• Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney - Tell us your preference
• Are you ready to orchestrate and support strategic assurance policy, process and programs across a dynamic business
• More than safety, risk and assurance —it's about building Airservices assurance program maturity roadmap and contributing to safe, efficient and effective business outcomes.

The Organisation:

Airservices Australia is a government-owned organisation responsible for the safe and efficient management of 11% of the world’s airspace and provision of aviation rescue fire fighting services at Australia’s busiest airports.

Our people are our greatest asset with a dynamic and diverse team operating from locations across the country - from bustling cities to regional and remote locations, including an island. This team keep Australia’s aviation industry safe every day of the year, both in the air and on the ground.

We connect people with their world safely – linking family and friends, generating economic activity, creating jobs, and facilitating trade and tourism.

Airservices is committed to fostering a culture that is diverse, inclusive, and respectful. We encourage motivated individuals who love what they do, value a service first mindset, and embrace a challenge to explore a career with Airservices. In return you will be a valued team member, be offered flexibility and experience a meaningful career in an exciting, ever-evolving aviation industry.

Summary

Are you the kind of person who is driven to identify and explore risk control improvements and safety system learnings? Would you like to investigate work systems and identify changes to improve compliance and business performance outcomes for our national air traffic control, firefighting and supporting groups? Are you ready to build and empower a high-performing Safety Risk and Assurance team?

We are seeking a Safety Risk and Assurance Lead to provide expert, proactive Safety Risk, Safety Investigation and Safety Assurance advice and application to Airservices business Groups.

In this influential position you will:

• Develop and implement an integrated safety assurance program to deliver insights into the effectiveness of safety risk controls across operational and safety change domains.
• Apply your expert leadership to ensure safety risk management and assurance policy, process and practices are aligned with Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) and aviation best practice.
• Shape policies and tools that focus on risk control effectiveness and ensure ongoing assurance across all operational and corporate units.
• Inform safety promotion activities to drive system risk improvements.
• Create effective and influential relationships with stakeholders that drive value through enhanced risk control insights and improvements, and systems learning outcomes.
• Build and inspire a high-performing, psychologically safe team, to champion safety risk and assurance outcomes and build business capability for Airservices.

Our Leaders

Leaders at Airservices demonstrate our Leadership Standard in the way they Know, Focus and Value our people every day. Our leaders role model our values of Safe always, Service first, Love what we do, Work as one, Own it to connect people with their world safely.

An Airservices leader leads inclusively, thinks strategically, collaborates and communicates with impact to deliver outcomes that support our culture of trust, care and accountability.

The Role & The Team

Your strategic thinking, ability to influence your stakeholders, and proven track record in best practice safety risk and assurance program design and delivery will be essential to championing effective change and assurance improvement for Airservices.

You will bring a wealth of applied experience as a system safety/assurance specialist within a safety regulated industry, complemented by expertise in optimising investigation and learning outcomes in high-risk domains.

Working with stakeholders you will guide your team in the delivery of assurance programs that deliver risk control insights and build effectiveness of safety risk controls across operational and safety change domains.

Qualifications & Competencies:

The ideal candidate will ideally have at least 10 years applied experience as a system safety/assurance specialist within a safety regulated industry. Tertiary qualifications in system safety, operational hazard and risk management, engineering, or related field are preferred.

Please see the link below to view the full Position Description:

 PD - Safety Risk and Assurance Lead .docx

The Person

• Highly developed leadership and influencing skills to effectively position assurance as a value adding business activity enabling compliance, safety and performance improvement outcomes.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication capabilities, supported by highly honed advocacy, collaboration and persuasion skills.

Airservices Australia is a diverse and inclusive employer that recognises the benefits of having a workforce that reflects the communities in which we work. We encourage applications from diverse groups including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

Should you require any further information please contact Christine Collins, TA Partner at Christine.collins@airservicesaustralia.com

How to Apply

To apply for this position please lodge an application online before Applications close 11.55 pm (AEST) Sunday 25 May 2025.