Workplace Safety and Wellbeing Specialist

8 hours ago


Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia Catholic Education Office Full time
About the Role

The Workplace Safety and Wellbeing team is a dynamic and energetic team that contributes to the broader People and Culture service area through the design and delivery of a comprehensive workplace safety and wellbeing framework.

Your role will include:

  • Providing expert support and advice in the area of Work Health and Safety to schools and office sites within CEDoW.
  • Developing tools and resources to support Principals and CEO Leaders with their due diligence under the Work Health and Safety legislation.
  • Keeping up to date with current and emerging WHS matters that impact the education sector.
  • Analysing WHS data with a focus on providing regular reports for School and Office Leadership.
  • Undertaking site audits across CEDoW to verify compliance with Work Health and Safety policies and processes and provide feedback to School and Office Leaders.
  • Completing internal investigations where a serious/significant work health and safety incident has occurred and work with School Leadership to identify gaps and areas for improvement.
  • Assisting in formulating and implementing proactive and preventative resources, particularly within the area of psychological hazards impacting staff across the education sector.
  • Reviewing all staff and student injury/illness notifications using risk management strategies and support School Leadership to implement appropriate controls as appropriate.
About You

The successful candidate will be someone who has:

  • Demonstrated experience in undertaking health and safety audits across multiple sites to verify compliance with organisation expectations and legislative requirements.
  • Positive interpersonal skills, including high emotional intelligence.
  • Excellent discretion and judgement as information handled may contain sensitive or confidential information.
  • An individual drive and ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop WHS policies, procedures, and other support resources and materials.
  • High level of accuracy, and attention to detail.
  • Strategically respond to unfamiliar and new situations and tasks.
Qualifications and Experience

The successful candidate will have:

  • Tertiary qualifications - degree qualified preferred - work health and safety, human resources, or other related disciplines.
  • At least 3-5 years of experience working in the field of health and safety, allied health discipline or human resources.
  • WHS auditing qualifications an advantage.
Working with Children Clearance

This role is classified as child related work and therefore we require a working with children clearance to be completed prior to your commencement with us.



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