Work, Health and Safety Manager

6 months ago


North Ryde, Australia Achieve Australia Full time

Join the PPC management team
- Lead and manage the WHS function
- Competitive salary and employee benefits including salary packaging

Unique opportunity to join our brand new WHS team as a WHS Manager and lead the charge in fostering a culture of safety and well-being.

As the WHS Manager, you will be responsible for leading and managing our WHS function. This includes developing and implementing health and safety management systems, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, and promoting a culture of safety through collaborative and consultative approaches.

**Why Join Team Achieve?**

At Achieve Australia, we put the people we support at the centre of everything we do. As a ‘for purpose’ organisation, we're more than just a workplace. We are a community passionate about bringing inclusion to life for people with disability.

**What reasonable adjustments can we make to our recruitment process to welcome you?**

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Develop, implement, and review health and safety frameworks, policies, and procedures.
- Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation.
- Provide advice on the correct implementation of WHS policies.
- Identify and report hazards and risks and develop strategies to mitigate them.
- Conduct regular safety inspections and follow up on actions.
- Manage incidents, accidents, and safety breaches, and recommend corrective actions.
- Implement systems for injury management, prevention, and return to work programs.
- Lead and manage the WHS team, fostering a safety-conscious culture.
- Conduct regular safety training for staff and managers.
- Provide regular reporting to executives and management committees.

**To be successful in this role, you will need**:

- Extensive experience in WHS management.
- Experience with NDS practice framework and/or disability sector is highly regarded.
- Strong knowledge of health and safety legislation and best practices.
- Proven ability to develop and implement WHS policies and procedures.
- Excellent problem-solving and risk assessment skills.
- Effective communication and leadership abilities.
- Experience in managing incidents and conducting safety inspections.
- Ability to analyse data and recommend improvements.
- Familiarity with injury management and return-to-work programs.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Ability to collaborate with various stakeholders across the organization.

Achieve Australia has been supporting people with disability for 70 years. Be part of our proud tradition.

Achieve is a registered NDIS provider delivering integrated clinical, health, social, and disability services. Join us in providing exceptional support services in accommodation, community participation supported employment, and support coordination. We operate across Greater Sydney and the Northern Rivers regions in NSW.

**What Sets Us Apart**
**Our Commitment**
At Achieve, it's more than a job. Our dedicated staff make a positive difference to the people we support each day and in turn, we support our staff. We value our team in an environment where everyone can proudly be themselves. We embrace diversity, recognising the richness that different life experiences, languages, and cultures bring to our clients and to Achieve as an organisation.

**Great employee benefits**
- Salary packaging options mean you keep more of your take home pay before tax.
- Car leasing is another salary packaging option.
- Free personal and financial counselling for you and your family.
- Range of paid leave and flexible work arrangements.
- Support for a healthy lifestyle, including fitness memberships and wellness programs.
- Regular training and support to succeed in your role.
- A strong record of promoting from within.

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