Workers Compensation

**Workers Compensation & Wellbeing Manager**:

- Melbourne, VIC, AU, 3000**About us**:
CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy own and operate the electricity distribution networks servicing 1.9 million customers located across 65% of Victoria. These customers include a large number of households, as well as commercial and industrial businesses, world class arts, health and sporting precincts, popular tourism regions and the biggest infrastructure projects in Victoria.

We provide reliable, safe and affordable electricity and our businesses are independently rated as the best in the country for their efficiency. Sustaining this is all the more critical and challenging as greater electrification of homes, fleets and industries becomes a core strategy for reducing carbon emissions and addressing climate change.

We value inclusive leadership and teams and celebrate the results of succeeding together.
But our greatest priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our people and the communities we operate within.

**About the role**:
This role is based in our Melbourne CBD office and requires occasional travel to other depots across Melbourne and Regional Victoria. A part private use car is provided with this role.

**What you’ll deliver**:

- Lead the team to proactively manage WC and IP claims to minimise lost time, facilitate sustainable return to work outcomes, and promote best practice injury management.
- Lead the team to manage and develop tailored return-to-work plans with relevant stakeholders.
- Build strong stakeholder relationships across the business, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation, and to introduce positive change based on technical skills and credibility.
- Provide early, timely, customer-focused and empathetic advice to injured workers, leaders, and other stakeholders.
- Measure, monitor and seek to continuously improve the effectiveness of HSS programs and initiatives to ensure appropriate risk mitigation.
- Build a high performing team. Proactively assess team and employee development needs, make recommendations and implement appropriate solutions.

**To succeed in the role, you’ll have**:

- Tertiary qualification in occupational health and safety, claims/injury management, business, psychology, or a related discipline.
- Return to Work Coordinator certification.
- Significant experience in a similar role, which could include in a similar inhouse role, or team leader role with an insurer.
- Experience in preparing and attending claims reviews and clinical case conferences to effectively facilitate outcomes.
- Deep knowledge of the Victorian workers compensation scheme, legislation, and policies.
- Valid Driver’s Licence and willingness to travel across Victoria to provide face to face support to injured workers and their managers as appropriate.

**Your career with us**:
We have a diversity of teams across our business, all contributing to great customer and community outcomes. Our people are our most important asset, and we continually invest in nurturing their capability. We proudly strive to provide a safe, inclusive and sustainable environment where all our people feel respected, valued and supported to bring their whole selves to work and be the best they can be.

With an embedded Inclusion & Diversity Strategy and initiatives like our Women in Power networking group, and Sparkle, our LGBTIQ+ allies pride network, we’re committed to equal opportunities for all employees. We are proud to be recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for all women. Click here for more information on how we create and support a diverse and equitable workplace.

Understand how our benefits can support you. We offer a health and wellbeing subsidy (up to $600 per year), paid parental leave of up to 15 weeks for the primary carer, and more.

**What’s next?**
- If you require adjustments as part of the recruitment process to accommodate your needs, please don’t hesitate to discuss these with us._

Beon, CitiPower Powercor and United Energy recognise Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge their ancient and continuing connection to Country.

We work hard to ensure our organisation is inclusive and diverse. This means everyone can feel valued, trusted, authentic and safe at work.

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