Consultant, Wellbeing
2 weeks ago
**About the role**:
This position is responsible for assisting with the strategic direction and delivery of the employee wellbeing and support programs for departmental staff.
Aimed at reducing workplace risk, injury, and absenteeism, the role provides specialist advice and guidance regarding the health, safety, and wellbeing of all staff in line with the department's strategic commitments to creating a safe and healthy workplace.
The role requires both technical expertise and understanding of internal policy, procedures, and state legislation. The role also requires an ability to foster partnership with internal and external stakeholders.
**About us**:
At the Victorian Department of Health we want a future where Victorians are the healthiest people in the world. A Victoria where our children and people thrive, our workplaces are productive and safe, and our communities are more connected.
We see it as our job to support Victorians to stay healthy and safe. And to deliver a world-class healthcare system that ensures every single Victorian can access safe, quality care that leads to better health outcomes for all.
**How you'll make a difference**:
**Suitable applicants will be able to demonstrate**:
**Knowledge and Skills**
Problem Solving - Seeks all relevant information for problem solving; liaises with stakeholders; analyses issues from different perspectives and draws sound inferences from information available; identifies and proposes workable solutions to problems; implements solutions, evaluates effectiveness and adjusts actions as required.
Stakeholder Management - Identifies issues in common for one or more stakeholders and uses to build mutually beneficial partnerships; identifies and responds to stakeholder's underlying needs; uses understanding of the stakeholder's organisational context to ensure outcomes are achieved; find innovative solutions to resolve stakeholder issues.
Influence and Negotiation - Adapt the content, style, message or tone of a presentation to suit the audience and plans how to tackle objections; sells own ideas by linking them to others' values, needs and goals; negotiates and implements a well-planned course of action to achieve a specific outcome.
Organisational Awareness - Understands issues and pressures to which the organisation has to respond; understands the reasons behind the organisational climate and culture
**Personal Qualities**
Creativity and Innovation - Generates new ideas; draws on a range of information sources to identify new ways of doing things; actively influences events and promotes ideas; translates creative ideas into workplace improvements; reflects on experience and is open to new ways to improve practice.
Planning and Organising - Sets clearly defined objectives and priorities and operates accordingly, reviewing and adjusting as required; identifies processes, tasks and resources required to achieve a goal; establishes systems and procedures to guide work and track progress; recognises actual and potential barriers and finds effective ways to deal with them.
Relationship Building - Establishes and maintains relationships with people at all levels; promotes harmony and consensus through diplomatic handling of disagreements; forges useful partnerships with people across business areas, functions and organisations; builds trust through consistent actions, values and communication; minimises surprises
Teamwork - Cooperates and works well with others in the pursuit of team goals; collaborates and shares information; shows consideration, concern and respect for others' feelings and ideas; accommodates and works well with the different working styles of others; encourages resolution of conflict within group.
**Qualifications / Specialist Expertise**
Qualifications - A qualification in occupational health and safety or allied health is desirable.
Specialist Expertise - Demonstrated high level understanding of and expertise in the design, implementation and embedding of programs relating to prevention, early intervention, and appropriate response is expected.
Detailed knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 and Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 is expected.
To learn more please click 'Apply' to view the Position Description on the Careers.vic website.
**What we offer**:
- The opportunity to perform meaningful work, making direct contributions toward enabling Victorians to be the healthiest people in the world.
- A wide range of growth and development opportunities within the department and wider Victorian Public Service & Sector.
- A strong commitment to work-life balance, including a diverse array of flexible working arrangements.
**How to apply**:
Applications should include a resume and a cover letter. Click the 'Apply' button to view further information about the role including key contact details and the advertisement closing date.
Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police
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