Senior Wellbeing and Psychosocial Safety Partner

Overview:

• Full-time, Continuing position
• Salary HEW Level 9 ($135,978 - $145,693) + 17% Superannuation and Flexible Working Arrangements
• Based at the Melbourne CBD campus, and hybrid ways of working

About You
The Senior Wellbeing and Psychosocial Safety Partner plays a strategic and influential role in embedding psychosocial safety and mental wellbeing across the organisation. As a subject matter expert in psychosocial risk and mental health promotion, the incumbent will partner with leaders across the university to provide expert advice and support on complex wellbeing and psychosocial safety challenges that require thoughtful, bespoke, and systems-based solutions.

Working in alignment with the RMIT Mental Wellbeing Strategic Action Plan (2020–2025) and relevant regulatory obligations, including the evolving psychosocial safety legislation in Victoria, this role will design and facilitate high-quality training, interpret wellbeing data, and support continuous improvement through consultation, reporting and capacity building.

This role will collaborate closely with stakeholders including the IDEA Framework team, Respectful and Safe Communities, HR Business Partners, the Gender-Based Violence team, and other key university stakeholders. The role requires a confident and experienced professional who can translate evidence-based strategies into practice, provide credible leadership on psychosocial safety, and help drive sustainable cultural change

The role contributes to designing and embedding preventative strategies, policies, and systems that promote mental wellbeing, foster a culture of care, and mitigate workplace harm. It also supports broader organisational culture change by championing values of inclusion, safety, and psychological wellbeing across the university.

To be successful in this position, you'll have as a minimum:

• Proven knowledge in mental health, psychosocial risk management, suicide prevention and postvention, and psychological first aid with commitment to creating positive change in large organisational settings.
• Experience in Mental Health providing support to staff in high-risk roles
• Highly developed interpersonal, clinical, problem solving and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrated relationship building and stakeholder management skills including demonstrated ability to manage relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Strong written communication skills including experience producing high quality guidance materials, briefings, reports and other project related documentation for a range of audiences.
• High level of initiative, discretion, collaboration, independence and flexibility.
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement and ability to adapt evidence-based frameworks to real life scenarios.
• Demonstrated skills in the use of information and communication technologies.

Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children and National Police Check.

About the Portfolio

Driven by the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Strategy and five-year Mental Wellbeing Strategic Action Plan (Plan), the Mental Wellbeing and Psychosocial Safety (RMIT Wellbeing) team works to foster a more mentally healthy RMIT. Through evidence based strategic action RMIT Wellbeing aims:

To increase the proportion of students and staff who experience higher levels of mental wellbeing To reduce student and staff exposure to avoidable risk factors within the learning and work environment and increase their resilience and social supports To increase the proportion of students and staff who seek and obtain timely assistance for emerging or existing mental health conditions, and experience recovery.

The RMIT Wellbeing's ongoing program of work is guided by five key principals:

We create a continuum of interventions that help our people stay well, take early action and support recovery We take an integrated approach to student and staff mental wellbeing while continuing to address the unique needs of diverse groups at RMIT We embed mental wellbeing across all that we do We promote mental wellbeing as a shared responsibility We work across the student and staff lifecycle and align activities with the rhythm of the university.

ToApply

Please submit your CV and covering letter addressing your suitability for this position by clicking on the 'Apply' link at the top of this page.

For further information about this position, please see the Position Description hyperlinked below or contact Isabel Watts via email isabel.watts2@rmit.edu.au.

Position Description - Senior Wellbeing and Psychosocial Safety Partner

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