Injury Management Coordinator

• Utilise your Management expertise to provide support and advice to the Safety Wellbeing and Compliance branch
• A Fixed-Term, Full-Time opportunity to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service for 2 years
• VPS Grade 4: $97,955 - $111,142 plus superannuation.

About the Business Unit:

The Injury Management Coordinator sits within Safety, Wellbeing and Compliance, a branch within the Department of Justice and Community Safety's People, Safety, Culture and Communications unit. The Safety, Wellbeing and Compliance team is responsible for ensuring the department is meeting its responsibilities under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004, Accident Compensation Act 1985 and Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013.

People, Safety, Culture and Communications' core functions span the breadth of workplace cultural and people matters including human resource policy and strategy; organisational culture and change; recruitment, redeployment and retention; performance and development; pay, benefits and workforce reporting; occupational health and safety management; and employment regulations.

About the Role:

The Injury Management Coordinator role manages a caseload of WorkCover claims from across Youth Justice sites by providing expertise in all aspects of return to work programs, including complex cases, playing a critical role in managing early intervention programs and building productive working relationships with divisional staff, managers and external stakeholders.

Some of your duties will include:

• Developing, implementing and coordinating return-to-work strategies for WorkCover recipients through consultation with the individuals concerned, line managers, rehabilitation agents, medical and allied health professionals, employee representatives, families and legal representatives by participating in case conferences when applicable
• Providing advice on, and contributing to, the development and implementation of occupational health and safety (OHS) action plans, risk management strategies and injury reduction programs
• Consulting with employees and other key stakeholders to resolve OHS, risk and injury management issues.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

About You:

As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• Experience with occupational rehabilitation and driving return to work outcomes is highly desirable
• Demonstrated knowledge of current legislation and developments in relation to WorkCover and OHS would be advantageous
• The ability to resolves issues through deep understanding or interpretation of existing guidelines and displaying initiative where guidelines are not available.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• A tertiary qualification in an OHS, allied health discipline or an equivalent in human resource management is highly desirable
• A current Employee Working with Children Check (WWCC) card is required (for work within Youth Justice facilities) and will need to be provided prior to commencement of employment by the applicant Currency will need to be maintained by the employee for the period of employment.

How to Apply:

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include reference checks, national police checks and misconduct screening. Dependant on the role, other checks may include VicRoads checks, drivers licence checks, medical checks, Working with Children Checks, and Declaration of Private Interests (for executive and responsible officer roles).

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT:

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.