Health, Safety and Wellbeing Partner

• Partner with a portfolio of schools across southeast Gold Coast and Logan to drive improvement in safety performance
• Flexible and supportive working environment
• Commencing from $110,770 per annum plus up to 12.75% Super
• Regular attendance is required on-sites with options for a vehicle or reimbursement for work travel
• Full Time – Continuing

At BCE, we are passionate about safe, healthy, and inclusive work environments with a focus onemployee wellbeing, cultural transformation and leadership capability building.

As a HSW Partner, you will help shape our culture by establishing and maintaining strong relationships with school leadership teams, key school staff and site safety personnel. ensuring smooth communication and collaboration to achieve excellent health, Safety and Wellbeing performance. You will provide onsite partnering to build capability, provide expert advice and support on safety compliance, develop and assist with the implementation of strategic objectives and initiatives, and contribute to the implementation and improvement of BCE’s safety management system across your school portfolio.

About you: To be successful in this role you will demonstrate

• Health and Safety Expertise: Utilise your extensive knowledge and qualifications to provide support and assist in maintaining robust safety programs and practices across an allocated portfolio of schools
• Auditing and Investigations: Lead and oversee WHS audits, inspections and investigations, advising on measures to continuously improve the safety management system and WHS compliance
• Capacity Building: Partner with principals, senior leaders, key school staff and safety personnel to establish and implement school WHS improvement plans aligned with BCE’s safety management system
• Collaborate: Work collaboratively with schools, the Health and Safety team and other BCE divisions to share learnings, monitor compliance and achieve organisational priorities
• Self-starter: Highly autonomous role where you take initiative, manage projects, and work independently to schedule and prioritise work to respond to emergent issues and manage competing priorities
• Legislation and Best Practice: Demonstrate a track record of contextualising legislation and implementing best practices to achieve optimal safety outcomes

All BCE employees will be:

• eligible to work in Australia
• Hold a Paid Employee Positive Notice Blue Card, or be eligible to obtain one
• Undertake a pre employment screening including National Criminal History check

For more detail, please refer to the attached Role Description.

About the organisation

Brisbane Catholic Education is a learning community of over 147 schools. We aim to provide quality teaching and learning outcomes for Prep to Year 12 students. Become the cornerstone of our collective values, fostering a renewed commitment to ensuring the well-being of individuals and communities alike.

Belonging to something bigger allows us to play a key role in building better communities for a future we will all be proud to be part of. We employ people of all faiths and denominations, we are accepting and respectful of individual's personal beliefs. You will quickly become a core part of a compassionate and professional team that values diversity of thought and a commitment to building and shaping future generations.

BCE benefits: Stronger connections today | Inspired people tomorrow. Benefits & Rewards

How we tick the box for you:

• Family friendly and flexible working environment
• Access to professional development
• Career progression within, and in auxiliary teams
• Projects to sink your teeth into – be our subject matter expert!
• Deliver real outcomes that make a positive difference for our staff and students

Equity and inclusion are at the core of our Catholic values and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply for this role.

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. Should you require specific adjustments to the recruitment process to participate equitably, we encourage you to contact us at the time of application.

Apply now to be co nsidered for this exciting opportunity. Applications will be reviewed as they are received and appointment of a successful candidate may occur prior closing date

Contact Person: Carlie Riches
Contact Telephone Number: 07 3033 7***
Contact Email: *******@bne.catholic.edu.au

Closing Date: 04-Apr-2024