Occupational Health and Safety Coordinator

• Collaborate closely with leaders and employees to ensure compliance, empower safe work practices, and make a real difference at Austin Health
• Full time, fixed term opportunity (commencing 01/12/2025 and finishing 24/01/2027)
• Hybrid working from home and office (located at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital), as well as working across our main three sites

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across 3 campuses in the northeast of Melbourne and state-wide. Austin Health is world-renowned for its research and specialist work in mental health cancer, liver transplantation, spinal cord injuries, neurology, endocrinology and rehabilitation.

About the Health, Safety and Wellness department:

An exciting opportunity currently exists for an enthusiastic Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Coordinator to join the Health, Safety and Wellness team within the People and Culture division at Austin Health. The Health, Safety and Wellness department is responsible for providing advisory services, strategic direction and planning for the workforce health, safety and wellness across all Austin Health campuses. Key areas of responsibility include occupational health and safety management, injury recovery and return to work, safety and wellbeing education and training, and the wellbeing program.

About the role:

In this role, you'll support the activities of our OHS Management System. You'll conduct risk assessments, coordinate and lead incident investigations, and help drive continuous improvement in safety performance. You'll collaborate closely with leaders and employees to ensure compliance, empower safe work practices, and make a real difference at Austin Health.

About You

To be successful in this role you'll bring with you:

• A relevant OHS qualification, ie Certificate IV OHS.
• Proven ability to build and maintain effective key stakeholder relationships with both internal and external groups.
• Experience working with staff and leaders from all levels of an organisation and adapting an approach for varying audiences.
• Highly effective communication, administration and analytical skills.

Our benefits

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive well being program
• Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking.

Work with us

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager:
Brendan Byrne, Manager Occupational Health and Safety, on
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Application closing date: Sunday 26 October 2025