Safety Advisor

Job Requisition ID: 2477- Legal Entity: Monash Health- Location: Cheltenham, VIC, AU, 3192- Employment Type: Full Time- Posting Date: 20 Sep 2024

**Monash Health is a great place to work**

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare and service for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care across south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations; via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.

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**Embark on a rewarding career and be part of a team where your dedication makes a difference in people’s lives.**

**About the Role**
- Are you passionate about promoting employee wellbeing? _
- Ready to make a real difference in people's lives?_

**This is your chance**

We are excited to announce a permanent full-time position for a Health and Wellbeing Coordinator at Monash Health. The Wellbeing team is an integral part of the Health, Safety and Wellbeing team and has a key role in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of Monash Health employees. As our Health and Wellbeing Coordinator, you'll play a pivotal role in promoting and supporting employee wellbeing through our Workforce Wellbeing Strategy and associated programs. You will support the development and implementation of wellbeing initiatives to cultivate a mentally healthy workplace. Reporting directly to the Workforce Wellbeing Manager you will collaborate closely with various teams and stakeholders across the organisation. Together, we'll shape and implement a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing strategy that reflects our values and goals. Your efforts in delivering successful initiatives will empower managers to lead a mentally healthy workplace, enable employees to thrive, and establish a Wellness Culture at Monash Health.

Join us at our Kingston and Scoresby locations, with opportunities to travel to multiple Monash Health sites. Let's create a healthier, happier workplace together

**In this role you will be required to**:

- Support the planning, executing and evaluation of innovative initiatives to enhance employee health and wellbeing aligned to Monash Health's strategic Wellbeing goals.
- Build effective working relationships with key external (e.g. EAP provider) and internal stakeholders including People and Culture, management and operational areas across the organisation to support timely service delivery and implementation of the strategy. You'll also set up, coordinate an dconsult key stakeholder groups to inform on Wellbeing initiatives, promote and support Wellbeing within the organisation, e.g. Employee Pet Therapy Program and Wellbeing Champions.
- Assist in the development of health and wellbeing systems, including psychosocial risk management, to ensure compliance with regulations and minimising risk exposure and liabilities.
- Raise awareness and build mental health and wellbeing capabilities among leaders, employees, and stakeholder groups. This can include creating and maintaining a wellness calendar, organising health promotion events and timely, reliable communications of workplace health and wellbeing information.
- Use a data-led approach to health, safety and wellbeing to inform, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of wellbeing initiatives, enable sound decision making and guide our journey towards improved wellbeing.
- Keep updated on industry trends, best practices, and emerging research in health and wellbeing to continuously improve wellness programs and psychosocial risk management.

**About You**

**To ensure your success in this role you will bring the following demonstrated skills, experience and knowledge**:

- Proven experience in supporting the delivery and continuous improvement of Work Health Safety and Wellbeing initiatives across all levels of the organisation.
- Demonstrated strong project and program delivery skills.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written including a demonstrated ability to producing quality promotional communications.
- Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with a variety of stakeholders.
- Passion for promoting a mentally healthy workplace, health and well-being, and a commitment to making a difference in the lives of employees.
- Demonstrated experience in coordinating and promoting employee events to foster a positive wellbeing culture.
- Demonstrated ability to collate, manipulate, analyse and interpret workforce data to inform decision making.
- Well-developed computer literacy
- Knowledge of evidence-based Mental Health and wellness strategies, tools, and initiatives.

**Qualifications/ registrations/ licences**:

- Tertiary qualifications such as Psychology, Organisational Psychology, Health Promotio