WHS Lead Business Partner
Tablelands Regional Council
About the position
- Lead and coach the WHS team to ensure the effectiveness of the TRC safety system, policies, procedures and other relevant frameworks
- Review, maintain and improve the TRC safety system to ensure it is effective, aligned to legislative requirements, suited to the workforce audience and a holistic approach is taken to managing health and safety and reducing risk across the business
- Lead and coordinate WHS projects and initiatives in consultation with the WHS team and Manager People & Culture
- Build a participative relationship model, where education, guidance and expertise address operational issues and build capability within operational areas, contributing to the achievement of service deliverables through a focus on continuous improvement
- Mentor and influence leaders and supervisors to become safety leaders and build a positive safety culture across the organisation
- Lead allocated site visits, inspections, incident investigations and audits and collaborate with leaders and supervisors to develop action plans for the timely implementation of sustainable corrective actions
- Support the completion of risk assessments in consultation with leaders and front-line team members including guiding the development of recommendations for corrective actions
- Identify emerging issues at individual sites/business units and collaborate with stakeholders to develop solutions
- Provide specialist advice and guidance to management and other staff on health and safety matters
- Identify, monitor and evaluate health and safety issues and develop strategies to eliminate or minimise risks to the business, ensuring incident investigation is undertaken in a timely manner
- Perform Return to Work Coordinator duties
- Coordinate workers compensation claims with a focus on early intervention and effective return to work/rehabilitation processes
- Ensure compliance with legislative requirements across all aspects of health and safety including maintaining a current knowledge of legislation and contemporary health, safety and wellbeing frameworks
- Identify training needs, develop and deliver effective health and safety induction and training programs to new and existing employees and contractors
- Provide timely and systematic health and safety reporting to relevant stakeholders as required
- Complete allocated WHS actions as directed, and support and assist other WHS team members
Who we are looking for
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Experience in leading, mentoring and influencing teams and business unit leaders to become safety leaders and build a positive safety culture across the organisation
- Experience in the design, implementation and review of an effective safety management system suited to the workforce audience.
- Strong knowledge of Work Health and Safety Act & Regulation 2011 and other relevant legislations, Compliance Standards and Codes of Practice, and the ability to implement these via a continuous improvement model.
- Experience in the management of workers’ compensation claims, development of suitable duties plans and performance of Return to Work Coordinator activities.
- Ability to gather and analyse information from a range of sources and formulate effective pragmatic WHS solutions to meet business requirements.
- Well-developed interpersonal communication skills to be able to interact with members of the public, leaders, employees and external organisations and provide a high level of customer service
How to apply
1. Visit the Tablelands Regional Council 'Work with Us' page. 2. Download the Position Description. 3. Complete the ‘Personal Detail’ & 'Question' sections. 4. Attach your current resume and cover letter.
