Team Leader Safety And Wellbeing

$138,183-$155,523 (based on experiece) plus 11%Superannuation
Permanent Opportunity
We are the City of Melbourne, a City of possibility and place to be bold and inspirational.
We are rapidly transforming to meet the evolving challenges faced by a global city. With a vision of being a leading organisation for a leading capital city, our mission is to create positive impact for our community. Each day, we work with passion and purpose so that together we achieve incredible things.
Together we Make the Difference
How this position will Make the Difference to City of Melbourne…
The Team Leader Safety and Wellbeing will develop, lead, coach and guide a team of Safety and Wellbeing experts to deliver a broad range of services to support employees during their tenure at CoM. The role is responsible for ensuring the team deliver the Safety and Wellbeing service catalogue consistently across the organisation whilst ensuring people related risks are managed in line with agreed frameworks, policies and procedures. The role will also support a dedicated client patch.
The Team Leader Safety and Wellbeing is responsible for leading, managing and developing the team at both a strategic and operational level, and will be required to provide sound advice and recommendations on a broad range of Safety and Wellbeing matters to the Manager People, Safety and Wellbeing.
The Team Leader Safety and Wellbeing owns and drives the relationships with dedicated Safety and Wellbeing service providers to ensure Council is obtaining the maximum value from the contracts and service level agreements.
In addition, the Team Leader Safety and Wellbeing will contribute to and lead various projects from within the people strategy, playing a key role in ensuring the Safety and Wellbeing team is connected, aligned and focused on delivering a customer centric service delivery model.
What you will bring…

• Ability to demonstrate and display City of Melbourne Values – accountability, integrity, courage, respect for self and others, and striving for excellence;
• Demonstrated experience in leading a team to achieve high performance outcomes with coaching skills to develop team capabilities, team cohesion and the ability to effectively manage conflict and under performance;
• Analytical and lateral thinking skills and the ability to take the initiative, drive change and implement innovations;
• Inter-personal, negotiation and persuasion skills with the ability to use discretion and judgement;
• Demonstrated ability to develop, manage and maintain business plans and associated budgetary and financial management requirements;
• Proven experience effectively managing issues within a highly political and complex environment;
• Comprehensive knowledge of state and federal OH&S legislation together with statutory obligations;
• Proven experience managing workers compensation and WorkCover cases;
• Proven ability to appropriately manage workplace incidents in a range of occupational environments.

By joining us, you will become part of a remarkable team who work in a constructive and inclusive culture to shape the future of this city. Together, we champion difference, celebrate achievement and recognise positive impact.
To view the physical requirements of this position, please see below under Position Information.
How to apply…
As part of the online application form you are required to:

• attach your resume
• respond to the selection criteria, in a separate document (no more than two pages), as listed above under ‘What you will bring…’

Please address your covering letter to Michelle Dervan- Manager-People and Performance
Applications will be accepted up until 11:45pm Friday 8 March, 2024
For those interested in , the City of Melbourne offers a great range of benefits. If you have any questions, or for more information, please contact
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City of Melbourne is proud to be a workplace that champions diversity. Our commitment is for our people to be safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage applications from people regardless of their gender identity and expression, ethnicity, cultural background, sexual orientation, disability and age. We look for the right values, skills and knowledge to build our capabilities so that we can best deliver for our community. CoM is a child safe organisation and as such, some positions will require the incumbent to obtain and maintain a valid Working with Children Check.