​​Safety and Wellbeing Manager​

🌟 Join Our Team as Safety and Wellbeing Manager! 🌟 

Are you passionate about ensuring safety across community services? Do you thrive in implementing cutting-edge strategies that promote wellbeing and compliance? Communities at Work is seeking a dynamic Safety and Wellbeing Manager to lead our safety initiatives! 

Your Role 

• As our Safety and Wellbeing Manager, reporting to the Senior Manager Risk Governance and Compliance, you'll be tasked with ensuring safety, health, and Wellbeing across all our Communities at Work sites and business areas, providing expert advice to senior managers and staff. Develop and implement innovative safety strategies aligned with our organisational goals, assessing risks, safety training, incident investigations, and Wellbeing programs: 
• Develop and execute safety plans that align with organisational objectives, ensuring compliance with all relevant WHS legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and standards. 
• Assist in identifying, assessing, and mitigating workplace hazards, including psychosocial risks, through comprehensive risk assessments. Implement effective control measures to eliminate or minimise these risks. 
• Develop safety training programs, incident investigations, and Wellbeing initiatives to foster a positive safety culture. Develop comprehensive safety and Wellbeing campaigns and workshops that resonate with our diverse teams. 
• Conduct audits, inspections, and reviews to evaluate the effectiveness of safety systems and processes. Identify areas for improvement and implement innovative solutions in line with the latest developments in safety and Wellbeing. 
• Conduct investigations into workplace incidents, compile reports, and recommend corrective actions to prevent future occurrences. Manage and coordinate responses to regulatory bodies. 
• Maintain emergency response plans and procedures working with providers to ensure regular drills and simulations to test the effectiveness of emergency measures. 
• Drive the development and implementation of wellbeing initiatives, focusing on psychosocial risks, mental health, stress management, work-life balance, and healthy lifestyles.  

Essential Qualifications and Experience: 

• A degree or diploma in Work, Health and Safety or a related field. 
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the WHS legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and standards, particularly in relation to psychosocial hazards and risks.  
• Demonstrated experience and skills in developing, implementing, and reviewing safety and Wellbeing strategies, policies, procedures, and programs, including psychosocial risk management. 
• Demonstrated experience and skills in establishing and maintaining effective relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders. 
• Demonstrated experience and skills in managing incident reporting, investigation, and resolution, injury management and return to work, and safety and Wellbeing data analysis and reporting. 
• Demonstrated experience and skills in conducting and facilitating audits, inspections, and reviews, and identifying and implementing opportunities for improvement and innovation. 
• High level of integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality, with a commitment to ethical and respectful behaviour. 
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications and other relevant software and systems. 
• Maintain unrestricted and current “Working with Vulnerable People” registration. 
• Current drivers’ licence. 

Desirable 

• Previous experience managing workers compensation cases 
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment 

Benefits

• Make a difference and change lives in the Canberra community as part of Canberra's largest community organisation
• Join an inclusive and friendly workplace, where people are at the heart of everything.
• Increase your take-home pay! Because Communities at Work has charity status, you may be able to salary package and increase your take home pay by thousands of dollars per year.
• Access discounted childcare and education services for your child(ren) including early education and care, out of school hours care, and school holiday programs.
• Grow your career with professional development, training and mentoring with the 5-time winner of the Large Employer of the Year award at the ACT Training Awards.
• Flexibility when you need it with options for study leave, leave concessions, paid parental leave, and more.
• Enjoy healthy living with our active lifestyle & healthy activity programs and reimbursements (including remedial massages, annual flu vaccination and more).
• Receive guidance and support for mental health through our Employee Assistance Program.

About Communities at Work  

Communities at Work is Canberra's largest not-for-profit community organisation and the largest provider of early education and care services in the region. Our surplus-for-purpose philosophy enables us to invest every dollar we earn right back into the local community. Our focus is on enriching lives today and shaping better futures tomorrow. 

We are the five-time winner of the "Large Employer of the Year" award at the ACT Training Awards which demonstrates our commitment to excellence in training, professional development, and career progression of our people. 

With over 40 years of experience in the ACT and Capital Region, our people help us deliver a wide range of high-quality education and community services that support positive educational outcomes, assist in alleviating hardship, enhance the quality of life and lead to positive social change in the Canberra community. 

How to Apply

Click APPLY or contact the People, Culture and Wellness team on 02 6293 6*** for a confidential discussion. 

Communities at Work encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, young people, mature-aged workers, people with disabilities and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles.

Join us in making a real impact on safety and Wellbeing.

To learn more about Communities at Work, please visit our website: commsatwork.org 

For more information, or a copy of the position description, please contact ***********@commsatwork.org or call 6293 6200