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Senior / Principal Human Factors Consultant
Are you an experienced organisational psychologist, certified ergonomist, or human factors specialist passionate about improving health and safety?
Here's your chance to be part of something extraordinary!
- Award-winning, respected Human Factors consultancy with enviable client base
- Flexible work from home in any capital city within Australia
About The Keil Centre
At the Keil Centre, we don't just offer solutions; we create lasting impacts. Collaborating closely with our clients, we leverage sound research, profound expertise, and award-winning products to address their unique needs. From human factors in product design to safety culture and leadership, we're at the forefront in bespoke, meaningful and effective solutions in safety critical industries. It’s why our clients keep coming back to us again and again.
Our client base is diverse, by industry and geography; we’re working on every continent at present.
About the Role
This isn't your typical job; it's an opportunity to lead, innovate, and drive real change. As a senior member of our small and mighty team, you'll:
- Craft Tailored Solutions: Work hand-in-hand with clients to assess needs and develop bespoke solutions tailored to their specific organisational challenges.
- Deliver Excellence: Take charge of projects, ensuring the delivery of top-notch solutions that exceed expectations.
- Nurture Relationships: Manage client relationships, fostering trust and long-term partnerships while driving future business growth.
- Collaborate and Innovate: Join forces with like-minded professionals in Australia and UK to brainstorm, innovate, and push the boundaries of what's possible in our field.
- Grow Personally and Professionally: Embrace continuous learning and development, both for yourself and for your colleagues.
Why Join Us?
- Flexibility: Work from anywhere in Australia, with the freedom to choose your base city. Plus, say goodbye to the daily office grind – when you're not on-site with clients, you'll enjoy the perks of working from home.
- Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a competitive salary package inclusive of health insurance, a discretionary annual bonus, and the opportunity to invest in our employee-owned company.
- Equity Opportunity: For the right candidate, there's a chance to become a key stakeholder in our business and play a pivotal role in shaping its future.
Qualifications:
- Proven expertise in organisational psychology, ergonomics, or human factors, with a track record of applying your skills to enhance health and safety.
- Excellent project management skills, coupled with a knack for building and nurturing client relationships.
- Strong collaborative spirit, and a drive to innovate and push boundaries.
- Ability to travel to client sites (primarily in WA or QLD), with occasional international travel opportunities.
Selection Criteria:
- Significant human factors expertise in at least one of our key service areas: Human factors in product design and systems engineering, Control room design and engineering, Human performance and human reliability analysis, Human factors in incident investigation, Safety culture and leadership; Fatigue management
- Experience in delivering evidence-based solutions founded on established psychological / ergonomic principles
- Experience of a range of project types, including developing and delivering training courses
- A demonstrable track record of client management, business development and commercial success
- Ability to manage a range of projects at any one time, working in a highly autonomous fashion, with support from colleagues elsewhere in Australia and UK
- Membership of a relevant professional body, or working towards this
- A willingness to travel across Australasia and occasionally worldwide
- Experience of a range of industry sectors would be highly desirable.
How To Apply
Please send your CV and a cover letter explaining how you meet our criteria, email directly to recruitment@keilcentre.com.au
APPLICATIONS CLOSE on 7 May 2024.
Applications will be reviewed as they are received and interviews may be held before the closing date, therefore we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Our Approach
The Keil Centre aims to provide innovative, high-quality applied psychology and ergonomics solutions designed for business success.
We provide practical solutions based on sound research, deep professional knowledge, and our considerable business and management experience – not the latest fad or fashion. We have a range of established, award-winning products and we also offer bespoke solutions to meet specific organisational needs.
Since our establishment in 1983, we have set out to be a centre of excellence for all branches of psychology and related disciplines. We do this by employing experienced consultants, many of whom are experts in their chosen field with many years’ experience
We work with organisations in a very collaborative fashion, in many cases developing internal capability for our customers. We form long-standing relationships with our customers, filling the role of a trusted advisor to the top levels of their organisations.
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Our Values
Our values represent the basis of how we operate and are demonstrated in both our work with clients and our internal operations.
Collaboration
We work as a collective that includes partnering with our clients, to design and implement optimal solutions. We encourage everyone, at all levels of the organisation, to personally contribute to delivering success.
People Focus
We use our knowledge and expertise to support people’s capability, health and safety. We develop strong and productive relationships with our clients. We support ongoing staff development and training that is aligned to business and personal need.
Professional Integrity
We develop innovative, practical and evidence-based solutions that deliver the outcomes our clients need. We are open, honest and responsible – identifying and addressing the real issues, offering reliable, independent and expert advice. We promote and develop internal client competence and independence, wherever it is practicable to do so.
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If you would like to apply for any of our roles or discuss a general enquiry, our team are happy to help.