Health, Safety and Wellness Business Partner

Join a dynamic and purpose-driven team where you’ll empower leaders and employees to build a safer, healthier, and more inclusive workplace. In this impactful role, you’ll lead initiatives that foster a proactive safety culture and deliver meaningful outcomes across the organisation.

** About the role**:

- Partner with Managers, Supervisors, and operational teams to implement and continuously improve Council’s Work Health and Safety (WHS) Management System.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to enhance safety performance, lead incident investigations, and deliver targeted health, safety, and wellbeing initiatives.
- Use your strong communication, consultation, and negotiation skills to influence safe practices and foster a positive safety culture across diverse operational environments.
- Provide flexible, detail-oriented support in a fast-paced setting, assisting team members during periods of high demand and contributing to client service delivery across the Unit.
- Lead by example, modelling safe behaviours and promoting a workplace culture that prioritises the health and wellbeing of workers and the community.

**What's on offer**:

- A base salary ranging from $98,191 per annum with competency-based increments up to $113,007 per annum, plus 12% super
- 70-hour, 9-day fortnight
- Access to training and development opportunities
- Flexible work options to support healthy work/life balance
- Generous employment conditions (we have too many to list
- **We are seeking**:

- Demonstrated practical WHS experience in high-risk and operational environments, with a hands-on approach to safety management.
- Proven capability in leading and managing complex WHS investigations and resolving safety-related matters.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to build and maintain productive working relationships.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and negotiate with stakeholders to achieve timely and beneficial outcomes in problem-solving scenarios.
- Capacity to work both independently and collaboratively within a team, managing competing priorities in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

**About us**:

- Located on the picturesque far North Coast of NSW, bordering the Gold Coast.
- The Tweed is a vibrant, diverse location offering a lifestyle near the water, in a rainforest or on a farm.
- Join an **employer of choice**. Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) has named Council the 2021 Employer of Choice for our great employment practices within NSW local government.

**Where it's located**:
This position is based in Tweed Heads, and can be directed to work from any Council work site.

** Position closes**:
**Pre-Employment Screening**:
Tweed Shire Council conducts pre-employment assessments as part of its recruitment process.

Job offers are not made until screening has been completed. Tweed Shire Council uses third-party providers to undertake:

- Background screening - verifies that the information you have provided throughout the recruitment process is true and correct.

** How To Apply**:

- Have your Resume document ready to go.

**If you'd like to COPY and PASTE question fields into a separate Word document to work on over time, please find them listed below**:

- Why are you interested in working at Tweed Shire Council, and what excites you most about this particular opportunity?
- Describe your experience working in high-risk and operational environments. What practical WHS strategies have you implemented to improve safety outcomes?
- Tell us about a time you led a complex WHS investigation.
- How have you influenced and negotiated with stakeholders to achieve positive health, safety, or wellbeing outcomes?
- Describe a time when you had to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

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- _Unit_- People & Culture-
- _Job Grade_- _7_-
- _Industry_- _People and Culture_-
- _Employment Type_- Full Time