Director of Health and Safety

2 weeks ago

Lake Macquarie City Council, Australia ClearCompany Full time
About the Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a seasoned professional to join our team as a Director RTW and Safety. As a key member of our leadership team, you will be responsible for leading the WHS and workers compensation function across our organisation.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and implement the safety and RTW strategy and align associated activities to achieve it.
  • Lead an organisation-wide approach to health and safety, workers compensation, and return to work initiatives, ensuring these are strategically aligned across all our agencies.
  • Provide expert advice and promote a strong safety culture that reinforces risk as core to strategy and business operations.
  • Oversee the strategic implementation of WHS initiatives, ensuring compliance with legislation, overseeing risk assessment and mitigation, conducting inspections and audits, managing incident and injury procedures, and promoting a strong safety culture through collaboration, training, and continuous improvement efforts.
  • Assist the Executive Director in improving the overall safety maturity with a focus on continuous improvement of workers compensation and return to work programs.
  • Identify and assess emerging safety risks and hazards and recommend approaches to managing them.
  • Effectively lead a team of direct and indirect reports.
About You

We are seeking a health and safety leader with demonstrable experience in leading and the continuous improvement of this function. You will have substantial experience in workers compensation and return to work programs, as well as experience liaising with regulators. A strong influencing and negotiation skills demonstrating high levels of commerciality and pragmatism are essential. You will also have the ability to develop and lead a multi-discipline team in order to meet our objectives.

About Us

Newcastle Anglican is a faith-based organisation serving the people of the Hunter and the Central Coast. We offer a leading Christian presence to our community through our parishes, four schools, Anglican Care and Samaritans. Our vision is for people to flourish because of what we do, inspired by the way of Jesus. We provide a culturally safe environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and welcome all applications.

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