Injury Lead

**Working onsite at our Dandenong South Distribution Centre**:

- **Have a career with impact where you can add value through pivotal decision making**:

- **Amazing team member benefits, worth around $5,000 - $7,000 per annum in savings**:

- **Take the next step in your career
**About Us**
In October 2020, Woolworths Group Supply Chain rebranded to become Primary Connect - an end-to-end supply chain partner within Woolworths Group. Our team of more than 8,000 continues to support our Woolworths, BWS, Dan Murphy’s, Countdown, and BIG W stores across the country, providing them with our customers’ favourite food, drink, and everyday needs items.

Becoming Primary Connect gives us the opportunity to keep growing so we can become the next generation supply chain whilst remaining an essential part of Woolworths Group. There has never been a more exciting time to join our team.

**Why you’ll love it here**
In addition to this exciting role, these are some of the benefits we offer:

- An attractive remuneration package
- Opportunity to collaborate and engage in a supportive team environment
- The opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest and best minds in Australia across our brands
- Culture of innovation, recognition and always creating together
- An exciting career - as our business grows, so do the opportunities for our people

**The Opportunity**
We are currently seeking to appoint a talented Injury Lead to be based in our Melbourne South Distribution Centre.

This role exists to support the implementation of an integrated injury management strategy at a site level. The role will help the site teams in achieving continuous improvement with their Injury Management and Workers Compensation performance.

WOWpeople are great people. Whether we’re learning new things, seizing the initiative, or winning together our customers are at the heart of everything we do. If you’re the sort of individual who takes accountability and strives to always do the right thing for each other, our communities, our customers, and our business then we ought to connect.

**About the role**
Reporting into the Regional Injury Manager, the Injury Lead position exists to support the focus on early return to work and appropriate support for injured team members. Your duties will include:

- Developing and maintaining a business culture which supports the proactive management of work and non-work injuries, illnesses or conditions
- Implementing workers’ compensation policies and procedures in accordance with the relevant legislation
- Managing the site’s early intervention program and workers compensation claims
- Develop and coordinate return to work plans, rehabilitation plans and liaise with treatment providers to promote recovery
- Prepare monthly analysis on claims, reporting on themes and trends in the portfolio
- Maintain a strong and professional relationship with key stakeholders working with them as the main point of contact

**About You**
As the Injury Lead you will play a valuable role in the Primary Connect team where you will be rewarded with a competitive salary package and the opportunity to develop both personally and professionally in a supportive team environment. At Primary Connect, safety is a core value - With 1Life being our Safety movement within Primary Connect, that are non-negotiable principles which help everyone safeguard their one life"

To be successful you will demonstrate significant experience in a similar position or possess extensive operations and leadership experience as well as:

- Knowledge of injury management concepts, claims management procedures and relevant legislative requirements in the area of your control
- Ability to decipher medical reports and identify potential common law risk mitigation strategies
- Ability to interpret legislation relating to workers' compensation administration or willing to learn
- Ability to manage confidential information and situations in a sensitive manner
- Demonstrated experience in RTW or injury management
- Current certified Return to Work Certificate (desirable)
- Current Australian driver's licence

**Grow with the Group
As an inclusive, team-first company, our people are at the core of everything we do.

We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or life stage. We are proud to be recognised as a Gold Tier Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQ+ inclusion and as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

As our Group continues to evolve, innovate and support our communities, we encourage our team members to do the same with their own careers, by providing ongoing opportunities to grow and make a real difference.

We value flexibility, and encourage our team members to work in ways that meet