Injury Prevention Specialist

**Sydney**

Assess and monitor health and safety performance; promote leading practice health and wellbeing strategies.
- **Permanent Full Time Role, working from home up to 2 days per week**:

- **Sydney-CBD office location with harbour views & company offering lots of opportunities**:

- **Salary starts at 130k plus super and other Company benefits, as highlighted below**

**About the Role**

Our goal is to influence the reduction of injury frequency and severity across the workers’ insurance portfolio. In this role, influence the WHS and injury prevention strategies for targeted employers, where workplace safety performance and recover-at-work standards require improvement. Monitor employer performance and adopt strategies to support the continual improvement of health and safety systems, and injury prevention outcomes.

**Benefits**
- A corporate wellbeing program with subsidised gym membership, free flu vaccinations and health check programs
- 17.5% annual leave loading
- icare day - access to an extra day’s leave
- Comprehensive learning and development support aligned to icare’s Core Capabilities.
- Our People Awards - On-the-spot Recognition, Quarterly Values Awards & Our People Annual Awards
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program

**Duties**

It’s an exciting time at icare where no two days are the same; as an **Injury Prevention Specialist** you will:

- Hold constructive conversations with key employers and employer groups to influence their approach to workplace health and safety and to encourage an injury prevention mindset in their management of risk.
- Identify and recommend WHS, injury prevention and intervention strategies which have been successful for employers in similar circumstances.
- Identify and address the key points of resistance to change by employers with a record of poor workplace safety performance.
- Research, develop and make recommendations to improve the performance of high-cost employers by reducing frequency and severity of injury.
- Lead, collaborate and guide best practice solutions (against global benchmarks) through employers and advisors to drive sustainable solutions that improve health and safety systems, minimise injury frequency and severity, and encourage appropriate RTW opportunities.
- Engage and foster key external relationships to ensure effective engagement with the icare business model.
- Some travel to workplaces in regional NSW and stay overnight on occasions.

**Skills & Experience**
- Business understanding and acumen.
- Work Health and Safety Qualification (minimum Cert IV)
- Injury prevention (or related) qualifications or equivalent knowledge and skills acquired through practical experience
- Comprehensive understanding of WHS management systems and injury prevention strategies, combined with a solid working understanding of the insurance industry
- General industry experience combined with experience in a senior injury prevention or other behavioral change role
- Workplace training experience and qualifications are highly desirable.

**Culture**

We know our strength comes from the diversity of our people and would encourage people with different experiences and backgrounds to apply. We are committed to our people’s development so the people of NSW can thrive.

**About the Company**

We care for the people of NSW, building confidence and trust so our communities can thrive. We make the complex simple, so our schemes deliver better outcomes for people and communities. Whether a person is severely injured in the workplace or on our roads, icare supports their long-term care needs to improve quality of life, including helping people return to work.
- For more information about icare visit our website
- **icare operates a direct sourcing model so no agency introductions will be accepted**:

- We are a Circle Back Initiative Employer - we commit to respond to every applicant
- A talent pool may be created through this recruitment process.