Alternate Workers' Compensation Programs Specialist

**Description**:
In addition to these exploration activities, you will support the enhancement of existing frameworks for managing all activities and responsibilities associated with maintaining participation in their chosen workers' compensation arrangements.

With an intimate understanding of the evolving workers' compensation landscape, you will take the lead in developing proactive solutions for our clients.

Exhibiting qualities that foster genuine rapport with key stakeholders—across clients, insurer partners, and broking colleagues—will be critical to your success in this role. Your ability to support participants across all available large employer alternate workers' compensation arrangements will underpin your success as a specialist, with future opportunities to grow a team.

**The Role**
- Lead feasibility assessments and strategic planning for client workers' compensation programs.
- Advise clients on eligibility criteria and regulatory requirements for all available large employer alternate workers' compensation (WC) arrangements.
- Liaise with regulators and stakeholders to ensure adherence to regulatory obligations.
- Provide ongoing advisory support for clients insured under all available large employer arrangements, including claims governance, reporting, and audit readiness.
- Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to deliver integrated risk solutions.
- Maximize brand exposure through regular industry insight articles published on our social media platforms.
- Identify expansion opportunities in line with changing market conditions and develop service offerings to assist our clients accordingly.
- Manage key insurer partners and general broking relationships.
- Onboard major clients into the Workplace Risk practice.
- Manage key client programs featuring alternate workers' compensation arrangements.
- Develop and execute strategies to further embed solutions and frameworks within the broader Workplace Risk practice

**Qualifications**:
**The Requirements**
- Strong technical claims, premium, and self-insurance expertise across all Australasian jurisdictions
- Experience working across different large employer premium arrangements
- Experience consulting with jurisdictional workers' compensation and safety regulators
- Growth mindset with experience in financial modelling and feasibility analysis
- Ability to communicate, present, and influence all levels of the organisation, including executive and C-suite
- Proven ability to articulate the distinct aspects of products and services
- Demonstrable experience in developing client-focused, differentiated, and achievable solutions
- Excellent listening, negotiation, and presentation skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Exceptional client relationship skills; ability to develop strong relationships quickly and maximise resources effectively to achieve goals
- Proven success working in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment and self-sufficient
- Strong organisational abilities and flexibility to work in a performance-driven environment managing multiple deliverables
- Tertiary education relating to Workers' Compensation, Injury Management, or Work Health & Safety will be highly regarded
- Education or training specific to sales, negotiations, or client relationship management will be highly regarded
- If you believe you have the skills and passion for this role but don't meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We'd love to have a conversation and see if you could be a great fit for our team.

**Why Join WTW?**

WTW provides a competitive benefits package which includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):

- Annual bonus
- Company paid salary continuance insurance
- Life and TPD insurance
- Hybrid working
- Networks (Gender, Wellbeing, Pride)
- Career Growth - internal opportunities and development programs

At WTW, we trust you to know your work and the people, tools and environment you need to be successful. The majority of our colleagues work in a "hybrid" style, with a mix of in-person and in-office interactions dependent on the needs of the team, role and clients. Our flexibility is rooted in trust and "hybrid" is not a one-size-fits-all solution.

We understand flexibility is key to supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce and so we encourage requests for all types of flexible working. Please speak to your recruiter to discuss more.

**In the spirit of reconciliation Willis Towers Watson acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.