Senior Health Safety and Wellbeing Partner
- Full Time ongoing position
- Geelong office location, with flexible hybrid working
- Offering a competitive base salary of base circa salary $137,767 plus super and benefits
Grow your career by supporting real progress
Right now, we’re seeking a Senior Health Safety and Wellbeing Partner who will assist to continue to play their part in caring for the lives of everyone on Victoria’s roads. Someone committed to supporting the progress of our clients and your colleagues so they can achieve great things. That’s truly rewarding work that will help us continue to deliver life-critical services where it matters.
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About the role
The Senior Health, Safety & Wellbeing (HSW) Partner plays a critical role in driving the development of innovative and strategic solutions to enable and support the delivery, application, governance and continual improvement of the TAC HSW management system, including the TAC HSW Policy Procedures, Safe Work Practices and Guidelines.
The role is responsible for providing senior practitioner support with OHS management practices to ensure the identification, control, compliance and monitoring of emerging HSW risks and to support with complex injury management practices to drive preventative and early intervention outcomes for the business and our people.
This senior role will manage two direct reports and will coach, mentor and contribute to knowledge transfer within the HSW team as well as providing strong senior HSW specialist support across divisions for the resolution of complex HSW matters.
About the Team
This role will be a part of our passionate and driven Health Safety and Wellbeing team which sits within our Strategic Partnering an Advisory Branch within the broader People, Culture & Engagement division. Reporting to the Manager, Health, Safety and Wellbeing you will be joining an open, honest and supportive team who contribute to a high-performing culture where people are capable and empowered to deliver exceptional results for our clients and community.
What we’re looking for:
Relevant experience and knowledge in a Health, Safety and Wellbeing Role, including:
- Demonstrated specialist & technical strategic/operational experience in a HSW role.
- Experience managing critical organisational HSW regulatory and compliance risks.
- Experience in complex case management, including specialist knowledge in injury management and OHS risk management practices.
- Specialist knowledge and understanding of the application of relevant OHS legislation, codes of practice and standards
- Relevant Occupational Health and Safety tertiary qualification/s or equivalent experience in a related field
- Certified Return to Work Coordinator is essential
- Demonstrated experience and expertise in developing and implementing preventative strategies to minimise health and safety risks in the workplace.
- Demonstrated ability to identify, assess and manage OHS risks including hazards, near miss and injured and ill employees to drive best outcomes.
Demonstrated ability to provide leadership, coach and mentor
- Ability to coach, mentor and contribute to knowledge transfer within the team
Demonstrated and exceptional client relationship management and business facilitation skills.
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with proven ability to engage, influence, collaborate, leverage networks and negotiate.
Take the next step in your career. Apply now.
Click apply to submit your Cover Letter and Resume. If successful, you’ll progress to an interview. All applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application.
For more information, read the attached Position Description or contact Abby Vaughan, HSW Program Lead via email: abby_vaughan@tac,vic.gov.au or on 0466 854 149 for a confidential discussion. Applications for this role will be accepted up until 11:55pm on Thursday 8 May 2025.
If we can do anything to help make applying for this role easier, please let our People, Culture & Engagement Team know at People_Culture_Engagement@tac.vic.gov.au. If over the phone is better for you, our number is 5225 7500.
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A current TAC employee is eligible to apply for another position at TAC if:
- The employee has been in their current position for at least 12 months; and
- Has attained at least a competency 2 (for job groups 1-5); and
- Is not currently on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)