Safety and Wellbeing Advisor

This is a temporary position from
1 October 2025
to
17 February 2026.

Are you an early career professional passionate about safety and wellbeing? Maybe you want to return to a WHS Role? This role will provide you with exposure to a broad range of WHS functions within a small specialist team, perfect for building experience and making a meaningful difference.

Key Responsibilities

As a valued member of our specialist team, you'll play a critical role in embedding a culture of safety and wellbeing across Communities at Work. Your work will span management guidance, operational support, and continuous improvement in WHS practices.

Advisory & Risk Management

• Deliver specialist guidance, training, and support to managers and workers on identifying, assessing, and managing WHS risks—including psychosocial hazards—across diverse workplace settings.
• Partner with managers to conduct risk assessments and develop targeted risk management plans aligned with WHS objectives.
• Ensure compliance with WHS policies, procedures, and systems, supporting their correct implementation across business units.

Enterprise Risk & Governance

• Assist in the administration and reporting of enterprise risks to the Executive team.
• Coordinate the Emergency Control and WHS Committee schedule, providing secretariat support to ensure effective governance.

WHS Compliance & Assurance

• Support the WHS assurance program by facilitating audits, inspections, and reviews to evaluate system effectiveness and compliance.
• Coach managers on improvement opportunities and contribute to the development and delivery of action plans and programs.

Incident Investigation

• Lead or support investigations into workplace incidents and safety issues, ensuring thorough analysis and assurance of WHS risk controls.

Management System Implementation

• Review and draft WHS policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure alignment with legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and standards.
• Provide responsive support to managers on incident reporting, issue resolution, and WHS process queries.
• Maintain accurate records of safety-related activities, including training, inspections, and incident documentation.

Essential Qualifications and Experience:

• A Certificate IV or diploma in Work, Health and Safety or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience and skills in implementing, and advising on safety, WHS and/or wellbeing strategies, policies, procedures, and programs.
• Demonstrated skills in establishing and maintaining effective relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the WHS legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and standards, particularly in relation to psychosocial hazards and risks.
• Effective written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate, guide, engage, support, and influence at all levels.
• Skilled level of initiative, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• High level of integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality, with a commitment to ethical and respectful behaviour.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications and other relevant software and systems.
• Maintain unrestricted and current "Working With Vulnerable People" registration.
• Current drivers' licence.

Desirable

• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding in managing incident reporting, investigation, and resolution, injury management and return to work, and safety and wellbeing data analysis and reporting.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding in conducting and facilitating audits, inspections.

Benefits

• Make a difference and change lives in the Canberra community as part of Canberra's largest community organisation
• Join an inclusive and friendly workplace, where people are at the heart of everything.
• Increase your take-home pay Because Communities at Work has charity status, you may be able to salary package and increase your take home pay by thousands of dollars per year.
• Access discounted childcare and education services for your child(ren) including early education and care, out of school hours care, and school holiday programs.
• Grow your career with professional development, training and mentoring with the 5-time winner of the Large Employer of the Year award at the ACT Training Awards.
• Flexibility when you need it with options for study leave, leave concessions, paid parental leave, and more.
• Enjoy healthy living with our active lifestyle & healthy activity programs and reimbursements (including remedial massages, annual flu vaccination and more).
• Receive guidance and support for mental health through our Employee Assistance Program.

About Communities at Work

Communities at Work is Canberra's largest not-for-profit community organisation and the largest provider of early education and care services in the region. Our surplus-for-purpose philosophy enables us to invest every dollar we earn right back into the local community. Our focus is on enriching lives today and shaping better futures tomorrow.

How to Apply

Click APPLY or contact the HR Services and Recruitment team on for a confidential discussion.

Communities at Work encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, young people, mature-aged workers, people with disabilities and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles.

Applications close on 17th October 2025.