Safety Compliance Manager

Formal Qualification in Risk Management, Health and Safety, Pool Operations
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Significant experience working within a child-related sector

**Our client seeks a Safety and Compliance Manager.**

**Primary Role**: The 'Safety & Compliance Manager' will lead the development, implementation, and communication of relevant policies, procedures and risk management strategies to mitigate the risks for our Aquatic centres across four facilities.

**Objective**: The objective of the role is to promote a positive risk management and safety culture across all four facilities whilst providing administrative and operational support for the Swim School Coordinators to ensure the effectiveness of risk identification, reporting and compliance with internal policies and procedures and external legislation, guidelines and other relevant requirements.

**Compliance**
- Compliance against Victorian Child Safety Standards - ensure compliance with child safety standards, including keeping up to date with legislative requirements, liaising with all facilities, developing and implementing an action plan and monitoring progress.
- Maintain compliance management systems across all 4 swimming sites.
- Risk Assessments - develop, implement and review all relevant risk assessments required for facility operations.
- Compliance against Council Regulations where required and the Guidelines for Safe Pool Operations.
- Compliance against external Safety Audits which may include an external Company or Life Saving Victoria Pool Safety Audit.
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) - develop, implement and review all SOP's for each aquatic facility. Monitor implementation and compliance against these.
- Policy review and development - Ensure Swim Aquatic policies and procedures are regularly reviewed and updated as required.
- Monitor compliance of staff Working with Children Checks (WWCC), relevant aquatic accreditations and health and fitness requirements.
- Monitor Equipment requirements (safety inspections of rescue equipment, replacements, investment)

**Support**
- Assist in implementing and or conducting work health and safety training.
- Assist and promote continuous improvement of the work health safety and learning culture.
- Assist with document control and review, maintaining work health and safety management systems, procedures, tools, plans and checklists, HR compliance including recruitment inductions and training (e.g. manual handling, risk, child safeguarding, WHS)
- Assist with complaints management and reporting.

**Other Duties**
- Assist with other general duties or projects within the team as directed by the Directors.
- Prepare reports and advice for the Directors and or Schools as required.

**Required knowledge, Skills and Personal Attributes**
- An empathetic, compassionate person with significant experience working with children
- Strong-minded with an ability to adapt to change
- Proven ability to develop and maintain effective workplace relationships
- High-level verbal and written communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Demonstrated skills in managing multiple and competing priorities
- Capacity to work independently and systematically
- Ability to take part in occasional meetings and events outside of core business hours
- Positive and encouraging.
- Flexibility to be available when required
- Ability to resolve minor problems with people efficiently and effectively.
- Ability to plan and implement projects, policies and procedures.

**Essential Qualifications/Experience**
- Formal Qualification in Risk Management, Health and Safety, Pool Operations (i.e. Certificate IV, Diploma)
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Significant experience working within a child-related sector

**Desired Qualifications/Experience**
- Relevant experience working in a Health and Safety role
- Knowledge of child-safe standards
- Knowledge of Guidelines for Safe Pool Operations preferred