WorkSafe ACT Senior Leadership Team and Responsibilities
WorkSafe ACT has streamlined its operations and restructured to deliver on our strategic priorities and keep ACT workplaces safe. We have a strong commitment to working with the ACT Community and we would like to introduce you to our Senior Directors who are guiding the WorkSafe ACT inspectorate.
 | Bill SmithBill is the Senior Director of Strategy, Compliance and Enforcement. He is responsible for the WorkSafe ACT data, strategy and governance functions. Bill also leads the inspectorate teams who help educate and enforce general work health and safety, commercial and residential construction, workers’ compensation and labour hire licensing requirements and obligations to workers and workplaces in the ACT. |
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 | Jackii ShepherdJackii is the Senior Director of Specialist Operations, Capability and Communications. Jax is responsible for the WorkSafe ACT media, events and communication functions, and the quality assurance, coaching, and systems frameworks. This includes communicating the great work our organisation does, delivering public events, maintaining our case management and records management systems and training all of our Inspectors. Jax also looks after specialised Inspector teams for Occupational Hygiene, including dangerous goods, Psychosocial and Major Investigations. |
 | Robert AlfordBob is the Senior Director of Civil Construction and Regulatory Governance and Education. He is responsible for our newly created Civil Construction team which oversees the major projects being built throughout the ACT. This includes the Light Rail project and the Woden CIT campus. Bob also looks after the regulatory governance and education section that oversees training courses provided by registered training organisations, provides training to industry on topics such as safe work method systems and looks after our internal governance that ensures we are a strong and consistent regulator. |
Reach out to our Senior Directors via the following channels:
General enquiries: worksafe@worksafe.act.gov.au
Bill Smith, Strategy, Compliance and Enforcement: bill.smith@worksafe.act.gov.au
Jax Shepherd, Specialist Operations, Capability and Communications: jackii.shepherd@worksafe.act.gov.au
Bob Alford, Civil Construction, Regulatory Governance and Education: robert.alford@worksafe.act.gov.au
To find out about other ways WorkSafe ACT is working with the Canberra community to improve work health and safety, follow WorkSafe ACT on LinkedIn.
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