Workplace Health & Safety Manager

Description

Drive and support WHS excellence, strategic innovation & a high performance culture. Leading NFP housing provider alleviating the housing crisis.

You will have the opportunity to make the role your own as you partner with BHC’s senior leadership team, managers and staff across all levels of the organisation to provide thought leadership and operational delivery on safety.

• Contributing to projects, including Riskware system implementation and management.
• Contribute safety insights to reports for Senior Leadership and Board.
• Maintain all safety records.
• Identifying training needs and delivering impactful safety training programs across all levels of the organisation; empowering leaders and employees to champion safety.
• Leading investigation of safety accidents, hazards and near misses and preventative measures.
• Maintaining a thorough understanding of relevant legislation and best practice; leading implementation and application across the organisation in partnership with your internal stakeholders to ensure BHC’s processes and systems remain compliant.
• Lead the development and implementation of Safe Work Method Statements.
• Providing expert advice, guidance and support on safety-related matters across the business.
• For BHC-owned construction sites (managed by external builders who hold the primary responsibility for on-site safety compliance), developing internal methodology and resources/training to support BHC’s Development Team to be safe when attending sites and fulfil their responsibilities as Principal under construction contracts or other works agreements.
• Managing claims and return-to-work processes in collaboration with the HR team, leaders and medical professionals.
• Contribute as part of the Health and Safety Committee, mentor representatives to thrive in their roles, and champion safety updates to ensure everyone is informed, aligned and empowered.

Requirements

You have an educational and consultative approach to safety, balanced by the confidence to take charge and lead. Strong emotional intelligence that enables you to rapidly build rapport and effectively influence at all levels is essential.

The opportunity presents for a highly experienced, emotionally intelligent and collaborative safety practitioner to grow and develop the safety function in this strategic and hands-on role.

Tact, confidentiality and impartiality where circumstances require are strengths within your personal brand.

As a safety practitioner with depth of experience who values contemporary best-practice, you enjoy working in a role that often requires you to be reactive and responsive, balanced by delivering on planned, more structured elements to ensure appropriate risk mitigation and skill development across the business.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and educate at all levels.
• An equally deep understanding of psychosocial risk management and safety factors, as of physical health and safety. Experience gained in industries or environments with significant psychosocial as well as physical risk factors is desirable.
• Great IT literacy with the ability to comfortably and collaboratively lead the implementation of a Safety Management System.
• Deep understanding of WHS compliance, legislation and codes applicable to Queensland; proactively keep up to date on upcoming and proposed changes and likely impacts.
• Experience operating at a management level in fast-paced, dynamic environments bringing a solutions-focused, pragmatic approach.
• Tertiary qualifications in WHS and Rehabilitation and Return to Work Coordinator qualification (highly desirable).

Benefits

Access to pro-rata long service leave is available after 7 years, that is portable within the community services sector.

Your wellbeing matters to us. You will receive access to a paid ‘wellbeing day’ off each quarter to relax, rebalance and focus on your health and wellbeing; an ex-gratia paid day over Christmas, flexible work arrangements, fortnightly massages and reflexology, social events during work hours, proactive mental health support including workshops, an uncapped EAP and medical access program for staff and their families through Sonder, and a market-leading gender-neutral parental leave policy offering up to 14 weeks’ full pay in addition to government paid parental leave to support equality and inclusivity. At BHC we have a shared commitment to a work environment where everyone can belong. We are proud to have an employee led committee, BRIDGE (Belonging, Respect, Inclusion, Diversity, Growth and Equity) who actively support the priorities that are important to our staff.

Staff also have access to generous salary packaging benefits to increase take home pay including $15,900 of your salary tax-free every year, plus $2,650 tax-free that can be put towards holiday accommodation or meals/entertainment; and novated leasing options. Discounts at major retailers on groceries, fuel, technology and phone bills to fashion, restaurants and entertainment is also available through our Flare Benefits program to help you save every day with well-known brands.

As the sole safety practitioner for the organisation supporting a headcount of 80+ Queensland based staff, positioned within the HR & WHS team and reporting to the HR Director, the role offers the opportunity to consolidate your well-rounded safety experience in a leadership role that has strong visibility and support from Senior Leadership while having ownership of the WHS function.

Primarily based in central Brisbane within easy walking distance from Central Station at BHC’s modern offices at 333 Ann Street, some time will be spent in the field attending BHC’s buildings within driving distance. As a contemporary organisation that genuinely values the employee experience, we offer staff the option to work from home up to 2 days per week if desired and practical in their role.

At BHC there is a strong focus on a good working culture (including work-life balance, flexible work options) with many staff having worked in the organisation long-term. As a mission-based organisation that provides housing for people on lower incomes, values-based people tend to be drawn to working with BHC.

There are plenty of professional development opportunities (formal and informal), and a strong history of internal promotions and movement across teams. All staff have access to an individual professional development budget of $2,000 every two years. Longevity of tenure is for the same reason staff are attracted to the organisation – because they enjoy making a difference and are given autonomy and ownership.

• Flexible work options incl. hybrid work + paid ‘wellbeing day’ every quarter

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance