Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor

2 days ago

Wollongong, Australia Aruma Full time

NFP | F/T Perm | Hybrid work arrangement
- Salary packaging | Attractive NFP benefits
- Dedicated team + Complex environment

**Your opportunity**

An exciting, permanent full-time opportunity has become available to be our **Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor**. Reporting to the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager, you will be providing practical Work Health and Safety (WHS) support and advice to Aruma Managers and staff across a range of services including Children Services, Supported Living, Independent Supports, Respite, Businesses and Shared Services.

Key responsibilities:

- Provide authoritative and expert guidance, coaching, support, and advice to key stakeholders to build their capability in addressing WHS risks, incident, and injury trends, emerging WHS risks and the implementation of policy, procedures and processes to ensure compliance.
- Provide guidance, advice and support to WHS consultative committees and Health and Safety Representatives.
- Ensure safety related incidents are resolved appropriately within organisational KPI timeframes, recommendations are provided, and corrective actions implemented to reduce risk and prevent further occurrence of incidents.
- Prepare regional reports and correspondence related to WHS issues.
- Identify emerging WHS issues for the organisation and sector related to project responsibilities and provide recommendations to resolve them.

**About you**
- Tertiary qualifications, minimum a diploma in Workplace Health and Safety or equivalent with a minimum 3 years’ experience in WHS Advisory role.
- Strong organisational skills, with demonstrated ability to work independently to organise and prioritise workload, handle multiple tasks and work efficiently and effectively to deadlines and respond to multiple and diverse stakeholders.
- Well-developed computer skills - MS Word, MS Excel, Power Point; including the capacity to learn new systems.
- An understanding of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the
- National Standards for Disability Services.
- Experience in Disability or Health and Human Services sector(s)
- Current Australian Drivers Licence - **regular travel required.**

**What we offer**
- Genuine flexibility in this Hybrid role - work from home or combining days in the office and the balance from home. Our offices are shared spaces, and everything is bookable.
- As a charitable organisation, our staff benefit from some Fringe Benefit Tax exemptions through salary packaging up to $15,900 p.a + up to $2,650 p.a on meal & entertainment.
- Salary package living expenses (i.e., mortgage, loan, credit card repayments) meal and entertainment (dining out), vehicle (new or used).
- We offer employees and their immediate family members access to a confidential, impartial, and professional counselling service.
- Corporate health plans with Bupa and, Fitness Passport.

**Diversity & Inclusion**

Aruma is a Child Safe Organisation and an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer. To this end, we invite applicants to answer optional questions around Diversity and Inclusion as part of the recruitment process. The information provided will be treated in strictest confidence in accordance with Aruma’s Privacy Policy.

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