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SalaryWorkSafe is Victoria's workplace health and safety regulator. We are also the workplace injury insurer. Our job is to reduce workplace harm and improve outcomes for injured workers. This is our promise to the Victorian community and the reason we exist.
- $157,266.00 per annum + Superannuation
- Full Time Permanent Position
- Hybrid working model- Based in Geelong
About the role
The Manager, RTW position works within the Claims Division of the Return to Work Victoria Business Unit. Reporting directly to the Director - Claims and managing a specialist RTW team, this role is accountable for developing and managing key strategies and programs relating to Return to Work performance across the scheme, including the management of the Occupational Rehabilitation (OR) Provider Panel.
Key accountabilities will include:
- Management, oversight and delivery of key WorkSafe corporate and operational RTW metrics, including but not limited to Back at Work measures from 16-104 weeks.
- Management and delivery of Tier 3 KPI's and key programs including Mobile Case Management and Occupational Rehabilitation Performance, Secondary Mental Injury, Employer Performance and Recovery and RTW programs.
- Accountability and oversight of the panel of Occupational Rehabilitation (OR) rehabilitation providers, ensuring delivery to the OR Conditions of Approval.
- Setting annual performance measures for OR providers, implementing a Governance Framework of billing of incentives by the OR Provider Panel, developing and coordinating appropriate Business Plans and leading performance management discussions as appropriate.
- Provision of subject matter expertise and leadership to the RTW Team, including setting the team strategic direction, establishment of priorities and ensuring delivery to required organisational outcomes.
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About you
This opportunity will suit a highly experienced leader who has a passion for advocating Return to Work throughout our business.
You will foster exceptional leadership, lead a positive workplace culture and be a strategic thinker partnering with senior leaders to innovate, implement and achieve Worksafe goals aligned throughout our strategy.
Skills & Experience
- Demonstrated leadership skills and experience, including ability to provide guidance and motivation to individuals and teams and encourage innovation, whilst maintaining appropriate oversight.
- Proven ability to build, influence and sustain effective and constructive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Innovative and creative thinking, with ability to integrate different advice, ideas and concepts into practical business solutions and implement effective change.
- Proven ability to analyse complex data, using data to identify opportunities to improve organisational performance / mitigate risk.
- Experience in implementing strategies / operational change to improve organisational performance.
- Extensive operational claims management experience in achieving Return to Work outcomes in the personal injury industry.
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills, with the ability to resolve complex problems and make challenging decisions that are likely to be contested and subject to scrutiny by key stakeholders
- Emotional intelligence and cognisant of the broader implications of role decisions on injured worker outcomes, stakeholder perceptions and WorkSafe performance
Qualifications
- Tertiary qualification in an Allied Health speciality or relevant qualifications in Occupational Health and Business are desirable
Working with Us
We pride ourselves on being a great place to Work and offer flexibility to facilitate work/life balance. People who are seeking part-time or job share arrangements are encouraged to apply.
WorkSafe employees enjoy: Discounted Gym & Pool Memberships | WELL Rated Building | Group Training & Yoga Classes | Very active Social Club | Pool & Table Tennis | Sparkling Water | Discounted Prescription Eyewear | Career Opportunities and Working for your Community!
What's next?
Applications close 11:00PM Wednesday 24th April 2024 Click the link to apply, and join us in making a difference to Victorian lives.
Only people with the right to Work in Australia may apply for this position. You may be required to undergo a National Police Check (and Medical Assessment) as part of the recruitment process.
Candidate screening may take place prior to the advertisement closing, so get your application in.
For further enquiries please contact Talent Acquisition Specialist Alysha Grandy via email *************@worksafe.vic.gov.au
About Us
At WorkSafe our passion for the wellbeing of Victorian workers brings us together. Our people come from a wide range of professions and with no two days ever being the same, diverse thinking comes naturally to us. As we build the WorkSafe of the future we're committed to delivering industry best practice to our people, our customers and the community.
Our Future
WorkSafe's Strategy has our core purpose front of mind - reducing workplace harm and improving outcomes for injured workers. We don't shy away from the importance of our purpose to the Victorian community, that's why we have a stated ambition to be world leading.
We want Victoria to be the safest place to Work in Australia and one of the safest in the world; and we aspire to be a world leader in Return to Work after a workplace injury.
