Health Safety

**Job no**: BCMGT

**Category**: Government and Defence

**Health, Safety & Wellbeing Business Partner**

**Work options**:
Compressed week remote options and flexible start / finish times

**Central Highlands Water is a major regional employer, and we want you to join us**

An exciting ongoing opportunity as a Health, Safety & Wellbeing Business Partner**in the Central Highlands Region offering flexible working arrangements Be a part of a diverse, collaborative and supportive team-based environment.

**About us**

At CHW we provide drinking water, sewerage, trade waste and recycled water services to residents and businesses in the Central Highlands region of Victoria. We are a public sector employer with a proud history spanning more than 150 years of supporting regional prosperity through service excellence.

Central Highlands Water is a growing business which strives to create a thriving and sustainable region by providing the highest quality water related service to our diverse customer base. This opportunity is a vital role to shape the future of how our services support our community.

**The opportunity**

The primary purpose of the Health Safety & Wellbeing Business Partner is to work in partnership with the organisation to promote and support a culture of safety for all CHW employees through providing best practice advice and support on Health, Safety & Wellbeing initiatives and processes.

CHW aspires to be a safety leader in the water sector and beyond, and this role will influence and support in the implementation of improvement plans and projects that are targeted at embedding and continuously improving the proactive safety culture.

**About you**

Safety is our No. 1 priority, and we expect you will actively contribute to and foster a 'safety first' culture that supports our aspiration of zero harm. This means you care deeply about the physical and psychological safety of people so that our team return home in great shape at the end of the day.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

- Experience providing Health, Safety and Wellbeing generalist advice and support to teams in line with legislation, standards and internal procedures
- Demonstrated experience influencing and supporting the improvement of a safety culture within a high-risk or complex industry
- Proven ability to partner with the business to support delivery of divisional HSW improvement projects as identified and allocated in the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Strategy
- Experience conducting workplace inspections, internal HSW audits, and incident investigations
- Experience providing injury/illness management support to team members for work and non-work-related purposes, including Work Cover claims management as required
- Degree or diploma qualifications or above in Occupational Health and Safety or relevant discipline and at least 2 years’ experience in a Health, Safety and Wellbeing role
- Current Victorian Drivers Licence

**What's in it for you?**

Working for one of the region's largest employers you will be part of an organisation that is high achieving, cohesive and always striving for better customer outcomes. We're full of "everyday people" that are great to work with and reflect our community

We're offering a supportive environment and offer a huge range of employee options and benefits. Other benefits include accrued time off, generous leave options, professional development, industry collaboration, health and wellbeing programs and a supportive management team.

**At CHW you will**:

- Have access to training and development opportunities that will further develop your knowledge and skills.
- Be part of an organisation that strongly promotes work life balance, flexibility, safety and wellbeing.
- Work in an organisation that makes a difference to our community.
- Be part of an organisation that cares about you, your safety and wellbeing.

**How to apply**

If you want to make a positive impact through meaningful work and have the energy, courage and ideas to take on a challenge, we’d love to hear from you be redirected to our website and for a copy of the Position Description. While you are on our website, take a look around. You won't be disappointed
- Please ensure you provide a **cover letter and your resume.**:
**Have questions?**

For a confidential chat about the role, please contact Sarah Hamerston 0408 541 652

Applications close**: 9am, Friday, 6 March 2025.**

**_Please note_, as part of our selection process, we conduct pre-appointment checks including those related to references, identity, fitness to work, qualifications, work history, work visa, misconduct and police record history.
- At CHW we are dedicated to supporting our team's physical and mental wellbeing. We offer flexible and hybrid working opportunities. We assist our team to develop, as people and as leaders. We value diversity and inclusion - our workforce is a place where the melding of a range of views and perspectives is celebrate