Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor

**Churches of Christ, Health, Safety and Wellbeing, Kenmore**

**Permanent, Part-time Opportunity**

**Imagine working for us**

Our values encourage us to be accepting of differences and embrace all. Our size and variety offer you real choices and opportunities to grow your career.

We also offer:

- Salary-packaging benefits that can increase your take-home pay;
- Five weeks of annual leave (pro rata) and the ability to purchase more;
- Opportunity to be involved in some exciting upcoming change in management processes;
- Flexible work arrangements to suit your lifestyle, working 2 days per week;
- Modern Kenmore Head Office with free onsite parking and cafe;
- Grants (for eligible employees) to assist in formal study;
- Access to online learning platforms to further develop your skills;
- Discounts through our large network of retail partners.

Established in 1930, We are one of Australia's largest and most diverse not-for-profit organisations.

Active in the areas of children, youth and family services; community housing; retirement living; home care; and residential aged care services, we provide care and compassion to vulnerable people at different stages of their life journey. With over 200 Services in more than 100 communities, we positively impact around 45,000 lives a year.

**About the role**

We have an exciting opportunity for a Fire Safety Professional to join our team as a Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor, working closely with our Services to help communicate and realise our vision. If you love health and safety in addition to coaching, mentoring, and supporting people to assist them in delivering their responsibilities, then this is the role for you.

Reporting to the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Team Leader, you will have a natural passion for safety, specialising in fire safety and emergency management, preparedness and planning while fostering and promoting a culture of zero harm in the workplace. Our HSW function covers the full breadth of WHS and you will be required to problem solve and come up with practical solutions that ensure compliance. You will be working 2 days per week in this role which will entail you to think on your feet and proactively find solutions to issues as and when they arise.

Within your varied day, you will:

- Provide advice, training, consultation and risk assessment on Health, Safety and Rehabilitation matters relevant to legislation;
- Manage and develop assigned projects within the WHS Management System;
- Undertake analysis, reporting and make recommendations against key Health, Safety and Rehabilitation deliverables;
- Undertake significant consequence incident investigations, establishing incident causes and provide recommendations for resolution;
- Design, review and conduct HSW audits/inspections to assess compliance to key requirements of the safety management framework and risk management systems, providing recommendations for continuous improvement.

Churches of Christ have been announced as finalists in the WorkSafe Qld Awards in the category work redesign for our Crows Nest Ambassador pilot. You can learn more about this project here. Please talk to us to find out more about how the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor can make a real difference for our organisation and clients.

**About you**

To thrive in this role, you will have specialised knowledge of Health, Safety and Wellbeing practices, specialising in Fire Safety and Emergency Management. You will be solution-oriented and able to prioritise and multi-task.

With your positive and professional attitude, you understand that not everything will be perfect but you keep chipping away nonetheless. As an experienced manager of both cultural and operational change, you have realistic expectations and are able to take the business on the journey with you - through innovation, collaboration, and leadership.

You will have a passion for how things work, and a curious and critical mind that seeks to understand how we ensure delivery of safe, reliable and sustainable outcomes as an organisation. Being a natural collaborator, your ability to foster positive relationships across all levels of the business will see you succeed. We're also looking for your passion for safety and continuous improvement, as this forms the direction of our overall safety strategy and goals.

Whilst your technical expertise will give you the knowledge of how to assess, interpret and deliver on H&S strategies, you will be part of a dynamic, professional and fun team.

To be suitable for this position, your qualifications for the role will consist of:

- Degree qualification in Workplace Health and Safety or related discipline, or relevant equivalent work experience;
- Expertise in Fire Safety and Emergency Management;
- Ability to manage remote and geographically diverse sites;
- Current driver's licence; and
- Demonstrated experience in legislative requirements or minimum five years' experience in a similar industry pref