(Urgent Search) Leader

Leader - Employee Health and Wellbeing

Exciting opportunity to lead a team of talented, wellbeing-driven HR professionals

- Positively impact lives of Council employees through a proactive and preventative approach to health and wellbeing

- Flexible work arrangements including a 9 day fortnight available for work-life balance

Council seeks an experienced health professional to join our People and Culture leadership team as the Leader Employee Health and Wellbeing. This is a unique opportunity for someone passionate about supporting people through strategic, proactive, and empathetic health and wellbeing solutions.

Responsibilities

- Lead and inspire a team of specialist professionals across workers compensation, wellbeing, fitness for work, return-to-work, and mental health support.

- Develop and deliver innovative, preventative, and evidence-based health and wellbeing strategies tailored to a diverse workforce of both indoor and outdoor teams.

- Partner with leaders and employees to foster a safe, inclusive, and supportive workplace culture that values both physical and psychological wellbeing.

- Ensure compliance with WHS, Codes of Practice and legislative requirements, while driving forward-thinking initiatives that improve employee experience, resilience, and engagement.

Qualifications

- A qualified health professional (e.g., Occupational Therapist, Psychologist, Registered Nurse, Physiotherapist, or related discipline) OR have experience with health and wellbeing programs including supporting workers compensation cases.

- A strategic thinker who can balance operational priorities with long-term wellbeing planning, with demonstrated leadership experience.

- Empathetic, approachable, and skilled in engaging with employees at all levels across a wide range of professions and environments.

- Confident in leading a close-knit team and building strong partnerships across the organisation.

- Passionate about embedding wellbeing as a core part of organisational culture.

This position has been classified as a Grade 18 with a salary range of $105,077.21 to $113,702.33 per annum plus superannuation for 35 hours per week.

Flexible working arrangements, including a 9 day fortnight will be considered by mutual agreement and according to operational requirements.

Please contact Natasha Beer on 6767 5255 if you have any questions about this position.

Applications close at 11.59pm on Thursday, 16 October 2025.

Why it’s worth working at Tamworth Regional Council

For your LIFESTYLE: More time in your day with flexibility for your passions, family or play

For our COMMUNITY: Help create Tamworth tomorrow, leave your mark on our city.

For your CAREER: Boost your career, the sky is the limit.

For BELONGING: Join a family that values team spirit and genuinely cares about your wellbeing.

Our values guide our culture, shape how we work, and define what we stand for as an organisation – watch now to discover if you’re aligned with what drives us.

Tamworth Regional Council is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer committed to supporting a diverse, respectful, safe and inclusive workplace. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and ages including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, LGBTIQA+, people with disabilities and other diversity groups. If you require additional support or any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know during the application process.

Council is committed to promoting the care, protection and safeguarding of children. To learn more about our Commitment to Child Safety Statement and screening processes, click the link below.

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ABOUT OUR REGION

Tamworth Regional Council proudly sits on Kamilaroi Country, the traditional lands of the Gomeroi people, with a large diverse workplace culture with over 650 employees who are proud to service our community.

The Tamworth region is home to over 60,000 people and is a thriving economic and cultural hub in the North West of NSW. Our recently adopted plan for the future of the region, ‘Blueprint 100’, drives strategic vision for growth as a region, as we plan for how the city and the region will sustainably accommodate a population of 100,000 people.

Our people strive to build a great organisational culture fostering our shared values of Teamwork, Equity, Accountability, Customer Orientation and Health and Safety whilst embracing the drive for excellence, innovation and respect.

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