Wellbeing and Injury Management Business Partner

Company Description
**Nine. Australia’s Media Company.**

Underpinned by our people, our strategic focus is on content, connections and growth.

Driven by our purpose - Australia belongs here - and guided by our values - walk the talk, turn over every stone, keep it human - we are the home of Australia’s most loved content and trusted brands across News, Sport, and Entertainment.

We lead the total television market in Australia through our key brands of Channel 9, Gem, Go, Rush and Life, and of course you can consume all our content, live or on-demand, on Australia’s leading free streaming platform, 9Now. We also own Stan, the market leading local subscription streaming service.

In our total audio business we are building talk radio for the next generation across 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR.

Nine is also an active participant in Australian consumer marketplaces through our majority shareholding in Domain and our ownership of Drive.

**Job Description**:
The role of the Wellbeing and Injury Management Business Partner is varied and diverse, and will draw on your expertise in strategic injury management, as well as your experience developing, implementing and driving wellbeing and mental health initiatives. You will drive the development of strategy for injury management and wellbeing support, aligned to the Nine people strategy and Nine strategic business priorities.

You will spend the majority of your time and energy on the wellbeing side of the role. You will focus on managing diverse psycho-social risk in a variety of situations - from reporters and journalists working in war zones to participants on reality TV shows. You will identify, develop and implement programs specific to industry in order to support a holistic and industry-leading approach to mental health and wellbeing at Nine.

From an Injury Management perspective you will play a strategic role overseeing the function. The day to day RTW Coordination is outsourced, but you will be responsible for ensuring the provider is held to account, and that timely communication is maintained between the business leaders, the worker, the insurer and all other third-party providers. You will also drive the development of strategy for injury management to ensure continual improvement and best practice.

Day to day you will:

- Design and implement frameworks, tools, processes and other mechanisms related to injury management and health and wellbeing
- Manage workers compensation, injury management and return to work programs for both workers compensation and non-work-related claims; and lead health and wellbeing monitoring, including managing functional and psychosocial risk
- Ensure workers Compensation premiums and costs are managed through diligent claims management process and continual reviews
- Manage injuries strategically whilst engaging in a partnered approach for RTW activities. Ensuring robust partnerships with insurer and broker to ensure best outcomes for our people and commercial realities for Nine
- Assist in the formation of wellbeing strategic objectives and facilite Wellbeing and mental health programs
- Coordinate claims reviews with relevant parties to ensure visibility of cases and progress
- Perform ergonomic assessments in field and in office environments

**Qualifications**:
You know Injury Management and the claims and insurance process like the back of your hand, and now you want a change and want to get involved in the proactive and preventative space. You clearly have experience in this field and are ready to be involved in defining and implementing strategy across both areas. You will constantly seek out industry best practice to further your own learning and drive improvement. You will be a proven leader and an excellent communicator with the ability to maintain stakeholder relationships and influence through strong collaboration, negotiation and resolution skills.

What we would like to see on your resume:

- Expert knowledge and experience in the interpretation and implementation of the health & wellbeing elements of the WH&S Legislation, in addition to Rules and Regulations regarding fitness for duty
- Experience in driving a health and wellbeing culture from a behavioural and compliance perspective in a large complex organisation.
- Experience managing a broad range of work/non-work-related injury and illness claims end to end
- Experience developing, implementing and monitoring effective return-to-work plans
- Experience managing insurer and broker relationships including claim reviews and managing premium renewal process and impacts
- Ability to effectively provide advice to leaders on injury and claims management, legislative compliance to workers compensation and the impact of claims cost and liability
- Experience identifying, developing and embedding a wellbeing strategy and associated programs and initiatives
- Experience facilitating training to build capability and skill in leaders and employee base

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