Health, Safety and Wellbeing Lead

**Health, Safety and Wellbeing matters at AQA**:

- **Exciting full-time permanent opportunity to co-design our next phase of HSW**:

- **Become an integral part of an organisation that empowers and values its staff**

We are seeking a collaborative and self-motivated health, safety and wellbeing professional with a proven ability to connect hearts and minds to safety strategy.

**The Opportunity**

As our Health, Safety and Wellbeing Lead, you will be responsible for:

- The co-design and implementation of our strategies for enabling a high performing HSW culture aimed at achieving zero harm in the workplace, legislative compliance, contemporary practice, current research and alignment to AQAs Strategic Plan
- Continuing the momentum, we’ve gained on our journey to embedding health, safety and wellbeing mindsets right across the organisation
- AQAs Health, Safety and Wellbeing Management System
- Health and Wellbeing including mental health and wellbeing
- Injury management
- Workplace rehabilitation and return to work
- Workers compensation
- Risk and incident management
- Quality assurance
- Employee assistance services

**Opportunities you’ll be proud of**
- You’ll have the opportunity to lead the full breadth of the next phase of health, safety and wellbeing at AQA
- You’ll lead the co-design and implementation of AQA’s first _Health Safety and Wellbeing Plan_ and _Mental Health, Wellbeing and Respect in Our Workplace Plan_
- You’ll coach and enable our leaders to create a positive culture around safe behaviour
- Take our workforce on a journey to understand and embrace safety and wellbeing protection
- Use your skills and experience to be creative and innovative in the delivery of the role expectations

**What’s in your toolkit?**

In addition to a genuine passion for ensuring our people get home safe every day, we’re looking for someone who brings:

- A holistic approach to organisational safety; combining a strategic mindset with strong technical knowledge and commercial pragmatism
- Exceptional relationship building and consultation skills, with the ability to influence at all levels across the organisation
- Demonstrated experience developing and implementing OHS, WHS and/or HSW plans, strategies and initiatives to positively influence and drive outcomes across an organisation
- Recognised qualification in Work Health and Safety, Occupational Health and Safety and/or significant high-level experience in this specialist area
- Demonstrated relevant experience delivering safety leadership advice and support to resolve problems where a number of complex alternatives need to be addressed in a diverse organisation
- High level of independence in solving problems and using judgement
- Ability to work under broad supervision and to effectively self-manage day-to-day workflow
- Demonstrated ability to initiate and respond effectively to change
- High level of energy, initiative, sound judgement and a sense of urgency
- Provide evidence of a minimum of 3 COVID-19 vaccinations before commencing employment or a valid medical exemption certificate
- NDIS workers screening check (or willingness to obtain prior to commencement).

**Who we are**

AQA is a member-based not-for-profit organisation and a registered public company limited by guarantee. For more than 30 years, we have resourced people whose lives have been disrupted by injuries, illnesses, and other events, to find their way to participate in all aspects of life and contribute.

Established in 1987 by a group of people with quadriplegia who saw a need to improve access to information, support and employment opportunities for people who had sustained a spinal cord injury (SCI).

**Why join AQA?**
- Highly rewarding position
- Fun and fabulous PC&C team
- Salary packaging benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
- Diverse and collaborative team and service model
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and more
- Health, safety and wellbeing are just part of how we do business at AQA_****_

**AQA as an Employer**

Take your next career step with AQA and work with us to achieve our purpose

**How to apply**
- **Please no external recruitment agencies.**_

**Salary**: From $90,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Professional development assistance
- Salary packaging
- Work from home

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Fairfield, VIC 3078: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Fairfield, VIC 3078