Safety and Wellbeing Manager

At AIA we do things differently to make a healthy difference in people’s lives. That difference starts with every individual at AIA. We provide an environment and culture that helps our people live well and enjoy a meaningful life, at work and at home. We’re serious about helping people live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives by encouraging them to make positive lifestyle changes one step at a time. If you want to make a healthy difference everyday - for yourself and others - then we want to hear from you.

The opportunity:
This role is not your normal Health and Safety role. While the core of the role is about ensuring we meet our obligations, that robust policy and systems are in place to ensure the safety and well-being of our team.

Our vision is to support our team with a more holistic offer with a substantial focus on mental well-being. A key differentiator for the role is to replicate the complete health and wellbeing offer we provide to our customers across our entire employee population.

In this role your immediate focus will be:
- Proactively manage work injury processes and workers compensation claims in line with the current legislation across the different states- Provide specialist advice to management on contemporary workplace health initiatives, programs, emerging risks and injury/illness management- Execute on our wellbeing strategy including planning and execution of wellbeing activities reflecting for all our employees the business purpose to live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.- Educate leaders regarding their role and responsibilities in ensuring the health and wellbeing of our employees, inspiring and driving cultural change at all levels- Design and implement the Safety and Well Being service model including capability uplift for our people advisory team- Maintain safety and well being policies and procedures and practices

To be successful in this position, you will have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety or equivalent- Expert knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety legislation, Workers Compensation legislation and regulations and WorkSafe guidelines and codes of practice.- Demonstrated experience in the development and execution of comprehensive OH&S plans, policies and reporting for both insight and governance, preferably within a professional service environ- Proven experience in incident investigation, managing workers compensation claims, premium administration and return to work processes- Strong organisational skills and the ability to work independently and managing competing priorities- Well-developed ability to engage and respond to multiple and diverse stakeholders- Able to communicate clearly and persuasively verbally and in written form using appropriate data- Strong computer literacy including Microsoft Office i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint

Why choose AIA:
At AIA, we’ve made a promise to help people live healthier, longer, better lives. And it starts with our own people.- Access our training and development to build on your current skills- Career development through internal mobility opportunities- Work for a business helping millions of Australian’s and make a difference to someone’s life everyday- Access additional leave days a year to recharge and refresh yourself- Enjoy wonderful Health and Wellbeing initiatives that support you- Work with supportive and inclusive managers- Flexible working arrangements

At AIA Australia, we’re proud to help guide, support and protect the wellbeing of over 3.5 million Australians. Through life and health insurance, financial wellbeing and our total wellbeing ecosystem that includes AIA Vitality - the world’s leading science-backed wellbeing programme - we’ve started a movement to make Australia the healthiest, best protected nation in the world. As part of the AIA Group - the largest independent publicly listed pan-Asian life insurance group with a presence in 18 markets in Asia-Pacific - it is our ambition to engage one billion people to live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives by 2030. Lots of companies like to say they’re different. What makes us truly different at AIA, is the difference we make in people’s lives.