Injury Prevention Consultant

**JLT Risk Solutions Pty Ltd** are a standalone business unit within the Marsh Pacific overarching business that enjoys a 95% market share cross Australia. We’ve developed a unique method to provide risk financing and management solutions for Local Government clients. JLT works with mutual funds in particular, demonstrates this ability to work innovatively with our clients to produce effective solutions designed to protect their assets, people and community. We proudly service over 500 Local Government organisations across Australia.

**What can you expect?**

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team at LGIS - a mutual indemnity scheme providing WA local governments with risk services, including health and wellbeing and injury prevention.

LGIS is managed by JLT Risk Solutions Pty Ltd, which is a business of Marsh McLennan.

In this role, you will be responsible for the delivery of strategic injury prevention services to staff of local government organisations across WA. The injury prevention team have been an essential component of the LGISWA Scheme’s Workforce Health & Wellbeing Program since 2014. Our consultants are encouraged to innovate, promote and deliver LGIS injury prevention services for our members, with the aim of reducing workers compensation claims and costs.

**What is in it for you?**

Marsh strongly believes in “Feeling comfortable bringing your whole self to work is a fundamental right of every colleague.” We offer following benefits to our employees, so they feel valued each day at work:
- Leading training and development program.
- Professional environment where your career path really matters and is supported in our global organisation.
- Flexible working.
- Great team environment with energetic, collaborative and supportive colleagues.
- Opportunity to travel WA, with access to company vehicles.
- Corporate AMEX card provided for all travel related expenses.

**We will count on you to**:

- Deliver manual task and ergonomic services across WA (including regional and remote locations).
- Drive a participatory approach to the control of manual task injuries with WA local government sector, complying with WA Code of Practice: Manual Tasks.
- Innovate early intervention and proactive services to reduce musculoskeletal injuries and claim trends.
- Deliver education sessions to WA local government employees to reduce workers compensation claims and costs.
- Deliver worksite assessments, job dictionaries, manual task risk assessments and office and vehicle ergonomic assessments.
- Collaborate with internal WHS and Injury Management Consultants, ensuring an end-to-end program of workplace health and safety assessment, advisory and consultancy services to WA local governments.
- Collaborate with internal Client Service Account Managers, Risk Managers, Claims Consultants and Regional Risk Coordinators, to provide proactive injury prevention strategies for potential high risk work areas.
- Keeping member organisations updated on latest injury prevention related industry information and news to assist with ongoing compliance.
- Provision of assistance to the Manager, Workcare Services in devising strategic health and wellbeing/injury prevention service plans that meet the needs of LGIS member organisations.

**What you will ideally have**:

- Qualification in Exercise Physiology, Occupational Therapy, Ergonomics or Physiotherapy.
- Cert IV Training & Assessment.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the development and delivery of injury prevention services, education and interventions.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Computer literacy, including skills in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint & Outlook.
- Ability to work under pressure and reliability to ensure deadlines are met through effective time management.
- A willingness to travel across WA to support all local governments who are members of LGIS, supported by a current WA driver’s license.
- Local Government sector experience - Highly regarded.

**About Marsh**:
Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people regardless of their sex/gender, marital or parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, age, background, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

At Marsh we recognise that our people have different priorities and commitments. We are passionate about providing an inclusive workplace that supports all of our employees in managing those priorities, and we celebrate the diversity of all the family groups that make up our extended Marsh family.