Head of Health Safety Wellbeing Local Government

2 months ago


Melbourne, Australia The Next Step Full time

Strategic and Operational Leadership role
- Lead a small and highly capable team
- Opportunity to shape HSW culture and strategy

**About Them**
A large and thriving local government organisation within the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

**About the Role**

**About You**
You will play a key role in the decision-making process and will be the figurehead for driving safety change within the organisation. With a hands-on approach and excellent interpersonal skills, you will have prior experience supporting change initiatives across a sizable operational network. You will possess an influential style, capable of delivering engaging presentations to both the leadership team and employees on-site. As a natural people leader, you will have the ability to quickly establish credibility and possess the ability to influence colleagues effectively.

To thrive in this role you will have:

- Relevant tertiary qualification, preferably in OH&S, risk management, injury management, wellbeing, psychology, HR or a related field.
- Proven capacity to partner strategically with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders to gain commitment to change, build capability and act as a trusted advisor in OHS.
- Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess options and consequences in delivering and implementing preferred actions and decisions within a complex and political environment.
- Proven experience in developing and delivering a Safety & Wellbeing Strategy.
- Extensive and diverse experience working in an OHS role involving development of strategies including change management and communications plans to support the effective delivery of an OHS Management System and the development of a risk-aware and interdependent safety culture.

**About Applying**

For specific questions about this role, please contact Ramtin Parvar or Nicola Hutton.



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