Safety Culture Director - State Prog Admin Manager Sr

About the role

This position is responsible for leading and advancing a progressive, agency-wide safety culture. Responsibilities include:

• Developing and implementing safety culture innovations across functional groups, districts, and specialty offices through onsite engagement.
• Providing leadership to strengthen psychological safety and promote a consistent, proactive safety culture.
• Maximizing the safety culture budget to support agency-wide safety innovation.
• Collaborating with Emergency Management, Safety & Workers’ Compensation, the Safety Director, and the Assistant Safety Culture Director to integrate safety culture and compliance.
• Representing the department on matters related to safety culture advancement, including presenting recommendations to Senior Leadership and other leadership groups.
• Representing the department at national safety conferences, peer reviews, and other safety-focused events.
• Engaging all staff to reinforce their responsibility for personal and team safety and adherence to safe work practices.
• Supporting managers and supervisors in fully embracing their roles as safety leaders.

Responsibilities

Developing and implementing safety culture innovations across functional groups, districts, and specialty offices through onsite engagement.

Providing leadership to strengthen psychological safety and promote a consistent, proactive safety culture.

Maximizing the safety culture budget to support agency-wide safety innovation.

Collaborating with Emergency Management, Safety & Workers’ Compensation, the Safety Director, and the Assistant Safety Culture Director to integrate safety culture and compliance.

Representing the department on matters related to safety culture advancement, including presenting recommendations to Senior Leadership and other leadership groups.

Representing the department at national safety conferences, peer reviews, and other safety-focused events.

Engaging all staff to reinforce their responsibility for personal and team safety and adherence to safe work practices.

Supporting managers and supervisors in fully embracing their roles as safety leaders.

Requirements

Two (2) years of managerial experience OR three (3) years of professional level supervisory OR four years of advanced professional experience leading safety and safety culture efforts in a large organization.

Qualifications

A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Occupational Safety and Health, Environmental Health and Safety, Industrial Hygiene or closely related field.

Experience leading or facilitating organizational cultural change initiatives.

Experience and knowledge of psychological safety in workplace settings.

Skills

Leadership and motivational skills sufficient to effectively develop alternative approaches to safety policies, programs, and behavior through agency collaboration, innovation, and creativity.

Experience identifying organizational safety issues and applying appropriate solutions and resources.

Experience interpreting and applying state and federal workplace safety regulations.

Experience developing safety culture improvements and innovations.

Budgeting and policy development skills sufficient to identify and secure annual funding needed for safety culture implementation.

Experience identifying and securing potential existing and new funding sources and recommending priorities.

Experience communicating and engaging with agency staff and leadership to identify and address workplace safety risks and hazards, and reporting on the progress of safety culture goals.

Experience developing department expectations for safe workplace behavior and promoting safety culture strategies and/or innovations.

Benefits

The State of Minnesota offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Paid vacation and sick leave
• 12 paid holidays each year
• Low-cost medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans
• Fertility care, including IVF
• Dental and orthodontic care for adults and children
• 6 weeks paid leave for parents of newborn or newly adopted children
• Pension plan that provides income when you retire (after working at least three years)
• Employer paid life insurance to provide support for your family in the event of death
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance that can provide income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury
• Tax-free expense accounts for health, dental, and dependent care

Additional benefits include:

• Training, classes, and professional development
• Tuition reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for work/life support
• Chore services, home repair, trip planning, child/elder care
• Programs, resources and benefits eligibility varies based on type of employment, agency, funding availability, union/collective bargaining agreement, location, and length of service with the State of Minnesota.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The State of Minnesota is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We strongly encourage applications from underrepresented groups.