience you have acquired aligns with the 'must haves' for this position, including the month and year for each work experience entry.

Selection for further consideration is based solely on the information you provide in your resume.

  • Experience designing, implementing and maintaining health and safety management systems/databases in adherence with legislation and regulations.
  • Experience conducting investigations into injuries, accidents, and near misses and the development of corrective actions to prevent future incidences.
  • Experience facilitating training for a large audience and evaluating the effectiveness.
  • Experience developing and implementing safe work policies, directives, and programs.
  • Experience ensuring employee compliance with Occupational Health and Safety regulations.
  • Experience executing workplace safety inspections.

Knowledge, Skills and Suitability

  • Knowledge of the Occupational Health & Safety legal frameworks, and emergency planning
  • Ability to maintain training records in adherence with regulations and standards.
  • Analytical, writing and communication skills; ability to build ownership and commitment to compliance with safe work practices throughout the department
  • Change management skills and collaboration skills
  • Ability to lead safety planning and emergency planning
  • Ability to work effectively in cooperation with other agencies
  • Skills in facilitating and developing group planning sessions and delivering targeted presentations for training and client awareness purposes
  • Commitment to act in accordance with organizational decisions, with integrity and high ethical standards
  • Understanding of the northern context and its unique challenges with respect to the health and safety of employees
  • Ability to plan, promote, and establish a safetyoriented departmental culture and to foster departmental implementation of emergency, business continuity and enterprise risk management plans.
  • Ability to create and maintain communication/marketing initiatives to support safety and emergency planning projects.

Application Requirements

  • Please
    do not include a cover letter. It will not be reviewed.
  • Please keep your CV to maximum of 1000 words (Please include all relevant information about your educational accomplishments and employment history including job titles, start and end dates [month and year] of your employment, and your accountabilities and accomplishments.
  • Please list all relevant (valid) certifications as they relate to this position.

Why joining us is a great idea:
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We support balancing personal and professional needs through comprehensive benefits, the ability to build your professional skills through learning and developmental opportunities, and flexible work and leave options.

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  • Eligibility List 12 months
  • Post Date 29 January 2024
  • Close Date 9 February 2024
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