Capability Lead

**About Woolworths Group**

Woolworths Group is a food and everyday needs retailer united by the shared purpose of creating better experiences together for a better tomorrow. With more than 1,400 stores across its Woolworths Supermarkets, Countdown Supermarkets (New Zealand) and BIG W brands, and fast-growing eCommerce businesses, Woolworths Group is Australia and New Zealand’s largest retailer. A top 10 company on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Woolworths Group employs more than 180,000 team members and serves more than 20 million customers a week.
- **Bring your contractor safety risk management expertise to assess and provide leadership and direction of contractor safety risks across the entire Group**:

- **Work very closely with the senior leadership team to further strengthen our contract safety management approach for a portfolio of over 1000 contractors**:

- **Location agnostic (East Coast) - enjoy the benefits **of agile and flexible ways of working

**About the role
This role will lead the strategy development, establishment and/or enhancements of the contractor management framework, management systems, and associated work in new and existing businesses across Woolworths Group. This will be achieved in partnership with Business teams and in line with the Group SH&W Strategy. As the Capability Lead (Manager), you will:

- Carry out checks, stress tests and audits (as part of a cycle of continuous review and improvement) to verify that contractor safety procedures and controls are in place are effective and compliant with all the relevant regulatory requirements.
- Pre-empt and define the behaviours, organisational pressures, aspects of the FMCG and retail environment, and system implications that cause risk to the business, individuals and communities as they relate to contractor safety management..
- Combine market-leading risk based thinking with the ability to create practical tools and techniques that proactively identify and address behaviours that detract from effective management of risk.
- Refine and lead our Contractor Safety Management strategy and roadmap F24 and beyond to manage material safety risks within the agreed Woolworths appetite, along with ensuring the Contractor Safety Management System (i.e., Pegasus ) meets the requirements of Woolworths SH&W or an acquisition’s roadmap for integration (if the business is integrated into Woolworths).
- Support and coordinate governance activities, including monthly and quarterly business planning and performance reporting to provide oversight of the integration roadmap and escalation of any outstanding issues.
- Lead and and coordinate the development of required business management systems and ways of working relating to contractor safety management.

**About You
You will have strong relevant experience and the ability to build contractor management systems and make a positive impact on our communities and sustainability initiatives. You will have:

- At least 8 years in dedicated safety role
- Strong industry experience directly leading or involved in safety and health in a maintenance and construction environment (or similar complex environment), including Principal Contractor arrangements
- Demonstrated experience in the development, implementation and operation of externally hosted contractor safety management systems, including prequalification, control of work systems, critical risk controls, incident investigations, assurance and performance management advisory.
- Familiarisation and a strong aptitude for relevant legislation and regulations across the core jurisdictions that Woolworths operates
- Demonstrated analytical and quantitative skills to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop business cases.
- A strong background in complex, fast-moving organisations

**What is in it for you
- You will be joining corporate Australia’s largest retail group. This scale brings complexity, challenges and opportunities for an extremely rewarding career
- Having a career with us means you are joining the group which is recognised as a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality, Work180 Endorsed Employer for all women along with Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQ workplace inclusion
- Flexibility is valued and supported across Woolworths Group and covers flexible work hours and locations (including working from overseas for up to 8 weeks per year), flexible career opportunities, and flexible leave options
- Team member discounts across all Woolworths Group and partner businesses, access to discounts in novated leases, share purchase plans, lifestyle and other attraction discounts
- Access to a digital platform that offers personalised programs for working parents, carers and people leaders through our partner in Gender Equality and Parental Leave support
- 4 weeks paid parental leave for all secondary carer’s. Both Primary and Secondary Carers who are employed in full or part time roles, are e