Safety Business Partner

**Join Our Safety and Wellbeing Team**:
Be part of a proactive and collaborative team committed to enhancing workplace safety and wellbeing across the Sutherland Shire Council.
- Lead the development and implementation of effective safety management systems.
- Collaborate across all levels to foster a strong, values-driven safety culture.
- Use your interpersonal strengths to influence and educate for lasting safety improvements.

**About Us**:
Sutherland Shire Council is dedicated to improving the quality of life for our community through innovative services and inclusive initiatives. Our diverse team works together to uphold high standards of governance, community engagement, and employee wellbeing.

We value people who bring not only technical expertise but also emotional intelligence, adaptability, and a genuine commitment to building a safer, healthier workplace. Join us in shaping a culture where safety is everyone's responsibility.

**About The Role**:
As a Safety Business Partner, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving safety compliance and cultivating a positive safety culture. You’ll partner with internal stakeholders to deliver expert advice on safety and supplementing injury management, while leading the implementation and maintaining of our Work Health and Safety Management System.

This role requires someone who can educate, influence, and negotiate effectively—especially with council employees—ensuring safety practices are understood, embraced, and embedded across the organisation.

You’ll work closely with the Executive, Senior Managers, and operational teams to:

- Promote safety best practices and continuous improvement.
- Support the development of our Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
- Champion psychological and physical safety in the workplace.

**Who We're Looking For**:
We’re seeking a safety professional who not only meets the technical requirements but also brings a strong cultural fit and personal traits that support collaboration, education, and influence.

**Essential Qualifications & Experience**:

- Bachelor’s degree in a WHS discipline or equivalent experience.
- Current Driver’s Licence.
- Extensive experience in WHS across complex environments.
- Skilled in risk assessment, system auditing, and incident investigation.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

In addition, desirable qualifications include a Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment, a Diploma in Work Health and Safety, and experience with WHS management systems such as Figtree.

**Personal Traits That Will Help You Succeed**:

- Empathetic communicator who can tailor safety messages to diverse audiences.
- Confident negotiator who can influence outcomes while maintaining trust.
- Educator mindset with the ability to coach and mentor others in safety practices.
- Culturally aware and values-driven, with a commitment to inclusivity and collaboration.
- Resilient and adaptable, able to navigate change and drive continuous improvement

**Join our Team and Grow with Us**:

- **Interview date**:Interviews will be facilitated within 2 weeks of the closing date
- **Package**:From**$107,476 gross p.a. plus 12% superannuation.
- **Hours of work**:Permanent Full Time. You will have the option of a 19-day month through Council’s flex system.
- To benefit your wellbeing you will have access to fitness passport, employee assistance program, annual flu shots, health and wellbeing programme and novated lease options.
- Council is a Child Safe Organisation and is committed to ensuring the NSW Government’s Child Safe Standards are incorporated in our procedures, practices, programs, and events._

**About Us**:
If you want to make a difference and be part of a challenging and rewarding working environment, then joining us just might be the right career move for you Join a passionate and dedicated team covering a diversity of services, industries and occupations.
- At Sutherland Shire Council we do more than serve our community - we are our community. Our energy can be seen in everything we do. From having a can-do attitude, to embracing change and opportunities, being people-centred and working together as one.