Manager, Wellbeing and Support

**Manager, Wellbeing and Safety**
**Location: Sydney NSW**
**Grade: Clerk Grade 11/12**
**Work type: Ongoing, Full-time 38 hours per week, flexible working arrangements within operational requirements**
**Salary: Base salary starting at $145,378 plus superannuation**
**Applications Close: 13th May 2025 [9:59am]**

**A Talent Pool for up to 18 months will be created to fill future ongoing roles.**

**About us**

SafeWork NSW is the state’s workplace health and safety regulator. Our focus is to reduce work related fatalities, serious injuries and illnesses by securing compliance with work health and safety and associated legislation. We do this by undertaking a mix of responsive and proactive programs of work focused on high-risk harms across all industries, aligned to our strategic plan and regulatory priorities.

SafeWork NSW is undergoing an exciting and important period of transformation as we establish the organisation as a modern, strong and standalone Work Health and Safety Regulator. In preparation for these changes, we have an opportunity for an experienced leader within our newly established Wellbeing and Safety team.

**About the role**

The Manager, Wellbeing and Safety will lead the development of strategies aimed at promoting wellbeing and cultivating a safety-driven culture. They will provide expertise and advice to internal stakeholders that will empower a proactive, healthy and safe workplace and culture. This is an opportunity to shape strategic initiatives, foster a culture of best practice and deliver measurable outcomes.

The Manager, Wellbeing and Support will:

- Implement comprehensive action plans and risk management strategies to improve organisational health and psychosocial performance across SafeWork NSW
- Use data and modelling to identify risks, drive remedial actions and develop targeted mitigation programmes to foster an inclusive and safe workplace culture
- Provide quality, culturally sensitive workplace health and safety expertise and advice, assessments, training and lead delivery of guidance and trauma informed support
- Engage and collaborate with organisational leaders and provide strategic insight on safety performance and governance
- Lead and champion team management, work planning, coaching and professional development initiatives to align resources to deliver priorities and a positive employee experience.

For more information about the role and its accountabilities, view the Role Description.

**What we are looking for**
- Excellent communication skills and previous experience managing wellbeing and safety projects
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of work health and safety legislation and regulations in New South Wales with a familiarity of international standards
- Extensive experience planning and delivering systems, policies and procedures around wellbeing
- Ability to assess the best approach to providing support and empathy to others
- Well established resilience skills, the ability to manage competing priorities in a timely manner and work collaboratively within a diverse team.

**Essential requirements**

**Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field and/or industry skills and experience are essential.**

**How to apply**

We support and promote flexible working and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and regional NSW locations to apply.

Salary Grade 11/12 with the base salary for this role starting at $145,378 plus superannuation.

Salary Grade 11/12, with the base salary for this role starting at $ base plus superannuation

**Closing Date: 13th May 2025 [9:59am]**

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**Belong in our diverse and inclusive workplace**

The strength of our workforce lies in its diversity and embracing difference, while the key to our success is leveraging the contributions of employees with different backgrounds and perspectives.

You can view our full diversity and inclusion statement here.

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