Health and Injury Management Coordinator

**About the Role**

The Health and Injury Management Coordinator will provide support to the business to address employee health and injury factors impacting safe work participation. Provide advice and assistance directly to managers and staff in relation to work related injuries and non-work-related conditions. Oversee the management of workers compensation matters, health issues impacting staff, including workplace adjustments, staff training and preventative activities. You will administer and manage workers’ compensation matters and oversee the management of staff injuries and health-related information within the organisation.

**About You**

To be successful in the role you will be able to:

- Provide health and injury management advice to all business units at Workskil Australia
- Ensure employees with declared health and injury matters, are assessed for workplace adjustments and capacity to undertake work tasks
- Manage the implementation of appropriate workplace adjustments to support employees with health and injury matters
- Manage a caseload of employees experiencing health issues or injuries impacting their ability to do their job roles
- Work with injured employees, their managers and relevant stakeholders to achieve positive return to work outcomes including developing and implementing return to work arrangements and plans
- Receipt and manage Workers Compensation Injury Claims in various jurisdictions.
- Engage with state-based Workers Compensation regulators regularly to ensure claims are managed effectively
- Monitor and communicate advice in relation to legislation, regulations and better practice in relation to safe work practices, workers compensation, injury/health prevention and management and develop and implement appropriate policies and procedures
- Prepare accurate management reporting as required
- Engage closely with Talent Mobility, Human Resource Management, Employee Relations, Safety and Legal to support employees experiencing health or injuries impacting their employment
- Identify and implement preventative strategies to improve employee wellbeing, consistent with the Diversity and Inclusion Plan - Wellbeing Strategy
- Identify lead indicator reporting to identify potential warning signs to prevent or mitigate the occurrence of work-related injuries
- Train and educate managers and employees about injury management and return to work processes

**You will also be required to**:

- Hold a Bachelor or higher qualification in any of the following: Human Resources Management, Injury Management, Work Health and Safety, Rehabilitation, Occupational Therapy or Health Sciences
- Hold a current driver’s licence and possess a willingness to undertake interstate/intrastate travel as required

**About Us**

Workskil Australia is a national not-for-profit and charitable organisation, with almost 40 proud years of supporting Australians to achieve sustained economic and social self-reliance. We do this by providing a range of employment, work experience, disability, youth, Indigenous and community services across New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and Victoria.

We promote a positive team culture where high performance can thrive. We value excellent customer service, integrity and honesty in our employees. We look for employees who have a genuine passion for working with those in need, are results-focused and can contribute to a strong team. In return for your truly valued contribution we will support your ongoing career development and offer a friendly, supportive & innovative environment for you to thrive.

We work hard every day to:

- Work with our Customers to secure great long-term job opportunities.
- Meet the labour needs of business and industry through quality recruitment services at no cost.
- Assist businesses with diversifying their workforce.
- Provide specialist employment and community services to people seeking work, including people with mental illness, injury or disability and Indigenous Australians.
- Deliver work experience projects to the community.

Our values remain at the heart of everything we do and we strive to conduct our business with the highest degree of care, integrity, respect, honesty and service. We believe that the care, respect and high level of service we give to all of our customers is our key point of difference.

**Remuneration**

A competitive salary will be negotiated commensurate with skills and experience. As Workskil Australia is a public benevolent institution, we can also offer a portion of the salary through tax effective salary packaging.

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